Egypt's Eastern profit falls 26pc to $105m
cairo, July 21, 2011
Egypt's Eastern Company posted a net profit of 631 million Egyptian pounds ($105.9 million) for the full year to the end of June, down 26 percent from a year earlier, the stock exchange said.
The cigarette monopoly made net profit of 850.4 million pounds in fiscal 2009-10, according to a statement sent to the bourse. - Reuters
