A double-edged sword?
The draft unified banking law has many positive aspects but it may undermine the central bank's autonomy, Mahmoud Fahmy, CBE board member, tells Aziza Sami

Cautious optimism
Stock market experts see signs of a revival, but are reluctant to rejoice just yet. Wael Gamal reports

Briefs
Cairo is expected to host the first business roundtable organised by the Economist's conference division 27-28 January...