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US keen to see planned reforms in Algeria, Morocco

Yacout Info | 2011-11-05 | News

The US is waiting expectantly to see if promised political reforms in Algeria and Morocco are put in place, a top American diplomat said Thursday Speaking in Algiers, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for North Africa Robert Maxwell praised the two nations for moving forward after the...

Algeria, Morocco, Robert Maxwell, US

New Libyan PM forming government

Yacout Info | 2011-11-02 | News

Abdurrahim El-Keib, pitched from academic obscurity to head Libya’s new government, SET about selecting his cabinet on Tuesday, hoping to rally the disparate groups which toppled Muammar Gaddafi behind a democratic peace. After decades as a dissident in exile, working as a professor of electrical...

Abdurrahim El-Keib, Ali Tarhouni, Libya, NTC, Petroleum Institute of Abu Dhabi, UAE, University of Alabama, US

Washington congratulates Morocco on its election as UN SC non-permanent member

Yacout Info | 2011-10-22 | News

The United States has congratulated Morocco on its election as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for a two-year term, the Department of State said on Friday “The U.S. congratulates Morocco on being elected to the UN Security Council. Morocco joins the Security Council for a third...

Andy Halus, Middle East Affairs Bureau, Morocco, Security Council, UN, US

Rich world economic malaise to endure into 2012: Reuters poll

Yacout Info | 2011-10-14 | News

Stagnation is probably the best many of the world’s biggest developed economies can hope for over the next year, with several facing a significant chance of recession, Reuters polls of around 350 economists showed on Thursday. After a promising start, 2011 has turned into an enormous...

2012, Canada, China, Economic malaise, EU, Japan, Reuters Poll, Rich world, US

H&M Accelerates Expansion Plans

Yacout Info | 2011-10-02 | 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

IMF-Qatar has replaced Luxembourg as world's richest nation

Yacout Info | 2011-09-26 | News

Qatar has replaced Luxembourg as the world's richest nation in 2010, Arabian Business Reports. Qatar's wealth now equals almost twice that of the US. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita forcast in Qatar is US $ 111,963, Luxembourg is US$ 94,621, Singapore US $ 70,992 and the US ,...

GDP, IMF, Luxembourg, Qatar, Singapore, US

EU, US crises threaten world

Yacout Info | 2011-09-23 | News

Heads of the World Bank and IMF on Thursday warned that Europe and the US needed to get control of their deteriorating economic crises or risk “suffocating” the global economy Opening the annual meetings of the two key global lenders, they also warned poorer countries to get their houses in...

Christine Lagarde, Crisis, EU, IMF, Robert Zoellick, threat, US, World Bank

Morocco looks to Expand wine Exports

Yacout Info | 2011-09-16 | News

Never mind that 90 percent of the wine produced in Morocco is consumed there. "Export is our future," said Nicolas Chain, a wine marketer for Groupe Ebertec, whose two wine operations dominate Moroccan production. He said wine consumption is limited in Morocco and that, although tourists will...

Brahim Zniber, Ebertec, Morocco, US, Wine exports

“The Challenges for the Global Economy”: Christine Lagarde Managing Director IMF in a speech at The Royal Institute for International Affairs - Chatham House

Yacout Info | 2011-09-09 | Economy

The key message I wish to convey today is that countries must act now—and act boldly—to steer their economies through this dangerous new phase of the recovery. The world is collectively suffering from a crisis of confidence, in the face of a deteriorating economic outlook and rising concerns about...

Chatham House, Chistine Lagarde, Eurozone, Global Challenges, IMF, RUSI, UK, US

U.S. Consul General in Casablanca hails climate of stability, peace in Morocco

Yacout Info | 2011-09-03 | News

Consul General of the United States of America in Casablanca Brian Shukan on Friday in Marrakech applauded the climate of stability and peace prevailing in Morocco, under the leadership of HM King Mohammed VI. In a statement to MAP news agency on the sidelines of a visit to Marrakech,...

