Featured Egypt’s EGX to set up company for derivatives trading 2019-end Islam Salah & Gehad Abdelghany Jul 7, 2019 0 Egypt’s stock Exchange (EGX) seeks to establish a new company to handle clearing and settlement for a planned…
Featured Egypt, Israel Electric Corp ink $500 mln settlement – EGAS Amwal Al Ghad English Jun 18, 2019 0 Egypt has signed a $500 million settlement with state-owned Israel Electric Corp over a defunct natural gas deal,…
Banks Deutsche Bank reaches $220 million Libor settlement with U.S. states Yomna Yasser Oct 26, 2017 0 Deutsche Bank has reached a $220 million settlement with 44 states and the District of Columbia who say the German…
Egypt News Egypt invited to Astana talks on Syria as observer: source Yomna Yasser Oct 17, 2017 0 Egypt has received an invitation to join the talks on Syria in Astana as an observer, an Egyptian source familiar…
Banks Banque Misr reaches 1.1bn pounds settlement with Mubarak era figure Yomna Yasser Sep 10, 2017 0 Banque Misr said Friday that it recently reached a settlement over the debt of businessman Ibrahim Kamel, worth a…
International News Netanyahu cancels meeting with German minister after dispute Yomna Yasser Apr 26, 2017 0 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cancelled talks on Tuesday with German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel after the…
EGX Egypt Clearing House ‘ready’ to absorb demands of commodities exchange Yomna Yasser Apr 12, 2017 0 Egypt’s Central Clearing, Depository, and Registry House (MCDR) is ready to handle the settlement process for the…
MENA News Israel cuts $6 million in U.N. funding over settlements resolution Noha Gad Jan 7, 2017 0 Israel said on Friday it would cut $6 million in funding to the United Nations in 2017 in protest against a U.N.…
World Asian shares in the red; Nikkei drops 1.2% Yomna Yasser Dec 29, 2016 0 Asia markets were under pressure on Thursday, with Japan's Toshiba tumbling on credit downgrades while Takata…
MENA News Netanyahu seeks to rally Israelis around him in anti-Obama assault nada nasser Dec 27, 2016 0 Benjamin Netanyahu has been unrelenting in his criticism of the Obama administration over what he condemned as its…
Egypt News Israel, angered by UN vote, summons ambassadors of Egypt and 9 states Yomna Yasser Dec 25, 2016 0 Israel summoned on Sunday the ambassadors of 10 nations, including Egypt, to Jerusalem to reprimand them and had…
MENA News Israel to re-assess U.N. ties after settlement resolution: Netanyahu Ghada Ismail Dec 25, 2016 0 Israel will re-assess its ties with the United Nations following the adoption by the Security Council of a…
MENA News Israel settlements: Netanyahu disdains ‘shameful’ UN vote Ghada Ismail Dec 24, 2016 0 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says a UN call to end settlement activity on occupied land is "shameful".…
MENA News Defying pressure, U.S. lets U.N. denounce Israeli settlements Ghada Ismail Dec 24, 2016 0 The United States on Friday allowed the U.N. Security Council to adopt a resolution demanding an end to Israeli…
MENA News U.N. council to vote Thursday on end Israeli settlement activities Ghada Ismail Dec 22, 2016 0 The United Nations Security Council is due to vote on Thursday on a draft resolution that would demand that…
MENA News Israeli lawmakers advance revised bill to legalize settlements Ghada Ismail Dec 6, 2016 0 Israel's parliament gave initial approval on Monday to a revised bill that would legalize Israeli settlement…
Industry & Trade Steel giant ArcelorMittal reaches settlement agreement with Egypt Yomna Yasser Nov 13, 2016 0 Egypt’s government has reached a settlement deal with the largest steel producer in the world, ArcelorMittal in…
Industry & Trade Kuwaiti Bawabet Al Kuwait settles disputes with Egypt’s oil sector Noha Gad Oct 10, 2016 0 Egyptian Oil Minister Tarek El Molla witnessed Monday signing a settlement agreement between Kuwait's Bawabet Al…
World European stocks higher; Deutsche Bank, Brexit in focus Noha Gad Oct 3, 2016 0 European stocks were higher in morning trade on Monday as markets eye developments on the Deutsche Bank settlement…
World Asian markets higher; pound weakens as Brexit process kicks off Noha Gad Oct 3, 2016 0 Asian markets were higher on Monday as investors mulled the possibility of a settlement between Deutsche Bank and…
