{"id":635794,"date":"2017-12-13T04:08:47","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T04:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/12\/13\/re-warmed-news-as-the-year-limps-to-a-close\/"},"modified":"2017-12-13T04:08:47","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T04:08:47","slug":"re-warmed-news-as-the-year-limps-to-a-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/12\/13\/re-warmed-news-as-the-year-limps-to-a-close\/","title":{"rendered":"Re-warmed news as the year limps to a close"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s a morning of barley-warmed leftovers for Egypt in the international press this morning, and for that we give thanks.<\/strong> The top two stories: Plenty of ink<\/a> is being spilled on little-known singer Shaymaa, who is entering the final seconds of her 15 minutes of fame after having been sentenced to two years for \u201cdebauchery.\u201d<\/a> And a UK woman alleged to have smuggled opioids into the country is said by the tabloid press<\/a> to be losing her hair in jail after being told her Christmas Day hearing may be postponed a month.<\/p>\n

The Financial Times is getting into the leftovers game, too<\/strong>, barely able to summon the energy to \u201cupdate\u201d stories that ran earlier this year for a package headlined Doing Business in the Arab World 2017<\/a>. Included here is Heba Saleh\u2019s piece from July<\/a> on the private sector\u2019s war with interest rate hikes and inflation. The piece, which followed the CBE\u2019s 700 bps interest rate hike and when inflation was still over the 30s mark, spoke to the frustrations of the business community unable to pass the costs over to the consumer. Other pieces from the series include:<\/p>\n