Thursday, May 24th 2012

 
Tags (13) : Jordan

Measures in place to protect Dubai

Yacout Info | 10/30/2011 | News
Measures have been put in place to protect Dubai’s economy from European and other global economic woes, a senior Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry official said on Sunday. Speaking at Dubai Chamber’s third Economic Seminar of 2011, Hisham Al Shirawi, Second Vice Chairman, said: “External...
Dubai, Dubai Chamber of commerce, GCC, Hisham Al Shirawi, Jordan, Mena, Morocco

Analysis: Arab Spring slows, won’t stop economic reforms

Yacout Info | 10/21/2011 | News
When Jordanian security personnel surrounded the central bank last month to oust the governor after a dispute over policy, the incident showed how the Arab Spring is threatening economic reforms across the region. The governor, Faris Abdul Hamid Sharaf, was a vocal supporter of fiscal austerity...
Arab Spring, e, Jordan

Jordan¹s king picks international judge as new prime minister, encourages dialogue, reform

Yacout Info | 10/18/2011 | News
Jordan’s King Abdullah II designated a well known international judge as his prime minister Monday, a royal palace statement said, replacing a premier who ran afoul of reformers.The king instructed the new premier to swiftly open dialogue with opposition figures who have grown disgruntled with the...
Awn al-Khasawneh, Jordan, judge, King Abdullah, Prime Minister

Morocco, the GCC’s Maghreb protector?

Yacout Info | 10/14/2011 | News
When the proposal to invite Morocco and Jordan into the Gulf Cooperation Council first made headlines last May, it was interpreted as an offer of solidarity between monarchs at a time when Bahrain’s Sunni royal family was facing angry protests In fact, the effort to expand the regional...
GCC, Jeddah, Jordan, Morocco, Nasser Jouda, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Taib Fassi Fhiri

Hikma Pharma moves into Morocco with $111 million deal

Yacout Info | 10/03/2011 | Company Information
Jordanian group Hikma Pharmaceuticals took a further step to building up its presence in North Africa on Monday with a deal to buy 63.9 percent of Morocco's Promopharm for $111.2 million.   The acquisitive multinational group said it would also launch a mandatory tender offer to buy out the...
Algeria, Amman, Hikma, Jordan, Pharmaceuticals, Prmopharm, Said Darwazah, Saudi Arabia

H&M Accelerates Expansion Plans

Yacout Info | 10/02/2011 | Company Information
  Stockholm-based H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB (H&M) recently announced plans to accelerate its store openings for the 2010-2011 fiscal year to 265 new stores from a previous target of 250 units, according to The Financial Times. China, the United States, United Kingdom and Germany will...
Bulgaria, China, Expansion Plans, Germany, H&M, Indonesia, Jordan, Morocco, Singapore, Stockholm, Thailand, UK, US

GCC plans 5 year aid scheme for Jordan, Morocco

Yacout Info | 09/13/2011 | News
Gulf Arab countries plan to fund a five-year development aid programme for Morocco and Jordan, aspiring members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) political and economic bloc, and the amount will be SET in December, the GCC's chief said on Sunday.   Oil-exporting Gulf monarchies are seeking...
5 year aid, GCC, Jordan, Morocco

Agreement for the creation of two working groups to discuss areas of joint cooperation

Yacout Info | 09/11/2011 | News
The foreign ministers of the states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) agreed at a meeting Sunday in Jeddah with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Taib Fassi Fihri and his Jordanian counterpart Nasser Jouda, to establish two working groups to discuss areas of joint cooperation....
Abdellatif Zyan, GCC, Jordan, Morocco, Naser Judeh

Morocco's eligibility for G8 funding stems from its reforms' adequacy - official says

Yacout Info | 09/11/2011 | News
Morocco's eligibility to benefit from the G8 funding to support democracy in the Arab countries stems from the adequacy of its reforms, said, Saturday in Marseille, Economy and Finance Minister Salaheddine Mezouar, who represents the Kingdom at the Group of Eight finance chiefs meeting.  ...
Egypt, eligibilty, G8 funds, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia

G8 extends Arab financing pledge to $38 bln, includes Libya

Yacout Info | 09/10/2011 | News
Group of Eight finance chiefs pledged on Saturday $38 billion in financing to Tunisia, Egypt, Morocco and Jordan over 2011-13 and said Libya’s interim ruling council would be invited to join the scheme.   Finance ministers and senior officials from the G7 major economies plus Russia extended...
38 billion, Arab Financing pledge, Egypt, G8, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia

GCC to discuss Jordan and Morocco joining bloc

Yacout Info | 09/08/2011 | News
The foreign ministers of Jordan and Morocco are to hold talks with their six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council counterparts on possible accession to the Gulf bloc, the GCC chief said on Thursday.   Abdulatif Al Zayani said in a statement the foreign ministers of Jordan and Morocco have been...
Abdullatif Al Zayani, GCC, Jordan, Morocco

Morocco and Jordan responded appropriately to their peoples' aspirations, Foreign Office says

Yacout Info | 06/16/2011 | News
The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) lauded, on Tuesday, reforms undertaken by Morocco and Jordan, saying that both countries responded appropriately to their peoples' aspirations.     Morocco and Jordan anticipated and "responded to the aspirations of their peoples in a...
Alistair Burt, GVary Streeter, Jordan, Morocco

Morocco, Jordan membership would test Gulf economies

Yacout Info | 05/29/2011 | Economy
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is considering extending membership of the six-nation political and economic grouping to Morocco and Jordan as a means of contending with the region's evolving political landscape. Moving forward with this proposal would most notably lead to the creation of a new...
GCC, Jordan, Morocco