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Six Egyptian firms have made <\/strong>Forbes\u2019 2021 list<\/a><\/strong> of the Middle East\u2019s top 100 <\/strong>companies<\/strong>: Leading private sector bank CIB<\/a>, Orascom Construction<\/a>, Talaat Moustafa Group<\/a>, Telecom Egypt<\/a>, Elsewedy Electric<\/a> and Eastern Company<\/a> are among the region\u2019s 100 \u201cmost valuable and profitable companies.\u201d Aggregate market value of all the companies on the list rose more than 30% to USD 3 tn last year, despite a 39% fall in aggregate net income. Saudi Arabia tops the list with 37 companies, followed by the UAE and Qatar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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