IPR Strategic Business Information Database back issues from Monday, April 23:
SYRIA: AUTHORITIES CONFISCATE MONEY OF 29 PERSONS.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to Cham Press newspaper (April 22, 2007), Dr. Mohammed Al-Hussein, Syria's Minister of Finance, issued several decisions aimed at confiscating the transferable and non-transferable money of 29 persons for violating the laws, including ...
SYRIA: AVERAGE POVERTY WITHDREW TO 11.4%.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to Cham Press newspaper (April 22, 2007), addressing the National Population Committee's meeting, Mr. Abadllah Al-Dardari, Syrian Deputy Prime Minister who ...
SYRIA: GOVERNMENT TARGETS 2.1% POPULATION GROWTH.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to Cham Press newspaper (April 22, 2007), addressing the National Population Committee's meeting, Mr. Abadllah Al-Dardari, Syrian Deputy Prime Minister who is largely ...
SYRIA: 30.9 MILLION POPULATION BY 2015.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to Cham Press newspaper (April 22, 2007), addressing the National Population Committee's meeting, Mr. Abadllah Al-Dardari, Syrian ...
SYRIA: POPULATION TRIPLED BETWEEN 1960-2000.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to Cham Press newspaper (April 22, 2007), addressing the National Population Committee's meeting, Mr. Abadllah Al-Dardari, Syrian Deputy Prime Minister who is largely considered responsible ...
SYRIA: SIZE OF LOCAL FAMILY ESTIMATED.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to Cham Press newspaper (April 22, 2007), addressing the National Population Committee's meeting, Mr. Abadllah Al-Dardari, Syrian Deputy Prime Minister who is largely ...
PALESTINE: 266 OLIVE MILLS EXIST.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to Cham Press newspaper (April 22, 2007), a recently released survey by the Palestinian Central Statistics Bureau estimated the total number of the existing olives pressing mills in the Palestinian ...
PALESTINE: 159,059 TONS OF OLIVES PRESSED.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to Cham Press newspaper (April 22, 2007), a recently released survey by the Palestinian Central ...
PALESTINE: 34,002 TONS OF OLIVE OIL PRODUCED.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to Cham Press newspaper (April 22, 2007), a recently released survey by the Palestinian Central Statistics Bureau ...
PALESTINE: OLIVES MILLS EMPLOY 1,595 WORKERS.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to Cham Press newspaper (April 22, 2007), a recently released survey by the Palestinian Central Statistics Bureau estimated at ...
PALESTINE: PRODUCTION OF OLIVES MILLS VALUED.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to Cham Press newspaper (April 22, 2007), a recently released survey by the Palestinian Central Statistics Bureau estimated the production value ...
PALESTINE: ADDED VALUE OF OLIVES PRESSING SECTOR ESTIMATED.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to Cham Press newspaper (April 22, 2007), a recently released survey by the Palestinian Central Statistics Bureau ...
EGYPT: PUBLIC SPENDING ENLARGED BY EP 24.2 BILLION.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to Al-Ahram newspaper (April 22, 2007), the newly proposed 2007/2008 general budget by the government consists of a ...
EGYPT: PUBLIC REVENUES INCREASE BY EP 19.8 BILLION.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to Al-Ahram newspaper (April 22, 2007), the newly proposed 2007/2008 general budget by the government consists of a ...
EGYPT: EP 120.1 BILLION TAX REVENUES.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to Al-Ahram newspaper (April 22, 2007), the newly proposed 2007/2008 general budget by the government ...
EGYPT: NEW BUDGET CONSISTS EP 166.7 BILLION SOCIAL ALLOWANCES.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to Al-Ahram newspaper (April 22, 2007), the newly proposed 2007/2008 general budget by the government ...
EGYPT: NEW BUDGET CONSISTS EP 59.6 BILLION WORKERS' COMPENSATIONS.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to Al-Ahram newspaper (April 22, 2007), the newly proposed 2007/2008 general budget by the government ...
