Shares of Egypt's Orascom Telecom, the Arab world's largest mobile telephone operator by subscribers, slumped for a second straight session Thursday amid growing investor anxiety about the company's tax problems in Algeria.
Orascom Telecom, or OT, said Wednesday that Algerian authorities are demanding nearly $600 million in back taxes, claiming the
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