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<\/a> \u2026and we\u2019re back. Happy New Year and Merry Christmas, everyone. <\/strong>We hope you enjoyed the past week as much as we did as we took our annual publication break from 1-7 January. We\u2019re delighted to be back \u2014 and we\u2019ve got a full issue for you today, so let\u2019s get straight to it: There\u2019s plenty of business news here at home to keep us all busy, but sentiment in the community is being shaped by the brewing conflict between the US and Iran.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The US-Iran show took a sharp turn overnight as Iran launched missiles at US military <\/strong>bases in our region. <\/strong>Iran fired more than a dozen missiles at two US bases in the early hours of Wednesday. The attack sent S&P futures down as much as 1.5% and the Japanese market nosedived 2.2% as investors fled to safe-haven assets. The story dominates front pages of all major global media outlets today <\/strong>as journalists openly fret about the idea of a wider regional war: Financial Times<\/a> | Wall Street Journal<\/a> | New York Times<\/a> | Reuters<\/a> | Bloomberg<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Donald has tweeted that he will make a statement today<\/strong>, while Iran\u2019s foreign minister said (also on Twitter) that Iran has \u201cconcluded\u201d its response and does not \u201cseek escalation or war,\u201d according to the Times.<\/p>\n

Adding to the tension: A Boeing 737 with 180 people on board has reportedly crashed <\/strong>in Iran shortly after take off, CNBC reports<\/a>. Iran\u2019s state news agency says the Ukrainian Arlines flight crashed due to \u201ctechnical difficulties.\u201d There were no details at dispatch time this morning about casualties.<\/p>\n

Egypt, meanwhile, is grappling with Turkey\u2019s decision <\/strong>to <\/strong>send forces into Libya<\/a><\/strong>, among them non-Turkish fighters from Syria. Journalists in our Twitter feeds suggest many of them are combat veterans offered higher pay and a chance at citizenship for enlisting.<\/p>\n

Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry is meeting with Egypt\u2019s European allies <\/strong>to discuss the unfolding situation in Libya, sitting down at the table with his French, Italian, Greek and Cypriot counterparts, according to a Foreign Ministry statement<\/a>. We have more in this morning\u2019s Speed Round, below.<\/p>\n

Whatever happens on the foreign policy front in the coming weeks, we\u2019re going to feel a <\/strong>bit of a squeeze: <\/strong>Yields on Egyptian USD-denominated Eurobonds rose by as much as 649 bps amid tensions Egyptian-Turkish tension, according to the local press.<\/a> The Eurobonds due in 2047 was hit hardest, with yields rising 8.28%. ING Markets has warned in a research note to clients that any escalation in regional tensions may sap investor appetite for Mideast and EM debt (and, naturally enough, equities).<\/p>\n

UK tabloids can\u2019t resist a chance to sound the alarm about Egypt:<\/strong> The UK\u2019s Foreign Office changed its travel advice for 14 countries in the region, including Egypt, the UAE, Lebanon, Israel, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, telling visitors to remain vigilant, but stopping short of advising them against travel there. Tabloids, including Britain\u2019s the Sun<\/a> and the Daily Mail<\/a>, naturally couldn\u2019t resist posing the perennial \u201cis Egypt safe to visit?\u201d question, speculating that British tourists could be \u201csoft\u201d targets for terror groups sympathetic to Iran.<\/p>\n

enterprise<\/a><\/p>\n

So, what\u2019s setting the news agenda for the first days of 2020 here at home?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The House will review the Banking Act in two weeks\u2019 time<\/strong>, sources told the local press<\/a>. The Central Bank and Banking Act will go first to committee before it comes up for discussion by the House sitting in plenary session. The Madbouly cabinet had approved the 242-article final draft of the act in October<\/a>.<\/p>\n

MPs will likely vote on the Data Protection Act in plenary session this coming Sunday<\/strong>, House ICT Committee member Ahmed Badawy said<\/a>. The bill would, among other things, regulate how businesses use personal information collected online and has already received committee-level approval, according to Badawy. You can check out our comprehensive breakdown<\/a> for a refresher on the legislation and how it may affect you and your business.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s clutch time on GERD talks: <\/strong>Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia will meet again in Addis Ababa on Wednesday to resume talks on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), according to Egypt Today<\/a>, before heading back to Washington for a second round of mediation on 13 January. Sudan\u2019s prime minister said in an interview with Al Ahram last week that Khartoum is backing Cairo in the talks, Ahram Online reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and arrived in Cairo last night for a three-day visit<\/strong> as part of an African tour that will also include stops in Djibouti, Eritrea, Burundi, and Zimbabwe, according to Shorouk.<\/a><\/p>\n

World Bank delegation coming to town: <\/strong>International Cooperation Minister Rania Al Mashat expects a high-level delegation from the World Bank to visit sometime this month, according to Al Mal<\/a>. The visit will presumably pave the way for a non-financial agreement with the World Bank going forward.<\/p>\n

War drums and \u2026 a plague of locusts? <\/strong>A desert locust outbreak moving north from Central Eastern Africa could be the worst in 25 years, according to Bloomberg<\/a>, which notes that \u201ca potentially threatening situation is developing along both sides of the Red Sea with locust numbers increasing on the coasts of Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, Saudi Arabia and Yemen.\u201d UN data suggests that a square-kilometer swarm of 40 mn locusts can eat the same amount of food as 35,000 people, 20 camels, and six elephants in one day. For more information, tune into Locust Watch.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Our favourite business story of 2020 so far, though, has to be the escape from Japan of <\/strong>Carlos Ghosn. <\/strong>The former Nissan and Renault boss\u2019 flight has captured the imaginations of business scribes like nothing we\u2019ve seen before. The Wall Street Journal<\/a> has the inside story of how it appears to have gone down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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We\u2019re racing towards the final stretch of the week and into the weekend.THE BIG STORY TODAY- Israel may restart natural gas supplies to Egypt as early as Thursday, but domestic demand will continue to take priority over exports, Bloomberg reports, citing Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen.BACKGROUND- Over\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "WHAT WE\u2019RE TRACKING TONIGHT"","block_context":{"text":"WHAT WE\u2019RE TRACKING TONIGHT","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/category\/what-were-tracking-tonight\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2025\/5\/978.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":626994,"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/07\/17\/a-potential-revolution-in-iran-could-spell-trouble-for-the-international-oil-market\/","url_meta":{"origin":566940,"position":5},"title":"A potential revolution in Iran could spell trouble for the international oil market","author":"enterpriseam admin","date":"17 July 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Oh, great. 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While it seems unlikely that recent\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "What We're Tracking Today"","block_context":{"text":"What We're Tracking Today","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/category\/what-were-tracking-today\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2018\/7\/1038.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=566940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566940\/revisions"}],"acf:post":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue\/566938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=566940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=566940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=566940"},{"taxonomy":"brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/brand?post=566940"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=566940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}