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Business
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Economy
3/19/2012 10:58:59 AM
FJP member and head of the budget and planning committee says Cabinet's proposed economic reform plan - a prerequisite for an emergency IMF loan - inadequately addresses urgent questions
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Business
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Economy
3/18/2012 2:26:28 PM
Government will allocate LE1.3 billion from extra budget funds to general expense items and LE900 million to petrol purchases, says a statement
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Business
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Economy
3/17/2012 2:58:58 PM
Treasury officials say increases in public sector wages will be frozen until they fall in line with private sector
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Business
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Economy
3/15/2012 12:03:29 PM
Juba's chief negotiator says it will help mobilise international funding to assist its northern neighbour in plugging its budget deficit
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Business
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Economy
3/13/2012 10:29:16 PM
Expected state budget deficit is revised downwards to LE144 billion following predictions by interior ministry official that it could have reached as high as LE150 billion
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Business
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Economy
3/13/2012 2:12:47 PM
New nation will see no cuts to health, education or military spending with savings coming from civil servant allowances, says planning official
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Business
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Economy
3/12/2012 6:12:58 PM
Public administration head says Egyptian government employees on temporary contracts will eventually receive LE700 minimum wage introduced last summer
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Business
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Economy
3/11/2012 2:48:51 PM
The recent bond swap for Greece may have eased worries, but the country is not out of the woods yet
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Egypt
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Politics
3/9/2012 1:16:30 PM
Higher Presidential Elections Committee (HPEC) to begin accepting presidential candidacies on Saturday, bans campaign contributions from foreigners and limits campaign budgets to LE10 million
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Business
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Economy
3/4/2012 2:39:12 PM
Trying to cut its food imports and ease pressures on its budget, Sudan announces plans to increase sugar production by 450,000 tonnes annually
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Business
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Economy
3/3/2012 8:11:21 PM
Many aspects should be clarified in the state budget to make it transparent; private funds are big part of the problem
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Business
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Economy
3/2/2012 2:39:38 PM
EU leaders signed a new treaty to control budgets on Friday, vowing to turn the corner on the eurozone debt crisis, but new public deficit strains soured the event
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Business
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Economy
3/2/2012 1:48:55 PM
EU new treaty sends positive sentiments about the bloc's ability to overcome the crisis; but new fiscal problems in Spain and the Netherlands showed that dangers still lurk
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Business
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Economy
2/29/2012 6:54:09 PM
In return for the $3.2 billion IMF accord, Egypt is expected to cut its budget deficit: a condition some officials say affects the country's sovereignty
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Business
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Economy
2/27/2012 8:11:06 PM
Finance Minister Momtaz El-Saeed says estimated LE36.1 billion worth of 'private funds' should be integrated into Egypt's state budget
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Business
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Economy
2/15/2012 8:13:46 PM
A regional debt crisis is having a knock-on effect on many of the 2.5 million Moroccan migrants working on the continent - and their families back home
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Business
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Economy
2/14/2012 2:04:20 PM
The government's historic first issue of foreign currency 'sukuk' will help bridge Egypt's widening budget gap, says a Dubai-based theorist
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Business
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Economy
2/11/2012 3:49:27 PM
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Arts & Culture
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Film
2/7/2012 3:12:42 PM
The Cairo International Film Festival is planned to resume this year after having been cancelled last year due to insufficient budget and Egypt's unstable political climate
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World
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International
2/7/2012 2:48:57 PM
Stepping up fight against EU/IMF-imposed 'austerity' measures, Greek labour unions and leftist parties stage general strike as thousands converge on Athens' Syntagma Square
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