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Archive n° 572 - 10/03/2002

algiers

BANKS PROMINENT IN FRENCH EMPLOYERS' MISSION

Bankers were thickest on the ground when the French employers federation MEDEF paid a visit to Algiers this week. (...) [130 words] [$2,1]

ALGIERS' HONEYMOON WITH MADRID

As relations continue to sour between Spain and Morocco, Algiers is shifting into higher gear with its business contacts with Madrid. (...) [64 words] [$2,1]

A DECREE TO PUSH THROUGH OIL LEGISLATION?

With the unions and FLN legislators in Parliament (they hold a majority) strongly against a draft bill on oil that would undermine Sonatrach's monopoly, president Abdelaziz Bouteflika is reportedly thinking of issuing a decree to enact the legislation. (...) [42 words] [FREE]

rabat

HOW WILL KING TURN DUTIES OVER TO ?ISLAMISTS??

With the help of interior minister Driss Jettou, king Mohammed VI managed in advance to contain an electoral breakthrough of moderate fundamentalists. (...) [157 words] [$2,1]

NO DIRECT VOTE FOR EXPATRIATE MOROCCANS

Morocco's electoral system still has a small flaw. Moroccans who reside overseas and represent the biggest source of hard currency ahead of tourism aren't able to cast a direct vote. (...) [36 words] [FREE]

VIVENDI'S ROSY FUTURE IN RABAT

Vivendi Environnement has won a green light from the Rabat-Sale-Temara-Skhirat municipal council to take over Redal, a water and power distribution company that had previously been operated by the Portuguese firms EDP and Pleiade and Spain's Urbaser. (...) [55 words] [$2,1]

tunis

TEXMED 2002 FAILS TO STIR EXCITEMENT

Cancelled last year because of the Sept. 11 attack, the Salon Euro-Mediterraneee du Textile et de l'Habillement (TEXMED), which is due to be held in Tunis on Oct. (...) [111 words] [$2,1]

CONSUMER GROUP LINES UP AGAINST EMPLOYERS' ASSOCIATION

Tunisia's former finance minister Abdellatif Sadem, who held office from 1999 to this year, has been named head of the country's consumer lobby Organisation de Defense du Consommateur (ODC). (...) [59 words] [$2,1]

tripoli

AN AMERICAN OIL COMPANY IN LIBYA

Clearly betting that the embargo on Americans doing business in Libya will shortly be lifted, a delegation from a U. (...) [98 words] [$2,1]

COCA COLA WELCOMED WITH OPEN ARMS

With Ali Triki, the Libyan government's Africa specialist, acting as go-between, the Yemeni businessman Chaher Abdelhak has won the franchise for Coca Cola in Libya. (...) [29 words] [FREE]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS


	ALGERIA
	GENERAL MOTORS
	GENERAL MOTORS is thinking of handing the Daewoo dealership in Algeria over to Diamal, an affiliate of CFAO (Pinault group) (...) [22 words] [FREE]


	IRAQ
	SNVI
	SNVI, headed by Mokhtar Chehboub, is thinking of delivering 150 flat-bed trucks and tank carriers to Iraq for its mobile units. (...) [53 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA
	RENAULT
	RENAULT appears in a good position to win a contract to renew the bus fleet in Algiers. (...) [21 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	SOCIETE GENERALE
	SOCIETE GENERALE is to launch a service in Oran next January to help small and medium sized French firms set up business in the area. (...) [28 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA/CHINA
	SINOPEC
	SINOPEC, a Chinese oil group that is making its debut on the Algerian market, has signed a $395 million contract with Sonatrach to develop the Zarzaitine field. (...) [30 words] [FREE]


	FRANCE/LIBYA
	AIR LIB
	AIR LIB, the French carrier, is to open a direct Paris-Tripoli line on Oct. (...) [19 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	SCANIA
	SCANIA is to team up in Algeria with Moncef Othmani (Coca Cola) to build an assembly plant for light trucks of under six tons. (...) [27 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA/FRANCE
	COB
	COB, the Paris stock exchange watchdog, is going to help give a push to the Algerian stock market. (...) [54 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA
	BANQUE EXTERIEURE d'ALGERIE
	BANQUE EXTERIEURE d'ALGERIE will shortly know the name of its new boss, as will BDL (Banque de Developpement Local) and CPA (Credit Populaire d'Algerie). (...) [27 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA/FRANCE
	FOURNIER
	FOURNIER, a French drugs company that operates in 28 countries, has set up Fournier-Algerie to market its medicines. (...) [24 words] [FREE]

WHO'S WHO


	FRANCE/TUNISIA
	PHILIPPE SEGUIN
	The former speaker of the French Parliament who failed in his bid to win election as mayor of Paris, Philippe Seguin launched a series of three conferences on the question of ? (...) [78 words] [$2,1]


	MOROCCO/UNITED NATIONS
	KARIM MADREK
	Morocco has gained wider influence within the United Nations which has been present in the disputed territory of Western Sahara for a decade. (...) [41 words] [FREE]


	MOROCCO
	MOHAMED CHERKAOUI
	A former aide-de-camp and loyal associate of late king Hassan II, Mohamed Cherkaoui, died at the age of 80 on Sept. (...) [83 words] [$2,1]


	FRANCE/LIBYA
	AICHA KADHAFI
	As Muammer Kadhafi was receiving Togolese president Gnassingbe Eyadema in Tripoli, his daughter, Aicha, who loves Paris and has extended her current stay by two weeks, met in the French capital with Ayadema's niece. (...) [37 words] [FREE]