IPR Strategic Business Information Database back issues from Monday, October 20:
EGYPT: EGYPTIAN-SAUDI COORDINATION TO COUNTER THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS.
Oct 20, 2008 ... Saudi King Abduallah Ben Abdel Aziz received Saturday 18/10/2008 Egyptian Minister of Trade and Industry Rasheed Mohamed Rasheed. Rasheed handed the Saudi king a message from President Hosni Mubarak. The message tackled means of promoting economic cooperation between the two countries in ...
EGYPT: MUBARAK ATTENDS NAVAL FORCES DAY CELEBRATIONS.
Oct 20, 2008 ... President Hosni Mubarak on Saturday18/10/2008 attended President Hosni Mubarak on Saturday 18/10/2008 attended celebrations marking the Egyptian Naval Forces Day in Alexandria. Meanwhile, Admiral Mohab Mamesh, the Commander of the naval forces said we are capable of protecting our coasts ...
EGYPT: FOREIGN MINISTER LAUDS TO THE FORUM ON CHINA-AFRICA COOPERATION.
Oct 20, 2008 ... "The current financial crisis has expanded to involve the entire world countries in a worrisome way," Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit said on Saturday18/10/2008 at a speech before the sixth meeting of senior officials of member states of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation. "This ...
EGYPT: COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN NCHR, SPANISH COUNTERPART.
Oct 20, 2008 ... Ambassador Mokhles Kotb, the Secretary General of the National Council for Human Right (NCHR) said on 18/10/2008 that Dr. Botrous Ghali the Chairman of the NCHR signed cooperation agreement in the field of boosting and spreading the culture of human rights with Office of Complaints in ...
EGYPT: MINISTER OF INVESTMENT: GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS STOCK EXCHANGE.
Oct 20, 2008 ... "The government supports the stock markets which are working in the fields of investment and developing projects," Dr. Mahmoud Mohie Eddin, the Minister of Investment said at a meeting with officials from stock exchange and the 30 most active companies. He added that the amendment of the ...
EGYPT: GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS NOT TO AFFECT EGYPTIAN FOREIGN DEBTS REPAYMENT TIMETABLE.
Oct 20, 2008 ... "The international financial crisis will not affect the timetable set for paying Egyptian foreign debts," Minister of State for Economic Development Othman Mohamed Othman asserted Saturday 18/10/2008 during a symposium held on the fringe of the 44th annual conference of the executives ...
EGYPT: AL-AHLY DEFEATS ENYIMBA OF NIGERIA, QUALIFIES FOR FINAL OF AFRICAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE.
Oct 20, 2008 ... Al-Ahly of Egypt stayed on track for a record sixth African Champions League title after a tense 1-0 victory over Enyimba of Nigeria Saturday 18/10/2008. The decisive Ahly goal was created and executed by Angolan Flavio Amado powering a glancing near-post header ...
EGYPT: GRAND IMAM OF AL-AZHAR: EGYPT, ITS PEOPLE AND ITS LEADERSHIP, WISHES LEBANON PEACE AND PROSPERITY.
Oct 20, 2008 ... "Egypt, its people and its leadership, wishes Lebanon peace and prosperity," Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Dr. Mohamed Sayed Tantawi said on Saturday 18/10/2008while addressing a gathering at the inauguration of Mohamed Al-Amin mosque in central Beirut. It is the bonds ofpeace and humanity that ...
HONG KONG: HOUSE CROW TESTS POSITIVE FOR H5N1.
Oct 20, 2008 ... According to news.gov.hk: dead house crow found in Sham Shui Po has been confirmed H5N1-positive, the Agriculture, Fisheries & Conservation Department says. The bird was found and collected at the refuse collection chamber in Sham Shui ...
HONG KONG: RETAIL FUEL-PRICE COMPARISON IN PIPELINE.
Oct 20, 2008 ... According to news.gov.hk: The Consumer Council will compare oil companies' retail fuel prices and discounts by the end of this year and release the data to help consumers make their choices, Secretary for the Environment Edward Yau says. Speaking on a radio talk show this morning, Mr Yau ...
