Al-Ahram Weekly Online   9 - 15 September 2004
Issue No. 707
Economy
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Flirting with privatised air?
Now that foreign investors will have the right to buy shares in an EgyptAir affiliate, will the national carrier itself soon be privatised? Amira Ibrahim investigates
Risky panacea for the pound
New 12 per cent interest on savings certificates may mean more than meets the eye, writes Niveen Wahish
Expensive building blocks
An unprecedented rise in cement prices brings market instability and more real estate recession with it. Mona El-Fiqi reports
An Egyptian multinational?
Orascom Telecom has managed to break local stock records, as well as the barriers of global trade. Wael Gamal wonders whether the company's future will be just as rosy
Boosting Franco-Egyptian trade
Eman Youssef reviews French Foreign Trade Minister François Loos's high-profile Cairo mission

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