Bloomberg Algeria’s prime minister laid out a sweeping plan to plug the budget deficit that would include direct borrowing from the central bank, as the OPEC member looks to compensate for lower oil revenue without tapping international debt markets. The five-year plan presented by Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia aims to balance the budget by 2022, and reverse a deficit that …

Bloomberg It’s no secret that oil majors are among the biggest corporate emitters of pollution. What may be surprising is that they’re reducing their greenhouse-gas footprints every year, actively participating in a trend that’s swept up most corporate behemoths. Sixty-two of the world’s 100 largest companies consistently cut their emissions on an annual basis between 2010 and 2015, with an …

Bloomberg Egyptian cheese-maker Arabian Food Industries is expecting third-quarter revenues to jump by about 50 percent and sales volumes to be better than the first two quarters of the year as Egyptian consumers adapt to price hikes that followed last year’s currency float. The Cairo-based company, also known as Domty, sees revenues of 700 million Egyptian pounds ($39.7 million) this …