Algeria
Finance
Qtel Group's CEO, Nasser Marafih, revealed to regional business daily Arabia Business that the company has no plans for acquisitions in the near term, but will focus on developing broadband...
2011-10-17Finance
Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) have reached new highs of late. However, just as these state-backed investment vehicles have reached their peak performance levels, the ensuing political...
2011-03-09Finance
It appears that unrest in Algeria has not dissuaded Russian joint venture TNK-BP from continuing to eye BP's assets there.
2011-03-02Finance
In a speech in Lebanon, Naguib Sawiris, chairman of Orascom Telecom, has made clear that his company aims to stay in the global telecoms space, despite the potential that much of its...
2010-06-04Finance
Trading of Trading of Orascom Telecom shares on the London Stock Exchange has been suspended pending an announcement form the Egypt-based company on the future of its African assets,...
2010-04-28Finance
Following Santander Brasil's double listing in New York and Sao Paulo (the US$8.1bn IPO is the largest global IPO so far this year), the Brazilian unit has attracted yet more interest....
2009-10-14Finance
To those who thought sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) would hibernate until the end of the global recession, Qatar Investment Authority (QIA)'s involvement in the VW-Porsche megamerger...
2009-07-28Finance
Turkey's first major privatisation of the year was completed in late February with British American Tobacco (BAT) winning the bid for cigarette firm Tekel Sigara. BAT was the sole...
2008-02-26