HONG KONG: AIR TRAFFIC DECLINES AMID GLOBAL FINANCIAL WOES.
Oct 20, 2008 ... According to news.gov.hk: Hong Kong International Airport handled 3.6 million passengers and 317,000 tonnes of cargo in September, down 4.7% and 7.5% compared with same period last year, the Airport Authority says. Air traffic movements for the month also dropped 0.4%, to 24,570. The ...
HONG KONG: CUSTOMS SEIZES $200M IN SMUGGLED GOODS.
Oct 20, 2008 ... According to news.gov.hk: Customs officers have seized $200 million worth of goods in the largest ever sea-smuggling case. On October 16, Marine Enforcement Group officers stopped a river trade vessel heading for Zhaoqing, Guangdong in the Hong Kong waters and held32 containers, declared ...
HONG KONG: VOTE FOR MERITORIOUS WEBSITES.
Oct 20, 2008 ... According to news.gov.hk: The 2008 Meritorious Website Contest is now open for public voting until December 24. This year's theme is "Surf smartly and spend our time wisely. Say no to objectionable materials and browse healthy websites." Forty-one websites covering news, learning ...
HONG KONG: FUNDING CHANGES AIM TO BOLSTER SMES.
Oct 20, 2008 ... According to news.gov.hk: The Government is considering removing the loan guarantee caps for two sub-schemes under the SME funding schemes to ease the economic difficulties facing the small and medium-sized enterprises, Secretary for Commerce & Economic Development Rita Lau says. On a ...
CHINA: EUROPEAN BIGGEST SPORTING RETAILER OPENED STORE IN DALIAN.
Oct 20, 2008 ... According to fdi.gov.cn: Recently, the first sport special supermarket of European biggest sports goods retailer D?cathlon officially kicked off its business in Xianglujiao Logistics Park Dalian. This is the first "one-stop" sport shopping special supermarket in northeast China. D?cathlon ...
CHINA: WUHAN UTILIZING FOREIGN CAPITAL GREW STEADILY.
Oct 20, 2008 ... According to fdi.gov.cn: From January to September, Wuhan actually utilizing foreign capital stood at USD1.96b, up by16.0% year-on-year. Among them, foreign direct investment amounted to ...
CHINA: SHANDONG UTILIZING FOREIGN CAPITAL INCREASED STEADILY IN THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS.
Oct 20, 2008 ... According to fdi.gov.cn: From January to September, Shandong actual foreign capital in position stood at USD5.91b, up by 31.2%, which presents the following features: firstly, foreign capital projects of encouragement increased rapidly. 10 wind energy, wave energy and other new energy ...
CHINA: TAIWAN AUTHORITIES DETERMINED TO INCREASE ANOTHER NYD300B TO COORDINATE FUND RAISING OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES.
Oct 20, 2008 ... According to fdi.gov.cn: On October16, "the Executive Yuan" government body in Taiwan held the 10th meeting of "coping boom team", determined to increase fund raising of NTD300b (New Taiwan Dollar, the same below) to small and medium-sized enterprises. Hu Zhongying, vice director of ...
CHINA: SILICON VALLEY AND CHINESE OPTICAL VALLEY TO COOPERATE FULLY.
Oct 20, 2008 ... According to fdi.gov.cn: On October 16, general chamber of commerce of Silicon Valley in San Jose California, US Silicon Valley center and Wuhan East Lake Hi-tech Development Zone, Chinese Optical Valley, signed the letter of intention in Wuhan to fully establish strategic cooperation ...
CHINA: FUJIAN PROVINCE ISSUED THE SHORT-TERM FINANCING BILLS OF THE SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES FOR THE FIRST TIME.
Oct 20, 2008 ... According to fdi.gov.cn: was revealed by the Fuzhou branch of China CITIC Bank on October 16 that the short-term financing bills of small and medium enterprises of Fujian Haiyuan Automatic Equipments Co., Ltd., would be officially issued by Fuzhou CITIC to Chinese inter-bank ...
