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5/21/2012 6:20:20 PM
Energy authorities propose phasing out the lowest quality subsidised fuel for passenger vehicles and replacing with a new, higher grade
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5/6/2012 4:51:46 PM
Sanctions have sharply reduced Tehran's oil earnings but Ahmadinejad's efforts to cut government spending to compensate are seeing resistance from lawmakers
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5/6/2012 11:10:33 AM
Nigerian ministry of justice will prosecute anyone found guilty in one of biggest corruption scandals in the state
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5/3/2012 2:40:53 PM
Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation suggests slashing subsidies for energy-intensive industries and the introduction of a coupon system to let car-owners buy cut-price fuel
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Economy
3/28/2012 4:43:00 PM
Welfare programme unveiled by Kingdom's ruler last year sees a surge of applicants
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3/24/2012 3:01:57 PM
Proposed government plans to curb the country's public debt to meet International Monetary Fund approval fail to address endemic poverty, a key cause of the revolution, say critics
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Economy
3/19/2012 12:06:24 PM
Inflation decreases to 11.9 per cent despite predictions that the removal of fuel subsidies in January would have a greater impact on economy
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2/20/2012 3:52:14 PM
The central bank expects inflation to increase to around 14-15 per cent in the first half of this year, because of high prices of some food items, liquid fuel and transport fares
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Economy
2/12/2012 8:20:50 PM
New parliament quizzes minister over his plans to tackle rising bread prices
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1/11/2012 7:17:15 PM
Nigerian oil workers vow to keep up open-ended strike until the the government restores a fuel subsidy it scrapped on 1 January
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Economy
12/20/2011 12:25:24 PM
Despite commodity subsidies costing the government over $2 billion a year, country's parliament last week rejected a central bank plan to gradually remove fuel subsidies
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Economy
9/30/2011 2:46:03 PM
Scrapping subsidies seems to be off the menu, but experts say the financial burden could be reduced and cash better spent in strengthening the agricultural sector
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Economy
9/17/2011 1:54:15 PM
Egypt is revising up the subsidy it gives to bread producers, to offset rising costs
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6/29/2011 4:55:51 PM
The Ministry of Tourism has cut off its LE 6 million annual subsidy to the diving chamber, laying off all 39 employees
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6/27/2011 6:08:47 PM
Egypt's ruling military approves the revised 2011/2012 budget as lawmakers consider additional cuts to costly energy spending for some industries
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1/19/2011 2:11:42 PM
Algerian Minister of Trade Moustafa Benbada gave an interview to Ahram Online from the sidelines of the Arabic economic summit
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Region
12/22/2010 11:59:00 PM
Iran is withdrawing middle class subsidies by cash transfers to the poor, a step that
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Region
12/18/2010 6:22:42 PM
Amid fears over a hostile public reaction, Iran has trimmed the politically sensitive gasoline subsidy
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12/6/2010 7:13:48 PM
After a long delay, South Africa is to buy electricity from green energy plants as of next year
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11/24/2010 12:00:00 AM
Increases in global prices will cost Egypt's food subsidy bill in 2010/11 an extra LE4 billion.
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