EGYPT: NEW BUDGET CONSISTS EP 64.5 BILLION SOCIAL INCENTIVES.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to Al-Ahram newspaper (April 22, 2007), the newly proposed 2007/2008 general budget by the government consists of a EP ...
ALGERIA: AMERICAN COMPANY WITHDRAWS FROM GAS REFINERY PROJECT.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to Al-Khabar newspaper (April 22, 2007), specialized market sources revealed that the KBR Company (formerly Kellogg Brown and Root), an American engineering and construction company formerly a subsidiary of Halliburton, based in Houston, has ...
ALGERIA: SONATRACH NEGOTIATES FOREIGN COMPANIES FOR NEW GAS REFINERY PROJECT.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to Al-Khabar newspaper (April 22, 2007), specialized market sources revealed that Sonatrach, an Algerian government-owned company formed to exploit the hydrocarbon resources of the country, has been negotiating many foreign companies namely the Japanese Chiyoda, the US ...
ALGERIA: MINISTER CALLS FOR PRIVATE INVESTORS' SUPPORT.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to Al-Khabar newspaper (April 22, 2007), addressing the attendance of investment days held in Oran, the Algerian State Shareholdings and Investment Promotion Minister, Mr. Abdelhamid Temmar, called the local authorities and officials to support local investors. The minister ...
JORDAN: TAX COLLECTION GREW BY 25%.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to Al-Khaleej newspaper (April 22, 2007), official statistics show that the value of the collected income and sales taxes by the Jordanian treasury grew by 25.4% in ...
JORDAN: $2.7 BILLION INCOME AND SALES TAXES BY YEAR END.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to Al-Khaleej newspaper (April 22, 2007), official statistics issued by the Jordanian treasury forecast the volume of the collected income and sales taxes in the Kingdom to ...
JORDAN: COMPANIES CONTRIBUTE 92% OF INCOME AND SALES TAXES.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to Al-Khaleej newspaper (April 22, 2007), official statistics issued by the Jordanian treasury show that the operating joint ...
JORDAN: COMMERCE SECTOR CONTRIBUTES 4.2% OF INCOME AND SALES TAXES.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to Al-Khaleej newspaper (April 22, 2007), official statistics issued by the Jordanian treasury show that the commerce and ...
JORDAN: EMPLOYEES SECTOR CONTRIBUTES 2.8% OF INCOME AND SALES TAXES.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to Al-Khaleej newspaper (April 22, 2007), official statistics issued by the Jordanian treasury show that the employees ...
SAUDI ARABIA: JAPANESE INVESTMENTS VALUED $8.3 BILLION.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to Al-Yaum newspaper (April 22, 2007), following a meeting with a guest Japanese businessmen delegation, Mr. Amr bin Abdullah Aldabbagh, Governor of Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority, estimated at $8.3 billion the volume of the existing Japanese investments in Saudi ...
SAUDI ARABIA: $3.5 BILLION JAPANESE INVESTMENTS INFLOW.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to Al-Yaum newspaper (April 22, 2007), following a meeting with a guest Japanese businessmen delegation, Mr. Amr bin Abdullah Aldabbagh, Governor of Saudi Arabian ...
SAUDI ARABIA: $28 BILLION EXPORTS TO JAPAN.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to Al-Yaum newspaper (April 22, 2007), following a meeting with a guest Japanese businessmen delegation, Mr. Amr bin Abdullah Aldabbagh, Governor of Saudi Arabian General Investment ...
SAUDI ARABIA: $5.4 BILLION IMPORTS FROM JAPAN.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to Al-Yaum newspaper (April 22, 2007), following a meeting with a guest Japanese businessmen delegation, Mr. Amr bin Abdullah Aldabbagh, Governor of Saudi Arabian General Investment ...
ISRAEL: YOGGIE SECURITY SYSTEMSO APPOINTS CHRISTOPHE KORFER AS GLOBAL HEAD OF CONSUMER SALES.
