Bloomberg Egypt plans to sell a stake in Banque du Caire, one of the country’s biggest state-owned lenders, towards the end of this year, central bank Governor Tarek Amer said. “The size is around 20 percent; might go up to 30 percent,” Amer said in an interview in Washington, where he attended the International Monetary Fund and World Bank annual …

Bloomberg Jeremy Corbyn being elected UK prime minister would be just as damaging to British banks’ profits as the country crashing out of the European Union without a withdr- awal agreement, according to Citigroup Inc. While London-listed bank stocks have recovered from last year’s lows as the risk of a “no-deal Brexit” gradually subsides, a snap election is becoming more …

Bloomberg In the country that gave the world teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg, shame connected with travelling on airplanes that guzzle fossil fuels may now be having a real impact on travel patterns. Swedavia AB, which operates 10 Swedish airports including the ones outside Stockholm and Gothenburg, has seen year-on-year passenger numbers drop for seven consecutive months. Last year, Sweden …