While official announcement asserted the government's intention to apply minimum wages for the private sector, businessmen representatives have not yet reached a unified approval, Mona El-Fiqi reports

High stationery prices dealt another blow to parents' pockets, Nesma Nowar reports

With few exceptions, the economies of the Middle East and North Africa region are in the red, Niveen Wahish reports

Gender gaps continue to persist across the world, and more so in the MENA region, Nesma Nowar leafs through a new World Bank report

The steel industry is in shock over last week's court verdict withdrawing manufacturing licences awarded to five companies without public bids, Ahmed Kotb reports

Luck is turning its back on Egypt's largest steel producer. Sherine Abdel-Razek looks at the strengths and weaknesses of Ezz Steel