Brian Shukan, Casablanca, Consul General, US

General rise in exports of fruits and vegetables during the campaign 2010/2011

Yacout Info | 2011-08-23 | News

Moroccan exports of fruits and vegetables as well as do transformed rose widespread during the 2010/2011 campaign characterized by early production and good fruit quality for export According to a statement from the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, the export volume is 529,000 tons,...

fruits and vegetables, Massa, Moroccan Exports, Russia, US

The Taste of Morocco for the American Market

Yacout Info | 2011-08-18 | Economy

The path to the largest supermarket chains in the world begins in the small farms of one of the poorest areas of Morocco. It runs through the history of Moroccan cuisine, through pre-marketing studies in the United States and the bureaucracy of both countries. It also stops in the...

Couscous, Jamal Benhassain, Matt Nussbaum, Summer Fancy Food Show, Tagine, Tajin, US, USAID, Washington

The trade deficit of the United States reached its highest level since 2008

Yacout Info | 2011-08-16 | News

The trade deficit the U.S. has risen to $ 53.1 billion, its highest level in nearly three years, the effects of a decline in exports rather than a decline in imports. The deficit widened by 4.5% in June compared to May, mainly due to a decrease of 2.3% of exports, which totaled 170.9...

Rebecca Blank, Trade Deficit, US

Statement by IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde

Yacout Info | 2011-08-08 | News

Managing Director Christine Lagarde of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) made the following statement today: “I welcome the statements from the European Central Bank, from the leaders of Germany and France as well as from the G7, and their renewed commitment to take all necessary action...

Christine Lagarde, ECB, EU, G7, IMF, US

USA willing to promote cooperation with Royal Armed Forces - US General

Yacout Info | 2011-08-05 | News

The USA is willing to promote cooperation with the Royal Armed Forces (FAR), said, Thursday in Marrakech, General Margaret H. Woodward, Commander of the 17th Air Force and U.S. Air Forces Africa. Speaking at a press briefing on occasion of the delivery to the Royal Air Forces of a first...

Commander of the 17th Air Force and U.S. Air Forces Africa, Cooperation, FAR, General Margaret H. Woodward, US, US Air Force

The transition and reform in Morocco

Yacout Info | 2011-05-24 | News

The United States is working with the Moroccan government at all levels to support the reforms outlined by King Mohammed VI and encourage their implementation as soon as possible. In this period of profound changes in the region, the United States supports the efforts of Morocco to promote the...

Hilary Clinton, King Mohammed V, Morocco, reforms, State dept, US

The US participation at the Sixth International Agriculture Exhibition Maknes 27 April to 2 May 2011

Yacout Info | 2011-04-28 | News

The United States Ambassador to Morocco, Samuel Kaplan, and other American diplomats have the honor to participate at the Salon International de l'Agriculture 2011 of Meknes (ACIS), with the desire to strengthen and highlight the U.S. partnership with Morocco in the agricultural sector. This...

6th International Agicultural , Meknes, Sam Kaplan, US

A US Trade Delegation will visit Casablanca and Tangier 30 March-1 April 2011

Yacout info | 2011-03-18 | News

As part of the Moroccan-American cooperation in the field of trade, a trade delegation led by Assistant Secretary of the Department of Start, Suresh Kumar will visit Morocco, and this from March 30 to April 1 . During their visit to Morocco, the members of this delegation will have individual...

Casablanca, Morocco, Suresh Kumar, Tangier, Trade Delegation, US

The U.S. and its partners evacuate nationals fleeing the violence in Libya

Yacout Info | 2011-03-07 | News

The United States is redoubling efforts to help people displaced by the violence in weeks in Libya to return to their countries of origin. March 3, Obama said that U.S. planes will repatriate Egyptian nationals who fled Libya to Tunisia. "I have authorized the U.S. Agency for International...

EU, evacuation, Liibya, nationals, US

US delegation hails development dynamics in Dakhla

Yacout Info | 2011-02-26 | News

A delegation of heads of staff of US senators hailed, on Friday, the development momentum that the southern city of Dakhla is witnessing as well as the programmes the Kingdom has devised to carry out various development policies in the region. Clarine Nardi Riddle told the press, following a...

Clarine Nardi Riddle, Dakhla, US

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