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Human Rights Watch is demanding Egypt scrap death sentences handed down by military courts. The rights organisation cites a specific case where the defendants say they were denied basic due process and their confessions were obtained under duress.
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Posted inEGYPT IN THE NEWS
On rapping and rebellion in Egypt
On rapping and rebellion in Egypt: DW looks into what it says are risks Egyptian rappers take in rapping about politics and themes of rebellion in a politically charged climate. The rappers, the German outlet says, risk reprisal from the state.
Posted inOn Deadline
Egypt’s auto industry can take leaps if the correct policies are implemented
Egypt’s auto industry could have taken leaps over the past 60 years had we had the right policy framework in place, Abbas El Tarabily writes for AMAY. He points to the success India has enjoyed in that area, whereby it began its journey in the 1960s as an assembler and eventually managed to manufacture a […]
Posted inWorth reading
How to succeed in business without really trying
If you’re climbing the corporate ladder, this package is for you. Bloomberg Businessweek has run its How Did I Get Here feature for some four years now. Think of it as a weekly illustrated, annotated CV for some of America’s top CEOs — not all of them personally household names, but the majority of them […]
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Is Herbalife really a pyramid scheme worth a USD 1 bn short?
Is Herbalife really a pyramid scheme worth a USD 1 bn short? That’s the position hedge fund manager Bill Ackman has taken — and the subject of the riveting documentary Betting on Zero. On a tip from a Bloomberg reporter, Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital dug deep into the business model of multi-level direct marketing company […]
Posted inDiplomacy + Foreign Trade
Are tensions with Qatar thawing?
Qatar tensions easing? Qatari officials are ready to consider the concerns of their neighbors and respond to these efforts, said Kuwait’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Subah Khaled Al Subah in a statement. He added that resolving the rift was an inevitability. "Is this the beginning of wisdom and reasonable thinking? I hope so," UAE minister of […]
Posted inDiplomacy + Foreign Trade
Nasr discusses investment promotion with AmCham, Egypt-US Business Council
Investment Minister Sahar Nasr discussed Egypt’s investment map and investment promotion with representatives from AmCham and Egypt-US Business Council, according to a ministry statement. The meeting also included a discussion of the Investment Act’s executive regulations, set to be completed within a month. An AmCham delegation recently completed the annual Doorknock mission in Washington DC.
Posted inDiplomacy + Foreign Trade
GOEIC to inspect all leather exports before they are shipped
Trade and Industry Ministry imposes mandatory on-site inspections of leather exports: Egypt’s leather exports will have to be inspected by the General Organization for Export and Import Control (GOEIC) at the production site before they are shipped off, a new decision by Trade and Industry Minister Tarek Kabil states, according to Al Ahram. The move […]
Posted inEnergy
Petrojet completes constructing deepwater facilities on Zohr ahead of schedule
Petrojet has completed the construction of deepwater facilities on the Zohr gas field one month ahead of schedule, Al Masry Al Youm reports. Petrojet had also announced earlier this month that it completed construction on offshore platform for the gas field four months before it was due.
Posted inEnergy
Edison looking for a partner to drill at North East Hapi concession
Italy’s Edison is looking for a partner to begin drilling the first deepwater well at its North East Hapi concession. Drilling costs could surpass USD 100 mn, an unnamed EGAS source tells Al Shorouk. Edison had signed an USD 86 mn agreement with EGAS in January for E&P operations and drilling two new wells in […]