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Archive n° 859 - 12/11/2008

Gaelle Arenson

ALGERIA

Editor in Chief

Americans Run Into "Economic Nationalism"

Business conditions for the United States in Algeria have taken a turn for the worse, according to the State Department’s latest commercial survey concerning the country. (...) [330 words] [$7]

MOROCCO

Rabat Move on Western Sahara

Foreign minister Taieb Fassi-Fihri said Morocco will soon start seeking "a wider regionalization of its southern provinces as a prelude to autonomy. (...)

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State Treasury Feels the Heat

The oil price is coming dangerously close to the floor price of USD 37 per barrel that Algeria has based its 2009 budget upon. (...) [147 words] [$2,1]

Testing Times for Employer Federation Chief

Due to the economic crisis, Reda Hamiama, president of the employers’ organization Forum des Chefs d’Entreprises, is feeling the heat. (...) [67 words] [$2,1]

Novartis to Open New Lab?

Maghreb Confidential understands that Switzerland’s Novartis group is thinking of building a production unit in Algeria following a plan by the authorities to levy heavy taxes on imported medicine. (...) [74 words] [$2,1]

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Moroccan Graduates Boost Parisian Networks

A flourishing association of Moroccan graduates from leading French universities (ESCP-EAP, etc), Maroc Entrepreneurs, is laying its plans for 2009 which include launching a third round of Tremplin Maroc. (...) [107 words] [$2,1]

Cohn & Wolfe’s PR Drive

Operating in Casablanca since 2003, the American communications group Grey, an affiliate of the communications giant WPP, plans to build up its public relations profile under the Cohn & Wolfe name. (...) [131 words] [$2,1]

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Libya Bails Out Italian Firms

Muammer Kadhafi is scheduled to stop over in Rome on his way to the United Kingdom early next week. (...) [97 words] [$2,1]

The Debt Market: Tunis Remains Wary

Tunis is unlikely to proceed with a bond issue on the world market in 2009. (...) [104 words] [$2,1]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS


	ALGERIA
	ZIEC
	ZIEC, a Chinese construction company, is to build 1,100 housing units in the El Tarf region in eastern Algeria under a DR 2. (...) [25 words] [FREE]


	TUNISIA
	Societe Tunisienne des Industries Pneumatiques
	Societe Tunisienne des Industries Pneumatiques, listed in Tunis, could be sold. (...) [47 words] [$2,1]


	TUNISIA
	Confection Ideale du Sud
	Confection Ideale du Sud (Tunisia) has set up two affiliates to work on research and development as well as to make womens’ underwear. (...) [56 words] [$2,1]


	MOROCCO
	Interpipe
	Interpipe, a firm owned by Ukrainian oligarch Viktor Pinchuk, is to supply 2,300 train wheels to Morocco’s ONCF railway company. (...) [20 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	DHL
	DHL has beefed up its presence in Algeria by inaugurating two sorting centers at Algiers and Hassi Messaoud, the country’s oil capital. (...) [23 words] [FREE]


	TUNISIA
	DräxLMaier
	DräxLMaier, a German car cable firm, will inaugurate a new plant at Siliana in north-west Tunisia. (...) [44 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	OCEA
	OCEA, A French shipyard run by Roland Jouassard, has launched the first two of 21 Deneb-class fast patrol boats ordered by Algeria. (...) [43 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	Tassili Airlines
	Tassili Airlines (Algeria), the airline unit of Sonatrach, has a new CEO: (...) [25 words] [FREE]

WHO'S WHO


	FRANCE/LIBYA
	Claude Gueant
	Secretary-general in the French president’s office, Claude Gueant, travelled to Tripoli on Dec. (...) [101 words] [$2,1]


	MOROCCO
	Haya Hynd Bouhaya
	A number of officials at the Casablanca stock exchange have resigned following the leaking of insider information to financial website Boursomaroc and an inquiry by the Conseil Deontologique des Valeurs Mobilieres (CDVM). (...) [111 words] [$2,1]


	LIBYA
	Al Motassem Kadhafi
	The son of Libya's leader, Al Motassem Kadhafi, who is in charge of security issues, is to visit the US. (...) [69 words] [$2,1]