Muddling through the forex mess
Exporters and travel agents are at loggerheads with the government over the fate of their foreign currency earnings. Sherine Abdel-Razek and Niveen Wahish sift through the confusion

Paying the war price
While a short and successful war on Iraq is actually thought to be good for the global economy, the same is not true for Egypt's market. Wael Gamal reports

Trustworthy trading tips
Egyptian exporters seeking to do business in the UK market will soon be receiving expert advice, writes Sherine Nasr

Sale season flounders
To ask how the winter season's sales are faring this year is to provoke among shopkeepers and their clients endless complaints and bitter criticism of the government's economic policies, and, of course, the foreign exchange rate...

Briefs
Experts drafting a long-term strategy for the Egyptian cotton sector stressed this week the need to further liberalise the cotton and textile market in Egypt to enable the country to compete effectively as an exporter of cotton lint, textiles and apparel, reports Niveen Wahish