Accompanied by two detectives and a score of newsmen, a plumpish priest in Roman collar and rabat bustled through Manhattan's Grand Central Terminal one afternoon last week.
Morocco Attijariwafa's Islamic subsidiary targets state employees By Aziz El Yaakoubi RABAT (Reuters) - A subsidiary of Morocco's largest private bank, Attijariwafa, has signed a deal enabling it to offer Islamic financial products to 42 percent of state employees before foreign rivals step in. Dar Assafaa, which signed the agreement with the Education officer's foundation and its 350,000 members, made its move ahead of approval of the Islamic finance ...
June 12, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
IMF thinks Morocco is too hesitant over reforms, Prime Minister says RABAT (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund has told Morocco it is too hesitant in implementing reforms to improve its public finances, Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane said, but he pledged to move ahead with planned subsidy cuts and other measures. An IMF delegation is in Morocco, scrutinising the North African county's finances to see if it is still meeting the criteria of a two-year ...
June 10, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
Athletics-World Challenge Meeting Rabat men/women results June 9 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the World Challenge Meeting Rabat Men/Women on Sunday Men's 100m1. Christophe Lemaitre (France) 9.98 2. Justin Gatlin (U.S.) 10.02 3. Kim Collins (St Kitts and Nevis) 10.10 Men's 200m1. Aziz Ouhadi (Morocco) 20.59 2. Mosito Lehata (Lesotho) 20.63 3. Jonathan Borlee (Belgium) 20.64 Men's 400m1. LaShawn Merritt (U.S.) 45.22 2. Joshua Mance (U.S.) 45.65 3 ...
June 9, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! Sports
Elton John in TREND Elton John told to thousands of crowd, "It's the first time I've been to Morocco and I'm really happy to come to Rabat to sing."
Benita Ferrero-Waldner in EUbusiness (press release) We must enter a new stage in cooperation between Rabat and Brussels,EU Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy Benita Ferrero-Waldner said, backing the call.