{"id":642049,"date":"2017-08-06T03:53:21","date_gmt":"2017-08-06T03:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/08\/06\/on-the-horizon-164\/"},"modified":"2017-08-06T03:53:21","modified_gmt":"2017-08-06T03:53:21","slug":"on-the-horizon-164","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/08\/06\/on-the-horizon-164\/","title":{"rendered":"On the horizon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The House is expected to pass the long-awaited Bankruptcy Act at the start of its fall <\/strong><strong>legislative term<\/strong>, House Legislative Committee MP Samy Ramadan <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youm7.com\/story\/2017\/8\/6\/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%83%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A9-%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%AA-%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D9%81%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3-%D9%88%D8%A5%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87-%D8%A8%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B9%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A8%D9%84\/3354918\">tells Youm7<\/a>. 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