Apr 23, 2007 ... The appointment of Christophe Korfer adds a track record of business development to the Yoggie executive team covering nearly twenty years of high profile IT sales success. Korfer has occupied senior roles with M-Systems, Iomega and ODixion, and brings extensive relationships with North ...
EGYPT: MUBARAK VISITS TURKEY.
Apr 23, 2007 ... President Mubarak yesterday 22/3/2007 started two-day working visit to Turkey during which he will have talks with Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyep Erdogan. Talks between the President and the Turkish officials will deal with the Iraqi file, the ...
EGYPT: CALLING FOR DECLARING MIDDLE EAST FREE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
Apr 23, 2007 ... A seminar hosted by Bibilotheca Alexandrina on Wednesday 21/3/2007 and organized by the Peace Studies Institute of Suzanne Mubarak Women International Peace Movement and Green Peace International entitled "Making Middle East a nuclear weapon free zone" stressed the necessity of declaring ...
EGYPT: LE 2 BILLION TO DEVELOP EXPORTS.
Apr 23, 2007 ... Export Development Fund board has agreed on increasing the fund's resources during the coming fiscal year 2007/2008 to reach LE 2 billion in stead of LE 1.5 billion. The fund also decided to continue export financeaid to a number of sectors including among others, ready-made clothes, ...
EGYPT: MUBARAK ALLOCATES $2 M FOR EGYPTIAN ACADEMY IN ROME.
Apr 23, 2007 ... "President Hosni Mubarak allocated $ two million to upgrade buildings of the Rome-based Egyptian Academy," Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni, who left Wednesday 21/3/2007 heading for Rome, said in pre-departure statements. He further said that another $3 million was secured from the ...
EGYPT: MUBARAK ORDERS PROMPT RELIEF ASSISTANCE TO FIRE VICTIMS.
Apr 23, 2007 ... President Hosni Mubarak on Wednesday 21/3/2007 ordered prompt relief assistance to the victims of the fire that broke out in central Cairo's neighborhood of Sayeda Zainab on Tuesday. At a meeting yesterday with Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif, President Mubarak followed up the government's ...
OMAN: SULTANATE - PARTICIPATION.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to Oman News: The Justice Ministry will take part in the 4th annual meeting of the International Humanitarian Law, due to be held in Beirut, Lebanon on Monday and last until May 4th.The meeting programme, in which a number of law professors and experts of the International ...
OMAN: LEGAL AFFAIRS MINISTER / MEETING.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to Oman News: Mohammed bin Ali bin Nasser al Alawi, Legal Affairs Minister, received in his office today Dr. Wafeeq Zahir Kameel, Secretary-General of the Afro-Asian Consultancy Legal Organization who is currently visiting the ...
OMAN: OMANI PRODUCTS EXHIBITION - OPENS.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to Oman News: Sayyid Hilal bin Hamoud al-Busaidi, Wali of Sur opened the Omani products exhibition at Khimji's Stores in the wilayat of Sur today. The exhibition was organized by the Executive Office of Omani products promotion campaign affiliated to the Ministry of Commerce and ...
OMAN: SULTANATE AND UNESCO / FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to Oman News: Koichiro Matsuura, Director-General of the UN Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has received a message with which a cheque was enclosed worth US$1 Million, being the Sultanate's government's contribution in support of the UNESCO's efforts in ...
OMAN: COMMITTEE FOR PREVENTION OF CRIME AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to Oman News: The Sultanate will tomorrow (Monday) take part in the 16th meeting of the committee for crime prevention and criminal justice due to be held in Vienna, Austria and last for five days. The Sultanate's delegation will be headed by Majid bin Abdullah al Alawi, ...
OMAN: MUSCAT MUNICIPALITY CHAIRMAN - VISIT.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to Oman News: Eng. Abdullah bin Abbas, Chairman of Muscat Municipality and his accompanying delegation today paid a field visit to solid waste treatment labs in Singapore. Eng. Abbas, who is currently on a several day visit to Singapore, toured the sections of the labs, and ...
