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Maghreb Confidential /Archives

Archive n° 707 - 09/08/2005

Gaelle Arenson

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Editor in Chief

Morocco : French Businessmen Losing Ground

Although everybody seems to be patting themselves on the back in advance of the third France Expo 2006 that will be held in Casablanca between March 8-11 the truth is that France is losing ground economically in the kingdom. (...) [302 words] [$4.7]

MOROCCO

Morocco to Halt Energy Subsidies?

Rabat could return to a system of pegging rates to the price of oil that it scrapped in 2000. The energy clearing house has arrears of DH 4. (...)

algiers

KBR To Build Criminology Center

Maghreb Confidential understands that the Algerian affiliate of the U.S. (...) [57 words] [$1.5]

Banks Pre-qualified To Conduct CPA Sell-Off

The partial privatization of Credit Populaire Algerien (CPA) – at least up to 50% will be put on the market - is due to take place by the end of 2006 at the latest. (...) [57 words] [$1.5]

Cevital Transforms Enasucre’s Sugar

Following the withdrawal of the Blanky group, the private Cevital firm has been awarded a sugar-processing contract from state-owned Enasucre. (...) [48 words] [$1.5]

rabat

Dassault Seeks To Invest

We understand that Serge Dassault, head of the Dassault group, is seeking to build up his profile in Morocco with new investments, less in aeronautics (apart from retro-fitting Mirage fighters) and the press (Socpresse) than in real estate and other sectors. (...) [42 words] [FREE]

OCP To Triple Exports To China

The Office Cherifien des Phosphates (OCP) will more than triple its phosphate fertilizer exports to China under a contract it signed on Sept. (...) [118 words] [$1.5]

tunis

Trabelsi Family Likes TF1 Programs

After producing "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" in Tunisia, the Trabelsi family related by marriage to president Zine el Abedine Ben Ali, is about to produce another successful program run by the French television channel TF1: (...) [53 words] [$1.5]

The State Of Play With Batam

Several firms of the insolvent Batam group have yet to find a buyer. (...) [178 words] [$1.5]

tripoli

Revolutionary Commitees Up In Arms

The speaker of the Libyan parliament and cousin of Muammar Kadhafi, Ahmed Ibrahim, has stepped forward as the leader of a revolt by the revolutionary committees (parliament) against draft reforms announced by the "liberal" tandem Saif El Islam and prime minister Shukri Ghanem in late August. (...) [107 words] [$1.5]

Majority Stake In Tamoil Up For Sale

During a visit by a Japanese oil delegation to Libya, prime minister Shukri Ghanem announced that Tripoli would shortly put 60% of Tamoil up for sale. (...) [114 words] [$1.5]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS


	LIBYA
	Bawag PSK
	Bawag PSK, an Austrian banking establishment, has opened a representation office in Libya, at the Corinthia Bab Africa Hotel in Tripoli. (...) [44 words] [FREE]


	LIBYA
	Pro Technology
	Pro Technology, an information technology group based in Dubai and also active e in Jordan and Sudan, plans to open an office in Libya. (...) [25 words] [FREE]


	LIBYA
	Zueitina Oil Company
	Zueitina Oil Company of Libya has asked eight companies bidding to build a new pipeline between base 103A in the Sirta basin and a pipeline at Brega on the coast to revise their financial offers. (...) [77 words] [$1.5]


	ALGERIA
	Energoinvest
	Energoinvest (Bosnia) has landed a $28.6 million contract to build a new 400 KW high voltage line in Algeria. (...) [33 words] [FREE]


	MOROCCO
	Airbus Industrie
	Airbus Industrie hasn’t put in an offer in response to a tender by Royal Air Maroc for new long-haul aircraft, The European group considers it stands no chance against Boeing. (...) [42 words] [FREE]


	TUNISIA
	Omv Aktiengesellschaft
	Omv Aktiengesellschaft (Austria) is beefing up its investments in Tunisia’s oil industry. (...) [59 words] [$1.5]

WHO'S WHO


	ALGERIA
	Mourad Chikhi
	Although he was spared in the first cull of heads of public banks following Mourad Medelci’s arrival at the finance ministry in May, Mourad Chikhi was finally replaced as boss of the Banque Nationale d’Algerie (BNA) early this month. (...) [80 words] [$1.5]


	ALGERIA/CHINA
	Djamel Edine Grine
	Director-general for Asia-Pacific at the foreign ministry in Algiers, Djamel Edine Grine has just been appointed the country’s new ambassador to China. (...) [23 words] [FREE]


	TUNISIA
	Mahmoud M’Hiri
	Close to both the first lady, Leila Ben Ali, and to Abdelaziz Ben Dhia, the president’s strategic adviser, Mahmoud M’Hiri has been named presidential counsellor for political affairs. (...) [74 words] [$1.5]


	MOROCCO/UNITED NATIONS
	Andre Azoulay
	Less influential than during the reign of late king Hassan II, royal adviser Andre Azoulay will sit on the new “Alliance of Civilizations” panel that was set up by the United Nations in July. (...) [62 words] [$1.5]