Tarek Amer, chairman of the National Bank of Egypt, left, the country's biggest lender which is fully state-owned, walks into his office before a television interview in Cairo, Egypt, on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. Egypt's central bank accepted bids for seven-day repurchase agreements valued at 20 billion Egyptian pounds, the highest amount in four weeks. Photographer: Shawn Baldwin/Bloomberg via Getty Images