OMAN: FIRST GULF CONFERENCE FOR SCHOOL HYGIENE.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to Oman News: The first Gulf conference for school hygiene is due to start at Grand Hyatt Muscat tomorrow (Monday). The conference is organized by the Health Ministry in collaboration with the Education Ministry and the executive office of the AGCC Health ministers' council and ...
OMAN: GLOBAL ROAD SAFETY WEEK OPENS.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to Oman News: The Global Road Safety Week (GRSW) held under the theme "Road Safety Shouldn't be a Coincidence" was opened here today under the auspices of Maj.Gen. Mohammed bin Abdullah al Riyami, Assistant Inspector-General of Police and Customs for Operations. GRSW is organized ...
OMAN: SAI - AGREEMENT.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to Oman News: Sayyid Abdullah bin Hamad al-Busaidi, Chairman of the State Audit Institution (SAI) signed an agreement with Subhankar Patra, Director of FINTEQ Enterprises Private Ltd., India, to design and develop a software application for Audit Planning and Scheduling System ...
OMAN: TECHNICAL COLLEGES TRUSTEES COUNCIL MEETING.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to Oman News: Dr. Jumah bin Ali bin Jumah, Manpower Minister, has presided at the technical colleges trustees council's meeting at the technical college premises in Al Musan'ah.The meeting agreed to admit 6,000 graduates from class Twelve 2007-2008, as first batch in Ibri ...
OMAN: FINANCE MINISTRY SG - DEPARTURE.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to Oman News: Darwish bin Ismaeil al-Balushi, Secretary-General of the Finance Ministry left here today with his delegation heading for France on an official several day visit.During his visit, he ...
OMAN: AL-YAHYAIEYAH HEADS FOR BRITAIN.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to Oman News: Dr. Sharifa bint Khalfan al-Yahyaieyah, Social Development Minister is due to leave here tomorrow (Monday) on a visit to the United Kingdom in response to an invitation from the British government aimed to acquaint herself with the British experiment in various ...
BRAZIL: SEEKING BUSINESS IN AFRICA.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to anba: Businessmen who will participate in a mission to North Africa, organised by the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce and by the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex), are optimistic regarding business opportunities. "There are many possibilities for ...
BRAZIL: SWEET EXOTIC FLAVOURS FROM THE FOREST.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to anba: Amazonian fruits have been known for centuries. When the first colonisers arrived in Brazil, the Indians were already familiar with several species - such as abiu, biriba, peach palm, cocono, and umari. But since the Portuguese preferred to cultivate European and Asian ...
BRAZIL: BRAZIL AND SYRIA RESEARCH AGRICULTURAL PEST.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to anba: Researchers from Brazil and Syria are working to find more efficient solutions to the fight against cydia pomonella, a pest that attacks fruit trees, mainly apples and pairs. Both countries are part of an international group of researchers that also includes ...
BRAZIL: 12TH UNCTAD TO DISCUSS OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES OF GLOBALISATION.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to anba: The 12th United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad), to be held next year in Accra, capital of Ghana, will have the following theme: "Addressing the opportunities and challenges of globalisation for development." The theme was approved yesterday (19) by ...
BRAZIL: CONCERT TO CELEBRATE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF ALPARGATAS.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to anba: Alpargatas, manufacturer of the renowned Havaianas flip-flops, will turn 100 years old in April. In order to celebrate the centennial, the company will hold tomorrow (21), in the southeastern Brazilian city of S?o Paulo, a free concert at the Ibirapuera Park. The ...
BRAZIL: BRAZIL MAY IMPORT GAS FROM LIBYA AND ALGERIA.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to anba: Brazilian president Luiz In?cio Lula da Silva told the political council, a group comprised of pro-government parties, that he is negotiating the importing of natural gas from other producing markets, given the possibility of interruption in the purchase of gas from ...
