Last-minute legal wrangles
Less than two weeks before the People's Assembly dissolves, three important draft laws are due to be debated, reports Gamal Essam El-Din

A kind of accounting
By Aziza Sami

One more vicious circle
Liquidity problems are simply the tip of the iceberg, writes Hassan Abbas-Zaki

Using up goodwill
For years, merchants in the Wikalet Al-Balah district, Cairo's largest market for spare parts and second hand goods, have thrived. But they have been left confused by the government's decision to ban used imports.--read on--

Thinking small
How to boost small enterprises? Shaimaa Labib reports on a new agreement

More than drugs
THREE years ago, reports Shaimaa Labib, the governments of Egypt and Romania began a series of initiatives to revive bilateral economic ties. "There has been a lot of progress over the past few years," said Doru Costea, the Romanian ambassador in Cairo.
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