Al-Ahram Weekly
11 - 17 November 1999 Issue No. 455
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875
Battles in the field at WTO Aziza Sami identifies the fronts on which Egypt will be fighting at the upcoming World Trade Organisation talks in Seattle
Sainsbury's shopping spree
After a round of aggressive acquisitions Sainsbury's is well on its way to dominating the local retail market. Sherine Abdel-Razek investigates the possible consequences
Borrowing in the balance
Credit, the sheikh of Al-Azhar tells Mona El-Fiqi, is not necessarily a bad thing. But what does this mean?
An alliance in trade fairs
Top Egyptian and British management personnel are set to promote the trade fair business in Egypt, writes Shaimaa Labib
The ghost of full employment
Attempts to create new job opportunities are unlikely to buck underlying trends in the job market, writes Fatemah Farag
