<?xml version="1.0"?><?xml-stylesheet title="XSL_formatting" type="text/xsl" href="/rss/rss.xsl"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Zawya.com - Tunis SE News</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/middle-east/financial-markets/tunis/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2010 ABQ Zawya Ltd. All rights reserved.</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:30:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><ttl>8</ttl><image><title>Zawya.com | Middle East Business News and Company Directory</title><width>144</width><height>76</height><link>http://www.zawya.com/middle-east/financial-markets/tunis/</link><url>http://www.zawya.com/images/newsletter_zawya_logo.gif</url></image><item><title>Tunis Stock Exchange posts increase</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20100315053015/Tunis Stock Exchange posts increase</link><description>The Tunis stock exchange index (TUNINDEX) recorded on March 12, 2010, an upward trend with 4 678.48 points, representing a growth rate of 0.31% .According to the &quot;CGF intermediaire en Bourse&quot;, trades on the Stock Exchange reached 2.911 million...</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:24:59 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zawya.com">Tunisia Online News </source><guid isPermaLink="false">ZAWYA20100315053015</guid><category>Open</category></item><item><title>NBK Capital: MENA in Focus (08-Mar-10)</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidpdf_090310151000/NBK Capital: MENA in Focus (08-Mar-10)</link><description>This is a PDF report. </description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:01:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zawya.com">NBK Capital </source><guid isPermaLink="false">pdf_090310151000</guid><category>Subscription</category></item><item><title>BMI: North Africa Insurance Report (Dec-09)</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidpdf_040310110636/BMI: North Africa Insurance Report (Dec-09)</link><description>&lt;P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none&quot;&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;&gt;There are a number of national insurance markets that have hardly been affected by the global financial&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = &quot;urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office&quot; /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none&quot;&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;&gt;crisis. The four that are profiled in this report ? &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = &quot;urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags&quot; /&gt;&lt;st1:country-region w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;Algeria&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;, &lt;st1:country-region w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;Libya&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;, &lt;st1:country-region w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;Morocco&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; and &lt;st1:country-region w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;Tunisia&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; ? are examples. In&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none&quot;&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;&gt;essence, all four provide classic examples of how industries can develop rapidly if there is a move towards &lt;BR&gt;liberalisation, deregulation and reduction to barriers to foreign entrants. To varying degrees, large (by local&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none&quot;&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;&gt;standards, anyway) insurers have sought to access capital through the local stock markets.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none&quot;&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;&gt;&lt;BR&gt;From the point of view of foreign multinationals, &lt;st1:place w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;North Africa&lt;/st1:place&gt; should represent a reasonably attractive&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none&quot;&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;&gt;business opportunity over the next five years or so. In terms of total pr</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:44:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zawya.com">Business Monitor International Limited </source><guid isPermaLink="false">pdf_040310110636</guid><category>Subscription</category></item><item><title>TresVista: MENA Monthly News (Feb-10)</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidpdf_030310094035/TresVista: MENA Monthly News (Feb-10)</link><description>This is a PDF report. </description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:31:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zawya.com">TresVista Financial Services </source><guid isPermaLink="false">pdf_030310094035</guid><category>Subscription</category></item><item><title>Global: MENA Monthly Brief (Feb-10)</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidpdf_030310082735/Global: MENA Monthly Brief (Feb-10)</link><description>&lt;P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;U&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;&gt;Market Commentary&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = &quot;urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office&quot; /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/U&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;&gt;After last month?s mixed turn-out, sentiments in GCC turned positive during the month of February 2010. In &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = &quot;urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags&quot; /&gt;&lt;st1:country-region w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;Kuwait&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;, stocks were positively affected by news regarding the intention of telecom giant Zain to sell its assets in &lt;st1:place w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;Africa&lt;/st1:place&gt; to India-based Bharti Airtel. Earlier during the month of February 2010, Bharti Airtel announced that it was in exclusive talks until March 25 to buy the African assets of Zain, except for its operations in &lt;st1:country-region w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;Morocco&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; and &lt;st1:country-region w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;Sudan&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;. Global General Index appreciated by 13.21 percent by the end of the month, as it ended at 205.05 points.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;&gt;Meanwhile, &lt;st1:City w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;Dubai&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt;&apos;s credit woes remained in the forefront during the month of February 2010, and negatively affected the performance of the UAE stock markets for the most part. Dubai Financial Market spiraled into losses following news that Dubai World may offer creditors just 60 percent of the money they are owed as part of a deal to reschedule US$22bn in debt. The money would be paid back after seven years, but backed by government guarantees. Lenders would receive no interest. An alternative proposal involves creditors receiving full</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:14:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zawya.com">Global Investment House </source><guid isPermaLink="false">pdf_030310082735</guid><category>Subscription</category></item><item><title>MAC: Monthly Report (Feb-10)</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidpdf_030310062450/MAC: Monthly Report (Feb-10)</link><description>This is a PDF report. </description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 06:21:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zawya.com">MAC </source><guid isPermaLink="false">pdf_030310062450</guid><category>Subscription</category></item></channel></rss>