Top Egypt businessman says Cairo should fire slack civil servants

By Stephen Kalin and Michael Georgy SHARM EL-SHEIKH (Reuters) - One of Egypt's top businessmen said on Saturday the country needs to fire inefficient civil servants in order to attract investment and strengthen the economy. Speaking at an international investment conference in the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh, billionaire Naguib Sawiris, chairman of Orascom TMT Holding, said firm action was needed. "We're lucky we have these good performing ministers right now but some of the