Arabic News Weekly Edition for Economics, 11/8/2004
Weekly Edition, Economics - Week of November 8, 2004
- US Senator: Egypt, US free trade area agreement negotiations being soon
Chairman of the US Congress Budged Committee Senator Bill Thomas said Egypt-US Free Trade Area (FTA) talks would soon begin. Egypt-USA, Economics, 11/12/2004 - Morocco's external debt halved in 7 years, minister
Morocco's external debt was reduced by half in seven years, to reach 11 billion Euros, said finance and privatization minister Fathallah Oualalou. Morocco, Economics, 11/12/2004 - Foreign investments in Morocco grew by 246% in 2003
Foreign investments in Morocco reached 23.5 billion DH (2.35 billion Euro) in 2003, which is a 246% increase compared to 6.8 billion DH 680 million Euro) in 2002, says a report of the investments department. Morocco, Economics, 11/12/2004 - A new private bank licensed in Syria
The Constitutional Committee of the Syrian-Bahraini Bank Project would hold its first meeting on the sidelines of the Arab Finance Ministers Conference due to take place in 28 and 30 of November, al-Thawra daily said Tuesday. Syria, Economics, 11/10/2004 - Maroc-Telecom gets license to be listed on the stockmarket
Maroc-Telecom has obtained the licence of the Casablanca stock market regulating council (CDVM) to be listed on the stock markets of Casablanca and Paris, announced on Monday, an official of the company's chairmanship council, Mohamed Ahizoune. Morocco, Business, 11/10/2004 - Iraqi financial experts work to settle blocked assets with Syria
Syria's Minister of Finance Mohammed al-Hussein on Tuesday announced an Iraqi financial experts team has recently visited The Syrian-Lebanese Commercial Bank to discuss the issue of blocked Iraqi assets and the two sectors merits in Syria. Syria-Iraq, Economics, 11/10/2004 - One million feddans dedicated to raise exports to $ 5 billion
Egypt's Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry Rasheed Mohamed Rasheed said on Monday that Dr. Nazif Government is studying plans to dedicate about one million feddans whose crops will be exported in a bid to raise the agricultural products exports to $ 5 billion a year. Egypt, Economics, 11/10/2004 - Morocco added to US Millennium challenge account recipient countries
Morocco was among a list of 16 countries that were declared by Washington eligible to share $1 billion of the Millennium Challenge Account for FY 2005. Morocco-USA, Economics, 11/10/2004 - Germany finances Al Zaafrana wind station Egypt-Germany, Economics, 11/8/2004