Egypt News Money paid to Egypt was ‘a donation, not financial settlement’: Hussein Salem Noha Gad Oct 3, 2016 0 Egyptian business tycoon Hussein Salem's family argues that his payment of billions of pounds to the government in…
Tech news Russia fails to settle dispute with Google in Android case Ghada Ismail Aug 17, 2016 0 Russia's state anti-monopoly watchdog FAS said on Tuesday it and Alphabet Inc's Google had failed to reach an…
Real Estate Egypt’s Redcon to deliver $90mn-administrative building late August aya salah Aug 3, 2016 0 Egypt-based Redcon Construction Company is set to complete works in its new administrative building dubbed as…
Real Estate Maalem Group to deliver number of residential projects in 2017 aya salah Jul 20, 2016 0 Egypt-based construction company Maalem Group for real estate development is set to deliver number of residential…
Real Estate Maalem Group to deliver number of residential projects in 2017 aya salah Jul 20, 2016 0 Egypt-based construction company Maalem Group for real estate development is set to deliver number of residential…
Real Estate Egypt’s Reiada Real Estate establishes $3.3 mn-project in fifth settlement aya salah Jul 14, 2016 0 Egypt-based Reiada Real Estate Company establishes property project in the fifth settlement (El-Tagamu El Khames)…
Industry & Trade VW says U.S. ‘Dieselgate’ settlement not to be offered in Europe Ghada Ismail Jul 3, 2016 0 Volkswagen's CEO has rejected calls for the carmaker to compensate customers in Europe over the 'Dieselgate'…
Real Estate Egypt property firm Azmeel Group delivers 10 buildings worth $45 mln aya salah Jun 8, 2016 0 Egypt-based real estate firm, Azmeel Group is set to deliver 10 buildings the Fifth Settlement (El-Tagamu El…
Tech news Uber drivers in New York form labor association Ghada Ismail May 3, 2016 0 Uber drivers in New York state have formed an association to strengthen their hand in dealing with the ride-sharing…
Real Estate Egypt’s Redcon in talks over establishing a $101mn new mall aya salah Apr 23, 2016 0 Egypt-based Redcon Construction Company is negotiating with one of the real estate investments companies to develop…
International News Wells Fargo reaches $1.2 billion U.S. mortgage settlement Noha Gad Apr 9, 2016 0 Wells Fargo & Co (WFC.N) has formally reached a $1.2 billion settlement to end a U.S. Department of Justice…
Banks NBE reaches $32mn-debt settlement with gas firm Noha Gad Jan 2, 2016 0 Egypt's National Bank of Egypt (NBE) has reached a debt settlement agreement with a gas company worth 250 million…
Banks Egypt’s Agricultural Credit Bank reaches $35mn-settelments in 3 months Noha Gad Nov 7, 2015 0 Egyptian Principal Bank for Development and Agricultural Credit (PBDAC) has reached settlements with 112,000…
Banks NIB-Egypt eyes settling military production debts Noha Gad Aug 23, 2015 0 The National Investment Bank (NIB) seeks to reach a debt settlement agreement worth 4.5 billion Egyptian pounds…
Banks NBE settles $7million-debts of a Contracting Firm this Week Noha Gad Jun 17, 2015 0 The National Bank of Egypt (NBE) reached a debt settlement with a contracting firm this week, Executive board…
Banks Deutsche Bank Will Pay $2.5 Billion to Settle Rate-Rigging Case Administrator Apr 23, 2015 0 Deutsche Bank has agreed to pay $2.5 billion in a settlement with U.S. and British authorities over the…
International News Iran, Powers Close in on Two-three Page Nuclear Deal; Success Uncertain: Officials Noha Gad Mar 28, 2015 0 Iran and major powers are close to agreement on a 2- or 3-page accord with specific numbers that would form the…
Tech news Apple $450 Million E-Book Settlement Gets Final Court Approval Amwal Al Ghad English Nov 22, 2014 0 A U.S. judge on Friday gave final approval to Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) agreement to pay $450 million to resolve claims…
Tech news Telecom Egypt Reaches $12.5 mln Settlement With Tanker That Cut Cables Yomna Yasser Feb 10, 2014 0 Telecom Egypt (ETEL.CA) today announced the signing of a settlement with El Swefy Law Firm, the legal…
Banks In Wake Of Jpmorgan Settlement, Big Banks Add To Defense Funds Amwal Al Ghad English Jan 18, 2014 0 Several large U.S. banks have set aside extra money to pay for potential legal costs in part because of JPMorgan…