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MAGHREB STOCK MARKETS

STOCK
MARKET WRAP

A Rosy Picture For The Tunis Stock Exchange (TSE).

The Casablanca Bourse (CSE) Continues To Slow Down To A Negative YTD Performance

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THE ALGERIAN CRISIS
THE BEGINNING OF THE END

While the conflict in Algeria is far from being resolved, news from there are very encouraging as waves of rebels gave up arms. continue here

MOROCCO - BUSINESS & IMMIGRATION
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, SOURCE OF PROBLEMS TO TEXTILE EXPORTERS

Textile manufacturers and exporters to Europe say that they are frustrated by the impact illegal immigration has on their business. The problem has been irrefutable for a long time and the textile industry has remained incapable of finding a solution. continue here

TUNISIA-POLITICS
A Party With Two Leaders
BEL HAJ AMOR RESIGNS, BOUCHIHA AND BEN-AMEUR TO LEAD PUP PARTY

Mohamed Bouchiha is now the new secretary general of the Party de l'Unité Populaire (PUP) replacing Mohamed Bel-Haj Amor who resigned from the post and decided that "it was time to retire." Mr. Bel-Haj Amor, one of the only two legal opposition candidates who ran for the presidential elections last year, said he will spend his time writing his memoir. continue here

OTHER TOPICS OF THIS WEEK

ALGERIA -INDUSTRY
OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FISHERIES SECTOR

Algeria’s fisheries sector has been undervalued and received very little attention from policymakers and investors. But there are encouraging signs that the government and the new cabinet are well aware of an industry that has untapped potentials.continue here

MOROCCO - FINANCE
AMBITIOUS BENJELLOUN

Othman Benjelloun is an ambitious man with goals to dominate a greater share of the Moroccan financial markets. Benjelloun’s primary targets are the banking sector and the insurance business.continue here

TUNISIA - CENSUS
NEW FIGURES REFLECT HIGHER STANDARD OF LIVING

Othman Benjelloun is an ambitious man with goals to dominate a greater share of the Moroccan financial markets. Benjelloun’s primary targets are the banking sector and the insurance business.continue here

ALGERIA - ECONOMIC REFORM
LIBERALIZATION OF WATER SECTOR EXPECTED

MOROCCO - PRIVATIZATION
PREMIER SETS PACE FOR TELECOM LIBERALIZATION

ALGERIA - BANKING SECTOR REFORM
A PRIORITY FOR THE NEW PREMIER

MOROCCO - PORT OF CASABLANCA
CASABLANCA, A SATURATED SEA PORT

ALGERIA - CORPORATE
SONATRACH TO REMAIN MAIN SOURCE OF REVENUE AND COST FOR ALGERIA

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