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Today on Your Call: US economy and political divisions in Egypt

On the next Your Call, it’s our Friday media roundtable. This week, we'll discuss the  Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and President Obama's major speech on the future of US economy. We will also discuss the fragile political situation in Egypt. We’ll be joined by McClatchy’s Kevin Hall and Huffington Post’s Mark Gongloff and independent journalist Ahmad Shokr joins us from Cairo. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It’s Your Call, with Angie Coiro and you.

Guests:

Mark Gongloff , chief financial writer at The Huffington Post

Kevin Hall, national economics correspondent for McClatchy Newspapers, based in Washington, D.C.

Ahmad Shokr, independent journalist living in Cairo

Web Resources:

McClatchy: Financial regulators fine and ban high speed trader

McClatchy: Prosecutions of offshore banks may help turn tide against secrecy

Reuters: How the Muslim Brotherhood lost Egypt

LA Times: Egypt's Morsi charged with espionage; tension mounts

NY Times: Generals as Democrats in Egypt

Washington Post: In debate over military aid to Egypt, contractual issues loom large for U.S.

McClatchy: Oil and Electricty: A compare-and-contrast tale of two regulators