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Egypt Delays Reopening Stock Market

   VOA News  March 01, 2011
   An  Egyptian  walks  in  front of a closed currency exchange office as
   banks,  schools  and  the  stock market remained closed for the second
   working day in Cairo, Egypt, January 31, 2011

Photo: AP

   An  Egyptian  walks  in  front  of a closed currency exchange in Cairo
   (file photo - January 31, 2011)

   Egyptian authorities are again delaying the reopening of the country's
   stock market.
   The market had been scheduled to reopen Tuesday. It is now expected to
   reopen on Sunday.
   The  stock  market  was  closed a month ago, as weeks of protest swept
   President Hosni Mubarak out of office and disrupted the economy.
   The  last  two  days  of  trading  before the closure saw a drastic 17