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Life expectancy improved in Egypt: LOGIC Management report
Egypt has 8.5 physicians,15 nurses and 16 beds per 10,000 people

Tax increase of flight tickets to bring in EGP 600m: Tax Authority head
Current taxes collected from flight tickets amount to EGP 270m

Orascom Construction Industries registers EGP 789.6m profit in Q1 2015
Company turns to profit after registering an EGP 207.9m during the same quarter last year

Schneider Electric aims to double growth within next 5 years: Executive VP
Company is following governmentâs master plan, which is investing in renewable energy, says FrĂ©dĂ©ric Abbal

Schneider Electric to submit proposal for a South Sinai solar energy project: Company official
Company participated with more than 50% in the countryâs emergency plan to increase its generation capacity

Dimian reassesses his new plan
The ministerâs statements did not address any change in the tax plan

Qalaa Holding registers EGP 84.7m losses
Company reported EGP 2.08bn in revenues in Q2 of 2015

IMF visit to take place despite cabinet changes
The delegation will visit Egypt mid-September

Cairo suffers shortage of middle-income housing: JLL
Government and developers need to cooperate in fixing the shortfall, JLL suggested

Is Egyptian society a truly religious one?
A helicopter view of our society would certainly show that Egyptians are apparently strongly attached to their religions. Hundreds of visible mosques and churches, many of them built over 1,000 years ago, have earned Cairo the name of âthe city of a thousand minaretsâ. There is no doubt that the practice of religion in Egypt …

Dopay targets 20 Egyptian companies in financial inclusion system
Approximately 90% of the Egyptians have no bank account

The real tragedy of ignoring conflict
The three-year-old boy the world has come to know as Aylan Kurdi is now buried with his older brother and mother in his hometown of Kobani in Syria. Itâs hard to imagine a tragedy so profound and so heart wrenching as the sight of his lifeless body lying face down on a beach in Turkey, …

IT synergyâs profits to reach EGP 4-5m in 2015, EGP 9m in 2016
The tech company to have an EGP 8.6m IPO

Health, Planning Ministries agree to establish higher health and medicine council: Cabinet
There will be a comprehensive review of all health sector regulatory legislation which includes system upgrading, says Minister of Health

Guatemala’s ex-president denies corruption charges after resignation
Prosecutors accused Perez Molina of being involved in a scheme which allowed businesses to evade import taxes by bribing corrupt officials at a fraction of the cost.

Village in Sierra Leone quarantined after Ebola death
Earlier this week, the whole area was placed on high alert to ensure the virus would not spread. A three-week lockdown was announced for the village where the woman lived, on Friday, affecting almost 1,000 residents.

Merkel demands total overhaul of EU refugee policy
Merkel also stressed that all EU nations were expected to live up to the Geneva Convention on refugees, repeating her threat of seeking legal action against states, which stood in breach of European immigration policy.

Edward Snowden receives freedom of speech prize
Snowden appeared via a live video link to accept the Norwegian Academy of Literature and Freedom of Expression’s Bjornson Prize for freedom of speech on Saturday.

Austrians demonstrate in support of Syrian refugees
This latest incident in Austria has also raised the awareness of citizens in some Arab countries, such as Tunisia, including the cities of Tunis, Aryanah, Banzart and Nabeul, who expressed their desire to receive Syrian refugees.

Etisalat Egypt, CBE negotiate to activate mobile money transfers from abroad
Etisalat Egypt has acquired 19% of the Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (ETC) revenues

Outstanding balance of treasury bonds at EGP 614.19bn by end of August: Ministry of Finance
According to the Ministry of Finance, the balances of the second type of bond, the zero-coupon bond, is up to about EGP 61.29bn, with an average interest rate of 12.007%.

Barclays profits up 15% in H1 of 2015
Assets inched up 3% to total EGP 18.5bn, while expenses surged to EGP 14%

Al-Sisi visits Beijing, meets with company officials
Several business agreements will be signed during the presidentâs trip
Capital market plummets 5.42%, losses of EGP 15.4bn
Egyptian capital market saw 33-month low on Sunday
In Pictures: Attack on National Security headquarters in Qaliubiya leaves 29 injured
âIslamic Stateâ claims revenge for âArab Sharkasâ convicts

Figures for tourist arrivals inch up 4.4% YoY: CAPMAS
Libyan tourists take largest share among visiting Middle Eastern tourists, agency highlighted

Officer shot, critically injured in Fayoum
More alleged Muslim Brotherhood members arrested on terrorism charges

MNHDâs gross profit reached EGP 102m
Company says itâs on track with its Tag Sultan project

Arabian Cement studies selling frozen shares
Company held an IPO in May 2014

In Video: Egyptian actor Nour El Sherif dies after long struggle with illness
The beloved actor was diagnosed with deficiencies in his circulatory system that led to problems in the arteries of the legs, as well as problems in his lungs and breathing.