Parliament will be busy laying the legal foundation of some key economic reform laws, reports Gamal Essam El-Din

Cautious optimism ruled the day at the second annual Egypt Invest forum. Wael Gamal reports

Egyptian businessmen are trying -- somewhat unsuccessfully -- to promote closer economic ties with their German counterparts, reports Sherine Nasr

Large and small banks alike are thinking about how to meet a major capital increase ahead of a July 2005 deadline. Niveen Wahish reports

The global competitiveness report for 2004 was released just as Egypt was inaugurating its own, first-ever homegrown competitiveness assessment. Wael Gamal looks at both

Efforts to boost economic relations with both Greece and Russia were underway this week with the signing of several bi-lateral agreements. Reem Nafie reports