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Archive n° 576 - 10/31/2002

Gaelle Arenson

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Editor in Chief

Who's Doing Best Business Deals with Libya?

For his first official visit to Libya, a former Italian colony, prime minister Silvio Berlusconi arrived feeling ill at ease with a request in hand: (...) [356 words] [$7]

algiers

ALGERIAN ENVOY DEFENDS HOME TEAM

Algeria's ambassador to Paris, Mohamed Ghoualmi, was in fine fettle during a luncheon organized by the Chambre de Commerce Franco-Arabe (CCFA) in Paris on Oct. (...) [86 words] [$2,1]

KHALIFA GETS SWISS GO-AHEAD

The carrier Antinea Airlines which belongs to Rafik Khalifa's group, has been given permission to serve Geneva twice a week –Wednesday and Friday—from Algiers. (...) [72 words] [$2,1]

CENTRAL BANK CALLS FOR CONTROLS ON LIABILITIES

Are Algerian banking establishments being brought into line? The country's currency and credit council chaired by Mohamed Laksaci, governor of the Banque d'Algerie, has introduced rules concerning internal controls in banks. (...) [70 words] [$2,1]

NEW PROCEDURE FOR REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

Algeria's state property agency is preparing new procedures for the sale of land to property developers. (...) [48 words] [$2,1]

rabat

BRITISH FIRMS ADVANCE ON ELECTRICITY MARKET

Ten officials from Britain's power industry turned up in Casablanca for a Northern Africa Power Industry Convention between Oct. (...) [59 words] [$2,1]

CASH INJECTION FOR MAROC TELECOM

The government is preparing its pet company, Maroc Telecom, (it posted earnings of 2. (...) [91 words] [$2,1]

BMCE BANK BUYS BACK SHARES TO LIMIT LOSSES

The leading bank in Othman Ben Jelloun's group, BMCE Bank, seems to have given up on the Casablanca stock exchange. (...) [75 words] [$2,1]

tunis

THE ENDLESS REAL ESTATE ISSUE

It was thought a squabble concerning real estate between France and Tunisia had been settled by an agreement on Oct. (...) [178 words] [$2,1]

tripoli

LIBYA EXHIBITION IF TRIPOLI COUGHS UP

Maghreb Confidential understands that a long-standing project by the Arab World Institute to stage an exhibition of Libya's cultural heritage could actually materialize in 2004 if Libya pays its debt to the institute. (...) [76 words] [$2,1]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS


	ALGERIA
	RENAULT
	RENAULT has submitted a bid to Algeria's public transportation system RSTA to renew its bus fleet. (...) [19 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	BLANKY
	BLANKY, an Algerian group owned by multi-millionaire El Hakim Cherfaoui, is moving into the retail sector by opening its first big super market in Algiers next June. (...) [31 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	CNEP
	CNEP, Caisse Nationale Algerienne d'Epargne et de Prevention, is to issue a tender for the construction of 65,000 housing units to be sold on an installment plan. (...) [40 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	YVES ROCHER
	YVES ROCHER is to open his first two beauty care shops in Algiers in mid-November. (...) [19 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	FRANCE EXPORT CEREALES
	FRANCE EXPORT CEREALES (FEC) is to export a million tons of wheat to Algeria. (...) [40 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	PROCTER & GAMBLE
	PROCTER & GAMBLE is following Henkel and Unilever onto the Algerian market. (...) [39 words] [FREE]


	MOROCCO/RUSSIA
	ATLAS MAROC
	ATLAS MAROC organized a familiarization tour for Russian travel trade experts between Oct. (...) [18 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	BANQUE D'ALGERIE
	BANQUE D'ALGERIE has given a green light to a cash injection into three banks to help build up their equity base. (...) [43 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	NUROL
	NUROL, a Turkish company that specializes in hydraulic equipment, is eyeing the Algerian market. (...) [39 words] [FREE]

WHO'S WHO


	FRANCE/MOROCCO
	HASSAN ABOUYOUB
	According to our sources, Morocco's ambassador to Paris, Hassan Abouyoub, isn't in any hurry to return home even though he's being sounded out to replace Mohamed Benaissa as foreign minister. (...) [39 words] [FREE]


	TUNISIA
	KHELIL LAJIMI
	An engineer by training, Khelil Lajimi, who was once associated with industry and energy minister Moncef Ben Abdallah, has a lucky day in the year: (...) [82 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA
	NAHIEDDINE AMIMOUR
	A former media adviser to president Houari Boumediene, Nahieddine Amimour, has risen in the world with president Abdelaziz Bouteflika. (...) [55 words] [$2,1]


	ISRAEL/MAURITANIA
	SHIMON PERES
	Israeli foreign minister Shimon Peres who spent a day in Nouakchott on Oct. (...) [48 words] [$2,1]


	FRANCE/LIBYA
	BRIGITTE TRUELLE-HUGON
	A member of the Franco-Libyan chamber of commerce and head of Laboratoires Chaix et du Marais, Brigitte Truelle-Huton didn't fight to speak at a meeting organized by CCIP on Oct. (...) [68 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA/NATO
	JOSEPH RALSTON
	The commander in chief of allied forces in Europe, Joseph Ralston, met with president Bouteflika and armed forces chief-of-staff Mohamed Lamari when he visited Algeria on Oct. (...) [31 words] [FREE]