CHINA: TRADE UNIONS HAVE BECOME LARGEST TRADE UNION ORGANIZATIONS OF THE WORLD.
Oct 20, 2008 ... According to fdi.gov.cn: As of June in 2008, the number of China's trade union organizations had reached 1.702m with a total of 209m union members, covering 3.556m units and broking the record, which became the largest trade union organizations of the world. It was learned from the China ...
UKRAINE: MOODY'S: OUTLOOK FOR UKRAINE'S KEY RATINGS CHANGED TO STABLE FROM POSITIVE.
Oct 20, 2008 ... Moody's Investors Service has changed the outlook on Ukraine's key ratings to stable from positive as the global liquidity crunch has combined with existing macroeconomic, financial and political challenges. "As a result, the probability that Moody's would raise the credit rating to Ba3 ...
RUSSIA: MOODY'S PLACES MBRD'S B1 DEPOSIT RATINGS ON REVIEW FOR POSSIBLE DOWNGRADE.
Oct 20, 2008 ... Moody's Investors Service today placed the B1 long-term local and foreign currency deposit ratings of Moscow Bank for Reconstruction and Development (MBRD), the bank's foreign currency debt rating of B1 and its subordinate debt rating of B2 on review for possible downgrade. MBRD's bank ...
KAZAKHSTAN: MOODY'S REPORTS: NEGATIVE OUTLOOK FOR KAZAKHSTAN'S BANKING SYSTEM.
Oct 20, 2008 ... The fundamental credit outlook for the Kazakh banking system is negative, reflecting its weakening asset quality and stressed funding profile, says Moody's Investors Service in its new Banking System Outlook for Kazakhstan. The rating agency expects funding conditions for Kazakh banks ...
PAKISTAN: "HAWALA" KA HAWALA BY IKRAM SEHGAL.
Oct 20, 2008 ... Of all the problems besetting us today nothing is more critical than the economy, and if one were to take one factor as most critical to the state of the State, nothing would be more important than the rapid evaporation of our foreign exchange (FE) reserves into thin air. We were on the ...
ISRAEL: THREE ILLEGAL CIVILIAN OUTPOSTS REMOVED BY THE IDF IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA.
Oct 20, 2008 ... Three illegal Israeli civilian outposts were removed by IDF and Border Police forces in Judea and Samaria last night. Sela Ridge, the first outpost, was removed near the Israeli community ...
MALTA: MALTESE REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT FOR CHI HOTELS & RESORTS.
Oct 20, 2008 ... CHI Hotels & Resorts (CHI) announced the appointment of Maltese national Salvinu Farrell as the Regional Vice President for all its operations in Africa and the Middle East, reporting directly to Company CEO and Managing Director Tony Potter. Salvinu Farrell will be based in Tunisia and ...
PALESTINE: PCHR CONDEMNS ERUPTION OF VIOLENCE AT GAZA CITY'S AL-AZHAR UNIVERSITY.
Oct 20, 2008 ... The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns the eruption of violence at al-Azhar University in Gaza City at the end of last week. The violence involved students' damaging parts of the university and destroying university property. PCHR calls upon the Attorney-General ...
ALGERIA: NEW BODY NEEDED TO FOLLOW-UP OIL PRICE VOLATILITY.
Oct 20, 2008 ... According to Al-Khabar newspaper (October 17, 2008), Mr. Nouredine Leghlil, a financial analyst on the stock exchange of Stockholm, said that Algeria needs a new body to follow-up the international oil price volatility. Such a body should evaluate the oil price ...
ALGERIA: ALGERIA MIGHT FACE DISASTER IF OIL PRICES CONTINUE TO FALL.
Oct 20, 2008 ... According to Al-Khabar newspaper (October 17, 2008), Mr. Nouredine Leghlil, a financial analyst on the stock exchange of Stockholm, said that from last July,11th, to October, 16th,2008 oil prices have ...
ALGERIA: $140 BILLION FOREIGN CURRENCY RESERVES.
