Morocco re-invests in tourism – BBC News
(Video) Nearly 10 million people visited Morocco last year, with the money they spent from the medina of Marrakech to the wilds of the Sahara making tourism the second biggest contributor to GDP. Yearly visitor numbers more than doubled between 2000 and 2010, and the...
Automatic Recharging, From a Distance
By ANNE EISENBERG THINK how convenient it would be if you could recharge electronic devices without ever having to plug them in — or even take them out of your briefcase. Instead, you could leave your briefcase, tote bag or backpack on a counter in the living room at...
Exclusive Interview – Mohammed Belmahi (President of the FRMC): « Morocco has to be the pa ce setter in African cycling »
The Tour d’Algerie kicks off this Saturday. Though the President of the Moroccan cycling federation (FRMC) is confident of his cyclists, he however does not forget to reecho the fact that the most important aspect is to participate and that his main goal is to help...
‘Casablanca’ lover’s commuter fantasy: Sing along with ‘La Marseillaise’ on the 6:24 TCM celebrates 70th anniversary of the classic film with 500 theater showings on March 21
TCM celebrates 70th anniversary of the classic film with 500 theater showings on March 21 BY DAVID HINCKLEY / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS AP Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in the classic “Casablanca” When you commute for enough years on a train or bus, you inevitably have...
MOROCCO: SOCIAL SPENDING AND GROWTH
Source: MOROCCO: SOCIAL SPENDING AND GROWTH ZOUHAIR BAGHOUGH New York / Morocco Board News-- The level of prices in Morocco is perhaps the most important economic issue that can rally Moroccans around; Debt doesn’t seem to matter much, nor does the deficit. Even taxes...
Morocco Stock Market Commentary – Week Ending March 9, 2012
Written by: Editorial Staff on March 10, 2012.on March 9, 2012. The MORALSI shed -0.6% over the week to 11,367.5. Declines from Taslif (-12.2%), SCE (-10.6%), Involys (-6.3%), IB Maroc Com (-6.0%) and Fenie Brossette (-5.2%) edged the market lower despite gains from...
CORPUS CHRISTI CHARITY LEAGUE DELIVERED AN EVENING IN MOROCCO
By Sarah Tindall CORPUS CHRISTI — From the moment I stepped off the escalator at the American Bank Center on Feb. 22, I felt I had been transported to Marrakech or Casablanca. Charity League and Julian Gold's "Mystics of Morocco" style show and luncheon was as good as...
DuPont opens local offices to support growth in Morocco
Zawya Press Release Morocco is a strategic choice for the science company in the Maghreb Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 11, 2012 -- As a part of its continued growth strategy in key developing markets and with the aim of being closer to local customers, the...
Expo Centre ties up with OIC trade wing to promote Halal fair
MENAFN Press (MENAFN Press) Aiming to effectively tap into the nearly US$ 3 trillion global Halal food market, Expo Centre Sharjah (ECS) has tied up with the Morocco-based Islamic Centre for Development of Trade (ICDT) to launch the inaugural edition of Halal Food...
Badr, Nabil grab tickets for American & Caribbean tournaments
Morocco’s Badr Ougrirane has qualified for the Karate and Martial Arts tournaments in the Caribbean, Central and Southern America after emerging victorious in the junior category of the juniors -61kg at the 3rd edition of the Karate Inter Leagues in Colombia. His...