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	Maghreb Confidential /Latest Issue

N°832 Paris,  09/05/2008 Next issue on May 9 Subscribe  | Country Channels Gaelle Arenson FRANCE Editor in Chief France's "Union for the Mediterranean" Feast? French president Nicolas Sarkozy will launch the Union for the Mediterranean, his pet project, at a banquet at the Elysee Palace on July 13, the eve of France’s national holiday. (...)   [360 words]  [$4,7] RISKS Tunisian Wages to Climb?   As salary talks begin, textile firms are warning the government they could lose their competitive advantage with production costs if wages rise too steeply. algiers Kuwaitis On the Move in Banking    With the process of privatizing public banks still gripped, most of the running in the banking business in Algeria at present is being done by Gulf establishments.  (...)  [95 words]  [$1,5] British American Tobacco in Strategy Turn    After signing a pact with the Algerian customs service to fight against import of counterfeit cigarettes, British American Tobacco is thinking of setting up shop directly in Algeria in the event that Algeria privatizes the Societe Nationale Algerienne des Tabacs et Allumettes .  (...)  [63 words]  [$1,5] rabat ONA Still Seeking True Corporate Culture    Morocco’s leading private holding company, ONA , clearly has problems with its bosses.  (...)  [302 words]  [$1,5] tunis Who’s to Profit from Petrodollar Bonanza?    A lot of lustful eyes are being cast on the huge investments of Gulf companies in Tunisia.  (...)  [150 words]  [$1,5] How Tunisia Landed a Latecoere Plant    The tug of war between Tunisia and Morocco to play host to a plant that the aeronautics equipment manufacturer Latecoere wants to install in North Africa was decided during the visit by Nicolas Sarkozy to Tunisia between April 28-30.  (...)  [244 words]  [$1,5] ECONOMICS/BUSINESS TUNISIA Altran Altran (France) has formed a joint venture with the Tunisian concern Telnet .  (...)  [28 words]  [FREE] LIBYA Alcatel-Lucent Alcatel-Lucent (France) signed a contract with Libya Telecom and Technology , the national provider of Internet services in Libya, to install the first commercial WiMAX network in the country.  (...)  [37 words]  [FREE] ALGERIA Jiangling Motors Co. Jiangling Motors Co., a leading Chinese manufacturer of commercial vehicles, is expected to establish itself in an economic zone in Algeria in an operation that Jiangxi province will finance to the tune of USD 550 million.  (...)  [49 words]  [$1,5] MOROCCO Surtymar Surtymar (France) was selected by Morocco’s Agence Nationale des Ports to see to the security of a dozen international commercial ports in the kingdom.  (...)  [49 words]  [$1,5] ALGERIA Groupe Mutuel Groupe Mutuel (Switzerland) is planning to operate in the life insurance sector in Algeria through a partnership with the private Algerian concern Alliance Assurances.  (...)  [39 words]  [FREE] ALGERIA Ikea Ikea (Sweden) is to open a first store in the suburbs of Algiers in partnership with a local company.  (...)  [40 words]  [FREE] TUNISIA Banque d’Affaires de Tunisie Banque d’Affaires de Tunisie, a subsidiary of Societe Tunisienne de Banque (STB) won a tender to advise Compagnie Tunisienne de Forage (CTF) on its privatization.  (...)  [25 words]  [FREE] WHO'S WHO FRANCE Patrice Paoli The French ambassador to the United Arab Emirates since 2005, Patrice Paoli , will shortly take over as director for North Africa and the Middle East at the French foreign office, as was anticipated by La Lettre A ( Indigo Publications ), a sister newsletter of Maghreb Confidential .  (...)  [89 words]  [$1,5] TUNISIA Leila Ben Ali The wife of Tunisia’s president has just sold the Ecole Internationale de Carthage, a private establishment she founded with Suha Arafat , to a Belgian group.  (...)  [85 words]  [$1,5] ALGERIA Issad Rebrab The CEO of Cevital , who bought the publication Liberte in the late 1990s, has reportedly bid to buy into El Khabar , the biggest Arabic-language newspaper with a circulation of 500,000.  (...)  [135 words]  [$1,5] UNITED KINGDOM Timothy Morris The British ambassador to Morocco, Charles Gray , has been appointed Marshal of the Diplomatic Corp .  (...)  [39 words]  [FREE]

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