{"id":635561,"date":"2017-12-07T04:11:33","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T04:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/12\/07\/what-were-tracking-on-7-december-2017\/"},"modified":"2017-12-07T04:11:33","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T04:11:33","slug":"what-were-tracking-on-7-december-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/12\/07\/what-were-tracking-on-7-december-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"What we\u2019re tracking on 7 December 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a> Counsel from Enterprise on your communications program, offered without charge: <\/strong>Do you have horrible news you don\u2019t want anyone to notice, but to which you need to \u2018fess up at some point? Take out the trash late this afternoon. Have good news you want the whole world to notice? Do it on this coming Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Why? Because all anyone, anywhere, is talking about this morning is Trump\u2019s <\/strong>recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. <\/strong>The embassies are issuing their security warnings to citizens (the usual \u201cprotests may be planned or spontaneous, and could become violent. Remain vigilant and avoid all large gatherings.\u201d). The pols on all sides are foaming at the mouth. The usual activist types are mulling the usual questions. And the notion that we live in a bad corner of the world just got a little more ingrained in everyone else\u2019s minds.<\/p>\n

The upshot: Nobody cares about business in Egypt today. <\/strong>Except maybe us and, well, you. So dump out your bad news this afternoon \u2014 odds are good it will be missed. And hold back your goods news until Sunday afternoon, when the cycle turns and you have a chance of making websites, newspapers and screens for Monday when Westerners are back in the market.<\/p>\n

A who\u2019s who of Egyptian business leaders will be attending the unfortunately named <\/strong>Business for Africa, Egypt and the World Summit<\/strong><\/a>, which kicks off today in Sharm El Sheikh. As in: Just about everyone we know will be there \u2014 except us, naturally. The conference, taking place under the auspices of the presidency, is part of Egypt\u2019s drive to export to (and re-engage with) Africa. The presidents of Guinea, Chad, Rwanda, C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, Comoros and Somalia will all be arriving and will be joined by the current chair of the African Union Commission.<\/p>\n

Time Magazine selects \u201cthe Silence Breakers\u201d as its Person of the Year: <\/strong>Time Magazine has selected \u201cSilence Breakers\u201d \u2014 women of the entertainment and other industries who came out in droves to publicly call out predatory behavior in the workplace by men such as Harvey Weinstein \u2014 as their Person of the Year in 2017<\/a>. The scandal, which has rocked everything from the film industry to politics and journalism, particularly in the United States, has seen some of the biggest names being outed as alleged predators. Kevin Spacey, Dustin Hoffman, Charlie Rose, and Louis CK were only some of the men who have been fired, resigned or had projects terminated as a result of allegations of harassment. Runners up this year included: Donald Trump, Xi Jinping, Robert Mueller, Kim Jong Un, Colin Kaepernick, and Patty Jenkins.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere on the interwebs this morning, scratching at the window to beg for your attention like a half-drowned puppy in a nor\u2019easter:<\/p>\n