Oct 20, 2008 ... According to Al-Khabar newspaper (October 17, 2008), Mr. Nouredine Leghlil, a financial analyst ...
ALGERIA: ALGERIAN PRISONERS IN LIBYA START HUNGER STRIKE.
Oct 20, 2008 ... According to Al-Khabar newspaper (October 19, 2008), the Algerian prisoners in Libya have started a hunger strike against the misconduct of the prisons' guards. The ...
TUNISIA: FRENCH GROUPAMA ACQUIRES 35% IN "STAR" INSURANCE.
Oct 20, 2008 ... According to online press (October 19, 2008), Groupama, France's second largest multiline insurance company, has recently acquired 35% stakes in of the Tunisian insurer "Star" in exchange of Euro 72 million (TD 140 million). Jean Francois Lemoux, the international managing director of the ...
TUNISIA: CARTHAGE FILM FESTIVAL TO OPEN SOON.
Oct 20, 2008 ... According to online press (October 19, 2008), the 22nd Edition of the Carthage Film Festival will open at the Tunis Municipal Theatre during ...
BAHRAIN: LOCAL INSURANCE PREMIUMS GREW BY 21%.
Oct 20, 2008 ... According to Akhbar Al-Khaleej newspaper (October 19, 2008), Mr. Abdul Rahman Al Baker, Executive Director of Financial Institutions Supervision at the Central Bank of Bahrain, announced that the ...
BAHRAIN: EMPLOYEES IN INSURANCE SECTOR INCREASED BY 9%.
Oct 20, 2008 ... According to Akhbar Al-Khaleej newspaper (October 19, 2008), Mr. Abdul Rahman Al Baker, Executive Director of Financial Institutions Supervision at the Central Bank of Bahrain, ...
BAHRAIN: LOCAL LIFE INSURANCE PREMIUMS GREW BY 67%.
Oct 20, 2008 ... According to Akhbar Al-Khaleej newspaper (October 19, 2008), Mr. Abdul Rahman Al Baker, Executive Director of Financial Institutions Supervision at the Central Bank of Bahrain, announced that the ...
BAHRAIN: LOCAL CAR INSURANCE PREMIUMS GREW BY 32%.
Oct 20, 2008 ... According to Akhbar Al-Khaleej newspaper (October 19, 2008), Mr. Abdul Rahman Al Baker, Executive Director of Financial Institutions Supervision at the Central Bank of Bahrain, announced that the ...
BAHRAIN: LOCAL FIRE INSURANCE PREMIUMS GREW BY 2%.
Oct 20, 2008 ... According to Akhbar Al-Khaleej newspaper (October 19, 2008), Mr. Abdul Rahman Al Baker, Executive Director of Financial Institutions Supervision at the Central Bank of Bahrain, announced that ...
BAHRAIN: LOCAL MARITIME INSURANCE PREMIUMS GREW BY 3.2%.
Oct 20, 2008 ... According to Akhbar Al-Khaleej newspaper (October 19, 2008), Mr. Abdul Rahman Al Baker, Executive Director of Financial Institutions Supervision at the Central Bank of Bahrain, announced that the ...
BAHRAIN: 163 INSURANCE COMPANIES OPERATE IN KINGDOM.
Oct 20, 2008 ... According to Akhbar Al-Khaleej newspaper (October 19, 2008), Mr. Abdul Rahman Al Baker, Executive Director of Financial Institutions Supervision at the ...
BAHRAIN: INSURANCE COMPANIES RECORD 42% ASSETS GROWTH.
Oct 20, 2008 ... According to Akhbar Al-Khaleej newspaper (October 19, 2008), Mr. Abdul Rahman Al Baker, Executive Director of Financial Institutions Supervision at the Central ...
BAHRAIN: INSURANCE COMPANIES RECORD 56% PROFITS GROWTH.
Oct 20, 2008 ... According to Akhbar Al-Khaleej newspaper (October 19, 2008), Mr. Abdul Rahman Al Baker, Executive Director of Financial Institutions Supervision at the Central ...
