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Thursday, 19 October 2017

What we’re tracking on 19 October 2017

** A NOTE TO YOU FROM US: One of our smartest readers pointed out earlier this week that some of you might not know why we deliberately redact or shorten some words in Enterprise — or make passing references to “algorithms that govern our deliverability to your inboxes.”

It’s not, on the surface, logical, but: We’re forced to do this because there are words, characters, and strings of words that trigger spam filters in a manner that is often completely illogical, but that one way or another would see hundreds or thousands of our well over 30k readers not receive Enterprise. Worse still, the algorithms mark us down because we discuss large sums of m-o-n-e-y, which some providers of anti-spam services thinks means we’re up to no good.

So, the next time you read in Enterprise about a report on “[redacted] harassment,” please know
that the redaction isn’t there because we are trying to avoid addressing the subject head-on (or that we think you’re precious petals who can’t handle the full range of words in the English language). We’re just trying to do our best to make sure that Enterprise lands in your inbox successfully in the morning.

Speaking of which: If ever we’re not in your inbox by 6:30am CLT at the latest, head over to our website, where you’ll find each day’s edition posted come rain or shine. [Redacted] the algorithms.

The second Egyptian-Portuguese Business Forum will take place today, with some 25 Portuguese companies in the finance, food, pharma, energy, ICT, logistics and railway transport sectors taking part. Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and his Portuguese counterpart Augusto Santos Silva will be attending the forum. President Abdel Fattah El Sisi also met yesterday with Portugal’s Administrative Reform Minister Graça Fonseca, according to an Ittihadiya statement.

Meanwhile, it’s very busy news morning to end the work week, so take a nice big sip of coffee and read on before you start making your weekend plans.

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