Archives n°559 du 06/06/2002 @Maghreb Confidential

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King Mohammed VI dropped in on Damascus on June 2 for what was a highly strategic meeting. (...) [64 words] [$2,1]

The American Chamber of Commerce in Morocco has just named a new board. (...) [99 words] [$2,1]

tunis

Tunisian leaders are split into two camps over the future of the dinar. (...) [50 words] [$2,1]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS


	ALGERIA
	EME
	EME, a state-owned Algerian metallurgical company, won't be sold off to the CEVITAL group owned by Algerian millionaire Issad Rebrab who had thought of investing $40 million in it and creating 1,000 jobs. (...) [56 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA
	CASTEL
	CASTEL has dropped a plan to buy 51% of Boissons Gazeuses d'Algerie (BGA) after noting a sudden change in legislation concerning customs duties, taxes and the sale of public companies that was introduced by presidential decree in June, 2001. (...) [67 words] [$2,1]


	LIBYA
	GECOL
	GECOL, the Libyan power utility, has begun talks with Electricite de France on installing 400 KV power grids. (...) [21 words] [FREE]


	SPAIN/MOROCCO
	TORRASPAPEL,
	TORRASPAPEL, Spanish paper maker, has opened a representation office in Morocco. (...) [30 words] [FREE]


	MOROCCO
	GNS
	GNS, a joint venture between Finance.com (the Moroccan Othmane Benjelloun group) and General Electric, has installed a secure electronic payment system that will be used by Morocco's customs service and Office Cherifien des Phosphates for the payment of import duties. (...) [45 words] [FREE]


	FRANCE/MOROCCO
	ACCOR MAROC
	ACCOR MAROC is hoping to attract 300,000 French tourists to its hotels in 2003, according to director Marc Thepot who took up his post in Morocco early this year. (...) [32 words] [FREE]


	LIBYA
	SPOT IMAGE
	SPOT IMAGE, the French satellite operator, is interested in a project to establish a property registry in several Libyan cities. (...) [24 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	HENKEL-ENAD ALGERIE
	HENKEL-ENAD ALGERIE, an Algerian-German joint venture in detergents which wants to build up its export business, has acquired a new production unit at Chelgoum Laid. (...) [28 words] [FREE]

WHO'S WHO


	NORTH AFRICA/FRANCE
	DENIS BAUCHARD
	The appointment of Denis Bauchard as president of the Arab World Institute had been decided for some months but was not made public out of respect for Camille Cabana, a friend of president Jacques Chirac, the institute's chief who died recently of bone cancer. (...) [89 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA/UNITED KINGDOM
	GRAHAM STEWART HAND
	Little information has filtered out from the British embassy in Algiers about the country's new ambassador. (...) [73 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA
	LIESS BOUKRA
	A sociologist by training and close to the leadership of the small Ettadi (communist party), and major general Smain Lamari, Liess Boukra, is very much a rising star. (...) [89 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA/MAURITANIA
	MOHAMED OULD SAIBOTT
	Named president of the public contracts committee, Mohamed Ould Saibott, is back in good odor. (...) [69 words] [$2,1]