Egypt News Egypt’s economic growth rate up to 3.4% in Q1 of 2016/17 Noha Gad Jan 10, 2017 0 Egypt's economic growth rate registered 3.4 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the first quarter of…
Banks Fed policymakers agree Trump fiscal boost poses inflation risk Noha Gad Jan 5, 2017 0 Almost all Federal Reserve policymakers thought the economy could grow more quickly because of fiscal stimulus…
Banks Egypt’s FDI up 36% in Q1 – CBE Noha Gad Jan 1, 2017 0 Net foreign direct investments (FDI) in Egypt increased by 36% in the first quarter of the fiscal year 2016-2017,…
Banks BOJ likely to cut inflation forecasts, wary of easing: sources Noha Gad Oct 13, 2016 0 The Bank of Japan is likely to slightly cut next fiscal year's inflation forecast in a quarterly review, sources…
Industry & Trade Egyptian National Cement incurs $13m-losses by end-June Noha Gad Oct 5, 2016 0 Egypt's National Cement Company (NCC) incurred net losses of 119.9 million Egyptian pounds (US$13.5 million) during…
Industry & Trade Cairo Oil: 4.9m tonnes of oil refined in FY2015-16 with $8.8mn Noha Gad Sep 7, 2016 0 Egypt-based Cairo Oil Refining Company (CORC) has refined around 4.9 million tonnes of oil during financial year…
Industry & Trade Holding Land Transport attains revenues of $563mn in Egypt’s FY2015-16 Noha Gad Sep 5, 2016 0 Egyptian Holding Company for Maritime and Land Transport attained revenues estimated at more than 5 billion…
Industry & Trade Petrobel hikes gas production to 1bn ft3/d in FY2015-16 Noha Gad Sep 4, 2016 0 Egyptian Balaeim Petroleum Co- Petrobel has succeeded to produce more than one billion cubic feet of gas per day…
Industry & Trade Alex Markets Consumer Complexes to invest EGP12mn in FY2016-17 Noha Gad Aug 31, 2016 0 Egypt-based Alexandria for Consumer Complexes Company-Alex Markets plans injecting investments of 12 million…
Industry & Trade Petrobel: executed investments in Egypt hit $948mn during FY2015-16 Noha Gad Aug 29, 2016 0 Egypt-based Balaeim Petroleum Co- Petrobel has injected large investments of US$948 million in oil and gas…
Real Estate Egypt allocates $999mn for National Authority for Potable Water and Sewage budget Yomna Yasser Aug 16, 2016 0 Egypt’s ministry of planning allocated 8.87 billion Egyptian pounds (US$999mn)for National Authority for Potable…
Industry & Trade Egyptian Wholesale Trade Company attains $901mn-sales in FY2015-16 Noha Gad Aug 16, 2016 0 Egyptian Company for Wholesale Trade achieved sales volume of 8 billion Egyptian pounds (US$901 million) during…
Industry & Trade Egypt-based Al Ahram Consumer Complexes to pump $7mn-investments in FY2016/17 Noha Gad Aug 14, 2016 0 Egypt-based Al Ahram for Consumer Complexes company targets injecting investments estimated at 65 million Egyptian…
forex news Yen hit by scale of reported fiscal plan, new bond talk Noha Gad Jul 27, 2016 0 Reports of a larger than previously expected fiscal stimulus plan for Japan had the yen back on the defensive on…
International News G20 must boost coordination as fiscal, monetary policy lose effect: Lou Noha Gad Jul 23, 2016 0 Fiscal and monetary policies are becoming less effective at spurring economic activity so the world's leading…
Tech news Intel must show cloud growth to feed restructuring Ghada Ismail Jul 20, 2016 0 Intel Corp. will need to show growth in its non-PC businesses when the company reports fiscal second-quarter…
International News Japan may use ‘helicopter money’ to battle deflation aya salah Jul 17, 2016 0 Japanese policymakers, who won't go as far as funding government spending through direct debt monetization, might…
Egypt News 6.1M tourists visited Egypt during first ten months of FY2015/16- CBE Noha Gad Jul 16, 2016 0 The number of tourists visited Egypt during the first ten months of fiscal year 2015-16 recorded 6.1 million, with…
Industry & Trade Egyptian Airports Holding Company eyes $774mn-revenues in FY2016-17 Noha Gad Jul 4, 2016 0 Egyptian Holding Company for Airports and Air Navigation (EHCAAN) eyes achieving revenues of 6.8 billion Egyptian…
Industry & Trade Industrial production of Egypt’s public enterprises hit $16bn in FY2014/15- CAPMAS Noha Gad Jun 26, 2016 0 The annual industrial production of public sector enterprises recorded 140.8 billion Egyptian pounds (US$15.9…
