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The Financial Times’ Global MBA ranking for 2017 is out. Insead tops the ranking for the second year in a row, followed by Stanford and Wharton. MBAs are assessed according to the career progression of alumni, the school’s idea generation, and the diversity of students and faculty. You can access the full ranking here. While […]
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Trump taps conservative Supreme Court nominee
US President Donald Trump tapped last night a “not divisive” conservative to fill a Supreme Court vacancy left last year by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. Neil Gorsuch, 49, is the youngest appointee in 25 years. As Politico wrote yesterday: “Gorsuch has the resume of a man seemingly destined for the high court: the […]
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Earnings season in America dominates international business headlines
It’s earnings season in America, with top global names reporting yesterday including Apple and Under Armour. The season in Egypt also kicked off yesterday as CIB filed 4Q/FY2016 results, but don’t look for a crush of Egyptian filings until late February through March. Among the international business headlines making news on a day in which […]
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Posted inTHE MACRO PICTURE
Goldman Sachs has a rosy outlook on commodities for the balance of the year
Goldman Sachs bullish on commodity demand in 2017: We are entering the stage of the business cycle typically characterized by higher commodity demand. Higher demand is driving Goldman Sachs Research’s positive commodity outlook in 2017, Jeff Currie, head of commodities research, says. He expects oil will trade marginally higher during the year as inventories normalize […]
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On a quiet morning for Egypt in the News: Elie Saab loves Egypt
It’s another beautifully quiet morning for Egypt in the international press, with Omm El Donia being largely confined to the sports page ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations match with Burkina Faso tonight. All eyes, it seems, rest squarely on Washington. We wouldn’t complain if it stayed that way for a while. Meanwhile: Elie […]
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Egypt’s reinforced naval presence in the Red Sea is important for development in the Gulf of Suez
Extending its naval presence in the Red Sea and Bab El Mandeb strait is “the backbone of [Egypt’s] new strategy,” writes Amr Emam in Arab Weekly. Egypt has reportedly spent bns in the last two years to upgrade its naval capacities and is employing its new equipment to force control over its territorial waters and […]
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Other coverage of Egypt in the international press included
Also making the rounds: Nottingham University professor Nicola Everitt is teaming up with a few academics at Nile University to help Egypt get rid of its plastic bag problem by replacing them with crushed up crustacean shells to create biodegradable plastic bags, according to a review in The Week. The Washington Post has the story […]
Posted inOn Deadline
Merging ministries is a necessary step to bring tourism back to its full potential
Merging the ministries of civil aviation, antiquities, and culture into the Tourism Ministry in the new cabinet is a necessary step, the Al Masry Al Youm columnist writing under the pseudonym Newton says. By putting the aforementioned ministries at the disposal of the Tourism Ministry, it will have the necessary tools to allow tourism in […]
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Abandoned malls, crumbling churches, former asylums and haunted houses
Abandoned malls, crumbling churches, former asylums and haunted houses are the subjects of the anonymous / pseudonymous artist and photojournalist Seph Lawless. We’ve just discovered his work, and it is truly captivating — the type of stuff that will enthrall the curious 12-year-old adventurer who rests (dormant and hopeful) in all of us.