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Archive n° 681 - 02/03/2005

Gaelle Arenson

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Editor in Chief

The Big Corporate Sell-Off

The Tunisian authorities allowed French prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin a first peek at their privatization program for 2005 on Jan. (...) [313 words] [$7]

MOROCCO

Emergency Plan to Safeguard Octopus Reserves

The fisheries minister is trying to impose quotas on the military which has long controlled the market for octopuses. (...)

algiers

THE COMING MAN IN TRANSPORTATION BRANCH

The business of Mahieddine Tahkout, an Algerian entrepreneur in his 40s, has begun to seriously take off. (...) [110 words] [$2,1]

HAMMAM BOUGHRARA DAM BIDDERS ASK TOO MUCH

The Agence Nationale des Barrages has declared the bidding round for construction of a dam at Boughrara near Oran to be ? (...) [55 words] [$2,1]

rabat

THALES TO TRAIN RESEARCHERS

The managing director of Thales International, Francois Gayet, signed a MOU in Rabat on Jan. (...) [86 words] [$2,1]

NEW CHARTER FOR CENTRAL BANK

Changes in the charter of Morocco's central bank, Bank al Maghrib (BAM), that were adopted under new banking legislation will enable the establishment to free itself ? (...) [82 words] [$2,1]

tunis

RAFFARIN SEES BIG BUSINESS AHEAD

Four funding agreements worth a total of 120 million euros ($156 million) were signed during French prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin's visit to Tunis late last week. (...) [123 words] [$2,1]

STIL DOWN THE DRAIN

Shareholders of Societe Tunisienne de l'Industrie Laitiere (STIL) met on Jan. (...) [130 words] [$2,1]

NEW "ACTION PLAN" WITH EU

During a meeting of the Tunisian-European Union council in Brussels on Jan. (...) [117 words] [$2,1]

tripoli

AMERICAN MAJORS BACK IN TOWN

Morocco's leading oil official, Abdallah Badri, and prime minister Shukri Ghanem have managed to push through an American takeover of a good chunk of Libya's oil industry, with active backing from Saif El Islam, son of Muammer Kadhafi. (...) [170 words] [$2,1]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS


	MOROCCO
	SNAMPROGETTI/TEKFEN
	SNAMPROGETTI/TEKFEN, an Italian-Turkish consortium, has won the contract to upgrade the Mohammedia refinery operated by the Societe Anonyme Marocaine de l'Industrie de Raffinage. (...) [27 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA/MOROCCO
	BANQUE D'ALGERIE
	BANQUE D'ALGERIE was leading a delegation of Algerian bankers to Morocco between Feb. (...) [52 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA
	MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
	MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, an Italian company, is joining forces with the Entreprise Algerienne des Services aux Puits to set up a firm with the acronym MESP to treat oil waste and market chemical products. (...) [61 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA
	SERVICES PETROLIERS SCHLUMBERGER
	SERVICES PETROLIERS SCHLUMBERGER is going to supply computer equipment and accessories to two Algerian mining agencies under the authority of the energy ministry. (...) [33 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA/FRANCE
	ITT INDUSTRIES LOWARA
	ITT INDUSTRIES LOWARA (France) has been contracted by Algerienne des Eaux to supply 60 underwater electric pumps worth $305,000. (...) [22 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA/EUROPE
	EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK
	EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK has formally agreed to fund a project to transfer water from the Taksebt dam in Algeria. (...) [33 words] [FREE]


	FRANCE/TUNISIA
	TIMELEC
	TIMELEC, a French export company specializing in electrical and electronic goods and belonging to the Socomec group, has set up operations in the industrial zone of Chebedda in Tunisia. (...) [46 words] [$2,1]

WHO'S WHO


	FRANCE/LIBYA
	ABOUBAKER YOUNES JABER
	Libya's defense minister, Aboubaker Younes Jaber, was due on Feb. (...) [148 words] [$2,1]


	NORTH AFRICA/FRANCE
	DOMINIQUE BOCHE
	Maghreb Confidential understands that Dominique Boche, who is close to Dominique de Villepin – he followed the latter from the Quai d'Orsay to the interior ministry – will succeed Andre Parant as president Jacques Chirac's adviser for North Africa and the Middle East. (...) [124 words] [$2,1]