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Archive n° 759 - 10/19/2006

Gaelle Arenson

LIBYA

Editor in Chief

Libya : Libyan Foreign Bank Tightens its Grip

With Algeria moving haltingly towards a first privatisation of a state-controlled bank – CPA – foreign bankers shouldn’t expect much of a welcome in Libya. (...) [266 words] [$7]

TUNISIA

Tunisia : Report on Carthage Palace

A major Western country is preparing a report on the influence that the family and cronies of president Ben Ali wield in Tunisian business circles. (...)

algiers

Seminars on French Business Dealings in Algeria

While Libya is very much in fashion in French business circles, France hasn’t altogether abandoned its long-standing tradition of exporting to Algeria. (...) [184 words] [$2,1]

IMF Looks at the Oil Accounts

A delegation from the International Monetary Fund is currently in Algeria to prepare a report on the country’s economic and social situation that will be presented to the institution’s board for its approval in early 2007. (...) [64 words] [$2,1]

Algiers a Boom Town for China’s CSCEC

The China State Construction Engineering Corp, which has begun building an opulent foreign ministry in Algiers, is being wooed by the defense ministry which wants it to construct a new headquarters building, a luxury dwelling for senior officers and other infrastructure. (...) [106 words] [$2,1]

rabat

Chirac on Tightrope Between Mohammed VI and Bouteflika on Western Sahara

With the U.N. mandate on Western Sahara about to run out, French president Jacques Chirac received a Moroccan delegation headed by foreign minister Mohammed Benaissa. (...) [107 words] [$2,1]

Moroccan SMEs in High Gear at SIAL

Around 50 Moroccan companies are to take part in the Salon International de l’Alimentation (SIAL) in Paris between Oct. (...) [151 words] [$2,1]

tunis

Haddad Next Interior Minister?

A protégé of Tunisia’s first lady, Leila Ben Ali, the current farm and hydraulic resources minister Mohamed Habib Haddad is being tipped for the post of interior minister in a forthcoming government re-shuffle. (...) [57 words] [$2,1]

Creating a Rival UGTT?

With two months to go before the Union General du Travail de Tunisie (UGTT) holds its annual congress, a group of former union members are being egged on by the police to create a rival union to scare members of the UGTT’s executive bureau, which has come under pressure from its rank and file. (...) [54 words] [$2,1]

Hard Time for Foreign Banks

Curiously, the only two foreign banks operating in Tunisia aren’t making a profit. (...) [66 words] [$2,1]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS


	ALGERIA
	Bosch
	Bosch is building up its operations in Algeria. The automobile parts maker and specialist in industrial tools is planning a recruitment drive for its Algerian affiliate. (...) [26 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA/FRANCE
	Grasse Valley
	Grasse Valley, a French concern, won a contract worth nearly EUR13 million from the Algerian television network to provide two systems of multi-channel broadcasting. (...) [24 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	Banque de dEveloppement local
	Banque de dEveloppement local (BDL) in Algeria is to be privatized. (...) [71 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA
	Thyssenkrupp
	Thyssenkrupp won a EUR 2.2 million contract from the Algerian railway company SNTF to supply 3,310 tons of UIC 54 rails which will be used to build new lines. (...) [29 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	Bruno Hartkope
	Bruno Hartkope has been contracted to supply films and photographic products worth EUR 423,400 to the Algerian police. (...) [19 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA/BELGIUM
	Electro Term International
	Electro Term International, a Belgian concern, has bought up all the shares in the public real estate developer Batigec, an affiliate of the metallic construction company Batimetal for nearly EUR 1. (...) [32 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA/FRANCE
	BTK
	BTK, a French group, has bought the coach-building unit of Societe Nationale de Vehicules Industriels (SNVI) in Tiaret in Algeria after months of bargaining. (...) [72 words] [$2,1]

WHO'S WHO


	FRANCE/MOROCCO
	Bertrand Delanoe
	. Paris mayor Bertrand Delanoe will visit Marrakech between Oct. (...) [52 words] [$2,1]


	TUNISIA
	Taoufik Chabi
	The buyer of “Bonprix,” a retail chain of the defunct Batam holding company, Taoufik Chaibi has installed his three leading associates on the company’s board: (...) [100 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA/FRANCE
	Jean-Claude Gaudin
	The mayor of Marseilles, Jean-Claude Gaudin, will travel to Algiers for a working visit in early December. (...) [36 words] [FREE]


	TUNISIA
	Ali Babbou
	A partner in the Glo balnet group, Ali Babbou, has returned to the computer industry by joining forces with the firm Acadys Partners Ltd to set up a firm to assemble computer equipment, develop software and provide consultancy services. (...) [75 words] [$2,1]


	TUNISIA
	Chekib Nouira
	The son of former prime minister Hedi Nouira, Chekib Noura, chief executive of Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie (BIAT) has a lot of ambitious plans for his establishment: (...) [61 words] [$2,1]