TUNISIA: $2 BILLION TOURISM REVENUES.
Oct 20, 2008 ... According to online press (October 19, 2008), a recently released official report by the Tunisian Statistics Department estimated at TD 2.5 billion ($2.07 ...
TUNISIA: NUMBER OF TOURISTS UP 3%.
Oct 20, 2008 ... According to online press (October 19, 2008), a recently released official report by the Tunisian Statistics Department shows that the ...
TUNISIA: 5.6 MILLION TOURISTS VISITED.
Oct 20, 2008 ... According to online press (October 19, 2008), a recently released official report by the Tunisian ...
TUNISIA: TOURISM CONTRIBUTES 5% OF FOREIGN CURRENCY RESERVES.
Oct 20, 2008 ... According to online press (October 19, 2008), a recently released official report by the Tunisian Statistics Department shows that the Tunisian ...
MOROCCO: INFLATION FELL TO 3.9%.
Oct 20, 2008 ... According to Raya newspaper (October 19, 2008), a recently released official report by the Higher Planning Commission shows that ...
MOROCCO: FOOD PRICES ROSE BY 6.5%.
Oct 20, 2008 ... According to Raya newspaper (October 19, 2008), a recently released official report by the Higher Planning Commission shows that the ...
MOROCCO: GOVERNMENT FORECASTS 2.9% INFLATION.
Oct 20, 2008 ... According to Raya newspaper (October 19, 2008), a recently released official report by the Higher Planning Commission forecasts the average ...
KUWAIT: REAL ESTATE SALES GREW BY 79% IN SEPTEMBER.
Oct 20, 2008 ... According to Akhbar Al-Khaleej newspaper (October 19, 2008), a recently publicized report by the Kuwaiti Real Estate Registry Office shows that the real ...
KUWAIT: REAL ESTATE EXCHANGES DECLINED BY 28%.
Oct 20, 2008 ... According to Akhbar Al-Khaleej newspaper (October 19, 2008), a recently publicized report by the Kuwaiti Real Estate Registry Office shows that the overall real estate exchange transactions volume ...
SYRIA: SYRIAN-ALGERIAN JOINT HIGHER COMMISSION MET.
Oct 20, 2008 ... According to Akhbar Al-Khaleej newspaper (October 19, 2008), the Syrian-Algerian Joint Higher Commission had met in Damascus last week. Chaired by both countries' prime ministers, the two-day meeting discussed means of bolstering cooperation between the two countries in ...
SYRIA: $1 BILLION SYRIAN-ALGERIAN BILATERAL TRADE.
Oct 20, 2008 ... According to Akhbar Al-Khaleej newspaper (October 19, 2008), addressing the Syrian-Algerian Joint Higher Commission, the Algerian President of chamber of Commerce and Industry, Ibrahim bin Jaber, said that Syria ...
ALGERIA: ALGERIA KEEPS ITS MEMBERSHIP IN FRANCOPHONE ORGANIZATION.
Oct 20, 2008 ... According to El-Khbar newspaper (October 19, 2008), addressing the International Francophone Organization Summit in Canada, the Algerian President, Mr. Abdulaziz Bouteflika, has decided to keep the status of Algeria's membership in ...
ALGERIA: 1 MILLION NEW HOUSES FOR ALGERIANS.
Oct 20, 2008 ... According to El-Khbar newspaper (October 19, 2008), the Algerian Minister of Housing, Nouredine Moussa, announced that the 1 million house project is expected to be received as by ...
ALGERIA: AN INTERPOL WANTED ALGERIAN ARRESTED.
Oct 20, 2008 ... According to El-Khbar newspaper (October 19, 2008), the Algerian Police at the Tlemcen International Airport has arrested an Interpol wanted ...
ALGERIA: TWO TERRORISTS KILLED.
Oct 20, 2008 ... According to El-Khbar newspaper (October 19, 2008), the Algerian army has recently managed to kill two terrorists and to arrest another two in an ambush set by units of the National Army in Boumerdes. Sources ...