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Archive n° 675 - 12/16/2004

Gaelle Arenson

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Editor in Chief

Who's Interested in Debt Conversion?

Companies interested in France's plan to convert Algeria's debt into investment are taking up position for 2005. (...) [377 words] [$7]

ALGERIA

Algeria: anti-corruption bill

The prime minister is waiting for a clear signal from Algeria's president Bouteflika before introducing the bill. Will it come once the Khalifa scandal is settled? (...)

algiers

A FIRST SUPERMARKET

Long snubbed by investors, the retail sector looks ready to take off in Algiers. (...) [70 words] [$2,1]

REBRAB STEPS UP INVESTMENTS

Algeria's table oil king, Isaad Rebrab, boss of the Cevital group, has been spreading his wings in recent times. (...) [97 words] [$2,1]

rabat

SAUDI TV TO EXPLAIN EURO-MED LINKS

Saudi Arabia's Middle East Broadcasting Corp. (MBC) created a surprise by winning a contract from Euromed to co-produce and broadcast a series of television programs designed to explain changes in European-Mediterranean relations. (...) [122 words] [$2,1]

ONA'S ROAD SHOW IN LONDON

In the wake of its corporate make-over, ONA continued a road show it launched on Sept. (...) [83 words] [$2,1]

BENJELLOUN TOP INSURER

In the works for a year, a merger between the Al Wataniya and Royale Marocaine d'Assurances insurance companies that both belong to the Othman Benjelloun Finance. (...) [100 words] [$2,1]

tunis

AFD APPLIES BRAKES ON TUNIS

Visiting Tunisia together, Jean-Michel Severino, head of the Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD), and Philippe de Fontaine Vive, vice president of the European Investment Bank (EIB), told the Tunisian authorities they were not in a position to provide further assistance to the country and that Tunisia should ? (...) [115 words] [$2,1]

RATING AGENCY SCARES TUNISIAN FIRMS

Fitch Rating North Africa SA which bought out Maghreb Rating has become the bug-bear of Tunisian firms which are dreading its assessments. (...) [66 words] [$2,1]

WELL-ENDOWED FUND FOR THE POOR

Tunisia's Fonds de Solidarite Nationale (FSN), more widely known under the code ? (...) [66 words] [$2,1]

tripoli

BP IN MAJOR PUSH

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ECONOMICS/BUSINESS


	ALGERIA
	HYPROC
	HYPROC, an affiliate of Sonatrach that deals in the transportation of oil products, is to acquire six new tankers, two of which will be super-sized. (...) [29 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA/FRANCE
	SOCIETE GENERALE
	SOCIETE GENERALE is considering whether to get into the mortgage business in Algeria. (...) [90 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA
	CARRE BLANC
	CARRE BLANC, a household linen company, is going to shortly open its first shop under franchise in Algiers. (...) [21 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	DIRECTION DES TRAVAUX PUBLICS DE MEDEA
	DIRECTION DES TRAVAUX PUBLICS DE MEDEA (Public Works Office in Medea, Algeria) has issued an invitation to tender for a consultancy to study building a 100 km motorway between Medea and Blida. (...) [36 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	ENTREPRISE DU METRO D'ALGER
	ENTREPRISE DU METRO D'ALGER (Algiers Subway Company) has put out a tender restricted to French firms for equipment for a first section of the line in keeping with a Franco-Algerian agreement signed this summer. (...) [38 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	DANONE
	DANONE, which took over the local firm Djujura and modernized its facilities, has tripled its sales in Algeria to 13 million euros. (...) [26 words] [FREE]


	MAGHREB
	EURO-MEDITERRANEAN INVESTMENT SUMMIT
	EURO-MEDITERRANEAN INVESTMENT SUMMIT will stage its first gathering on Jan. (...) [60 words] [$2,1]


	CANADA/LIBYA
	PAUL MARTIN
	Canadian prime minister Paul Martin is due to visit Libya on Dec. (...) [78 words] [$2,1]

WHO'S WHO


	ALGERIA/FRANCE
	MICHEL DE CAFARELLI
	The long-standing president of the Chambre Francaise de Commerce et Industrie en Algeria (CFCIA), Michel de Cafarelli is also a highly active businessman in the country. (...) [140 words] [$2,1]


	FRANCE/LIBYA
	HANNIBAL KADHAFI
	The son of Muammar Kadhafi who sowed panic among the citizenry by speeding down the wrong side of the Champs Elysees in his black Porsche in October, Hannibal Kadhafi, is back in the French capital. (...) [95 words] [$2,1]


	TUNISIA
	DOURAID AMMAR
	The son of former interior minister Habib Ammar, Douraid Ammar is highly active in the telecommunications branch. (...) [49 words] [$2,1]