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Bitterness as Egypt rolls out economic reforms

  Cairo / AFP Facing a weeks-long shortage in a country already restless with rising prices, Egyptian authorities this week raided a Twinkies snack cake factory and confiscated its sugar stocks — all 2,000 tonnes. The raid on Sunday on Edita Food Industries, one of Egypt’s largest producers, came as discontent with increased food prices and empty shelves bubbles to ...

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Congested Cairo to become regional hub for Uber

  Reuters Ride-hailing service Uber plans to make Cairo a regional hub with an investment of more than $50 million in the next two years, building on its breakneck growth in the infamously traffic-clogged city, its Egypt general manager said. The company has committed to investing $250 million over the next five years in the Middle East, where Cairo, a ...

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Kuwait’s Equate sets initial pricing for two-part bond

  Reuters Kuwait’s Equate Petrochemical has set initial price thoughts for a two-part US dollar-denominated bond that is expected to be sold on Thursday, according to a document from the lead arrangers. The company’s initial guidance for a long-five-year bond was at the low end of 200s basis points over midswaps, while price thoughts for a ten-year debt tranche were ...

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