Real Estate NUCA allocates $45million for Egypt’s Sheikh Zayed City in FY 2016/2017 aya salah Jun 13, 2016 0 Egypt’s New Urban Communities Authority (NUCA) allocated 400 million Egyptian pounds ($45million) in favour of…
Real Estate Egypt’s NUCA allocates $45million for Sheikh Zayed City in FY 2016/2017 aya salah Jun 13, 2016 0 Egypt’s New Urban Communities Authority (NUCA) allocated 400 million Egyptian pounds ($45million) in favour of…
International News Japan PM delaying sales tax rise, fiscal reform on back burner Noha Gad Jun 1, 2016 0 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told lawmakers on Wednesday that he has decided to delay a scheduled sales tax…
International News Major G7 leaders agree on need for fiscal steps: Japan’s Abe Noha Gad May 16, 2016 0 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday a majority of Group of Seven leaders agree on the need to deploy…
World Japanese stocks edge up on yen, fiscal stimulus hopes Noha Gad May 16, 2016 0 Japanese stocks edged up on Monday as a weak yen and hopes for government fiscal stimulus underpinned sentiment,…
Egypt News Egyptian Tourism Development eyes $83mn revenues in FY2016-17 Noha Gad May 8, 2016 0 Egyptian Tourism Development Authority (TDA) plans attaining revenues estimated at 740 million Egyptian pounds…
Industry & Trade Egyptian Gas Cool Co. profits rose 49% in 2015 Noha Gad Mar 26, 2016 0 The Egyptian Company For Refrigeration By Natural Gas – Gas Cool has boosted annual profits by 49 percent to 33.7…
Industry & Trade Egyptian Iron & Steel Co. plans $13mn-investments in FY16-17 Noha Gad Mar 13, 2016 0 Egyptian Iron and Steel Company is planning to inject investments worth 103.275 million Egyptian pounds (around…
Banks Japan central bank to cut next fiscal year’s growth, price estimates Noha Gad Mar 7, 2016 0 Japan's central bank is expected to cut its economic and price forecasts for next fiscal year at a quarterly review…
Real Estate Egypt plans to develop 83 shanty towns during FY 2016/17 aya salah Feb 23, 2016 0 Egypt’s Informal Settlement Development Fund (ISDF) is planning to develop 83 slums distributed in 18 governorates…
Industry & Trade Egypt’s National Cement attains $42mn revenues in six months Noha Gad Feb 7, 2016 0 Egypt's National Cement has obtained total revenues estimated at 328.164 million Egyptian pounds (US$41.9 million)…
Industry & Trade Abu Qir Fertilizers six-month net profit reaches $65mn Noha Gad Feb 7, 2016 0 Egypt's Abu Qir Fertilizers has attained net profit of 506.6 million Egyptian pounds (US$64.6 million) during the…
Industry & Trade Russia’s industrial zone to operate by FY2016-17; Egypt’s trade minister says Noha Gad Feb 3, 2016 0 Russia's industrial zone , which is set to be established in eastern Port Said, can start operating in fiscal year…
Financial Institutions Egyptian Misr Insurance Holding investments hit $5bn Noha Gad Dec 26, 2015 0 The total investments of Egypt's Misr Insurance Holding Company reached around 36 billion Egyptian pounds…
Egypt News Egypt aims for GDP growth of 5.5 percent for FY 2015-2016 aya salah Dec 5, 2015 0 Egypt is targeting GDP growth of 5.5 percent for the fiscal year 2015/2016, which ends in June, planning minister…
Financial Institutions Misr Insurance: Q1 premiums 8% higher aya salah Oct 18, 2015 0 The leading insurer in MENA region, Misr Insurance Company has recorded first quarter premiums totalling 1.034…
Financial Institutions Allianz Egypt to reveal business results and strategies this August 26 aya salah Aug 18, 2015 0 Leading insurer Allianz Egypt is to hold its annual press conference on August 26 this year to discuss its…
Tech news Egypt’s Communication Sector sees US$3.3mln Investments in FY 2015-16 aya salah Aug 2, 2015 0 The total volume of the expected investments in communication and information technology sector (ICT) within the…
International News Greece mulls last-ditch Proposals to avoid Collision with Bailout Creditors aya salah Jun 21, 2015 0 Greece’s government is considering new fiscal proposals to avoid a collision with its creditors on Monday, in what…
Tech news Sony expects Operating Profit to Surge This Year Administrator Apr 30, 2015 0 Sony Corp. on Thursday predicted a surge in operating profit for the current fiscal year, with its entertainment…