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Archive n° 580 - 11/28/2002

Gaelle Arenson

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Editor in Chief

Abdelaziz Bouteflika Woos the Americans

Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika launched a public relations exercise on Nov. 25 in an op-ed in the Washington Times, pet daily of the Republican Party. (...) [349 words] [$7]

algiers

BRITISH ZERO IN ON "WATER"

British companies appear particularly interested in Algeria's water resources, and specifically in studies for dams as well as water supply, treatment and the desalination of sea-water. (...) [78 words] [$2,1]

DINAR DEVALUTION IN JANUARY?

The Algerian government is considering whether to devalue the dinar in January, in step with budgetary planning. (...) [60 words] [$2,1]

MAJOR IMPORTERS UNDER INVESTIGATION

The trade ministry is cracking down on the proliferation of front companies in the import sector. (...) [59 words] [$2,1]

NEW SYSTEM FOR FRANCHISE HOLDERS

The Algerian holders of international franchises have up to now negotiated directly with the Banque d'Algeria for payment of royalties. (...) [45 words] [FREE]

rabat

CHIRAC'S GOOD OFFICES IN MALAGA

At the behest of king Mohammed VI, French president Jacques Chirac played the role of go-between with Spanish prime minister Jose Maria Aznar during the Franco-Spanish summit in Malaga on Nov. (...) [125 words] [$2,1]

DROP IN FOREIGN INVESTMENT

Morocco's Office des Changes has warned that foreign investment and loans had dropped by 88. (...) [117 words] [$2,1]

STAR LINE-UP FOR UGGC & ASSOCIES

The French law firm UGGC & Associes have lined up a number of star guests for the official inauguration of its new office in Casablanca on Dec. (...) [112 words] [$2,1]

U.S. TRADE DELEGATION

A delegation of American businessmen representing the telecommunications, pharmaceuticals and insurance industries will travel to Morocco to seek out new opportunities in early 2003. (...) [34 words] [FREE]

tunis

SHIPPING A NEW SOURCE OF HARD CURRENCY?

The government is taking a close interest in the shipping industry, which generates a lot of hard currency, as a possible source of money to shore up Tunisia's balance of payments that has been hit by the drop in tourism. (...) [116 words] [$2,1]

TAREK BEN AMMAR'S MEGA STUDIO

A nephew of the late Wassila Bourguiba, Tarek Ben Ammar, a film producer and public relations man (for Kirsh, Vivendi and the Saudi prince Walid) has just finished building the biggest film studio in the Mediterranean area at Latrech in the suburbs of Hammamet. (...) [164 words] [$2,1]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS


	ALGERIA
	STERLING MERCHANT FINANCE
	STERLING MERCHANT FINANCE, an American investment bank, has just been contracted by Algeria to oversee the privatization of three chemical groups: (...) [69 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA
	ADIDAS
	ADIDAS, the sports goods group, will need to find a new distributor in Algeria. (...) [31 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	ALGERIE TELECOM
	ALGERIE TELECOM is negotiating with the France Telecom affiliate Wanadoo and the service provider Tiscali to develop its local Internet service. (...) [25 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	UNITED GULF BANK
	UNITED GULF BANK (Bahrain) is setting up shop in Algeria. (...) [35 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	BROWN & ROOT-CONDOR
	BROWN & ROOT-CONDOR, a joint engineering venture between Sonatrach and the U. (...) [94 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA
	TDA
	TDA, the U.S. Trade Development Agency, is going to finance a feasibility study on modernizing the terminal in Algiers port and building a second one. (...) [44 words] [FREE]

WHO'S WHO


	ALGERIA/EUROPE
	MARGOT KESSLER
	The head of a European Parliament group that supports the Western Sahara people, Margot Kessler, toured Algeria last week. (...) [56 words] [$2,1]


	FRANCE/TUNISIA
	DALI JAZI
	Tunisian defense minister Dali Jazi met with his French counterpart, Michele Alliot-Marie, in Paris on Nov. (...) [72 words] [$2,1]


	FRANCE/LIBYA
	ABDEL RAHMANE SHALGAM
	Libyan foreign minister Abdel Rahmane Shalgam asked to be received by his French counterpart when he passed through Paris on the way to The Hague for an international conference against the proliferation of ballistic missiles. (...) [104 words] [$2,1]


	MOROCCO
	AHMED RHOULAMI
	The Caisse Marocaine des Marches, a financial agency that offers loans when public and private contracts are awarded, named Ahmed Rhoulami as its new president in November. (...) [53 words] [$2,1]


	FRANCE/MOROCCO
	JEAN-LOUIS REIFFERS
	A professor at the Universite de Provence, Jean-Louis Reiffers, has been asked by the European Commission to spearhead a project for a report on Morocco along the lines of a World Bank country profile. (...) [46 words] [$2,1]