BRAZIL: GOL AIRLINE HAS NET REVENUES OF US$ 500 M FIRST QUARTER.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to anba: Brazilian airline Gol Linhas A?reas Inteligentes had net revenues of 1.041 billion Brazilian reais (US$ 499.2 million) in the first quarter of this year. The value represents an increase of 21% over the same period last year, 863 million reais (US$ 424 million at current ...
HONG KONG: '06 OFFICE RENTS UP 15%.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to news.gov.hk: Last year's office prices rose 5% from 2005 while rents grew 15%, the Rating & Valuation Department's Hong Kong Property Review 2007 says. Despite the shrinkage in transaction volume, residential flat prices increased 3% in the last quarter of 2006 against the ...
HONG KONG: APRIL 25 NEXT POULTRY REST DAY.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to news.gov.hk: The Food & Environmental Hygiene Department reminds poultry stall operators and the public that the next poultry rest day falls on Wednesday. Operators of market stalls and fresh provision shops selling live poultry must suspend business on the rest day to carry ...
HONG KONG: UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE PLANSMUSTCOMPLY WITH BASIC LAW.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to news.gov.hk: Both the Central Authorities and the Hong Kong Government arecommitted to achieving universal suffrage, andChief Executive Donald Tsang willtake forward discussions within the community, the Constitutional Affairs Bureau says. It emphasised any universal suffrage ...
HONG KONG: PLANS IN PLACE FOR PANDAS' ARRIVAL.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to news.gov.hk: State Forestry Administration head Zhao Xuemin is leading aMainland delegation set to arrive in Hong Kong to attend the giant panda handover ceremonyon April 26 at Hong Kong International Airport. A team of technical experts will first arrive at Hong Kong on ...
HONG KONG: GOV'T FOLLOWS UP ON MEDICINE WITH ALCOHOL.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to news.gov.hk: The Department of Health is investigating after a private doctor in Tuen Mun dispensedTerbutaline, a transparent syrup suspected to containisopropyl alcohol, to six patients suffering shortness of breath since March 21. The department has successfully contacted ...
CHINA: AMERICAN HISUN OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD. ENTERED WUHAN WITH RMB400M INVESTMENT.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to fdi.gov.cn: On April 18, Hisun Optoelectronics Co., Ltd., world top semiconductor illuminating enterprise, officially settled in Hubei. According to the agreement, Hisun Company will invest RMB400m in Wuhan to establish a semiconductor illuminating industrial zone to produce ...
CHINA: VIETNAM NEWSPAPER CLAIMED CHINESE INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT REMAINED ATTRACTIVE.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to fdi.gov.cn: As reported by Vietnam Investment News, foreign capital utilizing experts in Vietnam believed that since China released the policy on approval restriction of high energy consumption (power, oil, coal), high pollution projects and ...
CHINA: EUR700M INVESTMENT TO BE BUILT CHINA TOWN AROUND BERLIN.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to fdi.gov.cn: As reported by Deutsche Welle, Brandenburg nearby Berlin has planned to establish a China Town at the former airport site, covering a land of 80 hectares and with total investment up to EUR700m. As the project management company, BCPM Company from Frankfurt, ...
CHINA: AGREEMENT ON COMMODITY TRADE OF CHINA-PAKISTAN FREE TRADE ZONE TO TAKE EFFECT ON JUL. 1.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to fdi.gov.cn: China and Pakistan jointly declared in Beijing on 20th that both parties would accelerate the negotiation process on service trade and the agreement on commodity trade of China-Pakistan free trade zone would take effect on July 1. The declaration revealed that both ...
CHINA: GLOBAL WATER GIANT TAKING A CLOSE LOOK AT CHINESE MARKET.
Apr 23, 2007 ... According to fdi.gov.cn: Huge Chinese water market is greatly attracting global water enterprises. On the "2007 China Water International Conference" held on April 19, hundreds of water enterprises from France, Germany, Netherlands, Singapore and Japan tried to find investment ...