Al-Ahram Weekly

		9 - 15 September 2004 Issue No. 707 Economy	Current issue Previous issue Site map
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

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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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