What we’re tracking on 1 August 2016
Happy first day of August. For most of you, there’s a month left in summer. If you’re a CAC parent, you’ve got until 16 August (new students) or 17 August (returning parents). That’s two (or five) weekends until the school bell rings. Make them count.
Kabil, Fayed to face House committee today: Trade and Industry Minister Tarek Kabil and Agriculture Minister Essam Fayed are due to appear today before the House of Representatives committee investigating alleged fraud in this season’s wheat harvest. The committee grilled Supply Minister Khaled Hanafy yesterday. We have more the widening investigation in today’s Spotlight, right after Speed Round, below.
The Egyptian Exchange will rebalance the EGX30 index today, removing Juhayna, Oriental Weavers, Crédit Agricole Egypt, South Valley Cement and United Arab Shipping and adding Egyptian Iron and Steel, Cairo Oils and Soap, Domty, Arabian Cement and Egypt Kuwait Holding, according to a statement from the exchange.