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<title>Brazilian Shoe Exports to Middle East Grows Above Average</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180281485</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 23:53 GMT</pubDate>
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...  3.1 million and 412,400 pairs, followed by Kuwait, with US$ 1.7 million and 117,300 pairs.  ...  year were Qatar, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Egypt, Oman, Djibouti, Bahrain, Jordan, Syria and Libya. Sector  ...
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<title>CORRECTING and REPLACING Market Vectors Launches Gulf States Index ETF</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180238955</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 21:32 GMT</pubDate>
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...  MES allows convenient access to the investable GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) markets of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and United Arab Emirates (UAE). MES seeks to replicate as closely as possible,  ...
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<title>Along With Obama, New ETF Hits the Gulf Region</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180235555</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 21:07 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Fund, market participants have either direct or indirect exposure to the following GCC markets: Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman and Bahrain. The index caps the weight of individual stocks at 8% in each  ...
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<title>Van Eck&apos;s New Gulf States Index ETF</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180235548</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 21:07 GMT</pubDate>
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...  of $1 million, and trade on recognized stock exchanges. MES is country heavy in Kuwait (52%), the United Arab Emirates (26%), Qatar (15%), and Oman (4%). The Gulf States Index ETF is the most recent of a slew of  ...
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<title>New Middle East Oil Kingpins ETF: More Concentrated, Slightly Pricier</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180224097</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 20:26 GMT</pubDate>
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...  senior vice president. As of July 10, the ETF&apos;s benchmark included five GCC countries: Kuwait (52.3%); United Arab Emirates (25.8%); Qatar (14.9%); Oman (4.4%) and Bahrain (2.6%). Saudi Arabia, a driving force behind formation of the GCC,  ...
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<title>Fortress Iran is Virtually Impregnable to a Successful Invasion</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180143837</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 23:27 GMT</pubDate>
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...  challenged countries such as Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, Iran cannot enjoy any shift in the  ...  has been a foreign power dominating Iraq -Ottoman or British - and extending its power  ...
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<title>Dubai biggest market winner, Muscat biggest loser</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180130300</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 21:47 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX)and Doha rose, by 0.42% and 0.13% respectively, while the DFM, Kuwait Stock Exchange and Bahrain fell by 0.36%, 0.26% and 0.19% respectively. UAE shares regained  ...
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<title>New ETF Strkes At Heart Of Black Gold In Middle East</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180122857</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 21:10 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  senior vice president. As of July 10, the ETF&apos;s benchmark included five GCC countries: Kuwait (52.3%); United Arab Emirates (25.8%); Qatar (14.9%); Oman (4.4%) and Bahrain (2.6%). Saudi Arabia, a driving force behind formation of the GCC,  ...
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<title>Pisani: New ETF = Play on Mid-East Growth</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180115199</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 20:08 GMT</pubDate>
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...  (exchange-traded fund) offers investors access to 40 companies, based in key U.S. allies Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and the UAE. Pisani notes that the ETF includes no oil companies, which are  ...
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<title>Market Vectors-Gulf States Index ETF (MES) Lists on NYSE Arca, the Largest Exchange in ETF and ETN Listings and Assets Under Management</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180086907</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 17:12 GMT</pubDate>
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...  ETF offers convenient access to the investable GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) markets of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and United Arab Emirates (UAE). As the first fully electronic platform to utilize  ...
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<title>New Index Tracks Largest Gulf Companies</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180086157</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 17:11 GMT</pubDate>
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...  40 of the largest and most liquid companies on the primary exchanges of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. The S&amp;P GCC 40 Index has been designed  ...
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<title>Real estate lifts Abu Dhabi, Bahrain extends fall</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180061494</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 14:19 GMT</pubDate>
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...  in a narrow range.&quot; Qatar is the Gulf Arab region&apos;s second-best performing index after Oman. Kuwait&apos;s main index fell 0.26 percent to 14,887.80 points led by shares of Al Ahli  ...
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<title>Market Vectors Launches Gulf States Index ETF</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180060936</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 14:18 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  MES allows convenient access to the investable GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) markets of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and United Arab Emirates (UAE). MES seeks to replicate as closely as possible,  ...
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<title>Turkey to mediate Iran-West talks</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180052375</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 13:27 GMT</pubDate>
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...  and other officials of the six Arab monarchies of the Gulf, namely, Bahrein, Qatar, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Saudi Arabia, as well as Jordan, Egypt and Iraq, briefing them on the  ...
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<title>Do You Like Current Events and Politics? You&apos;ll Love the 2009 World Leaders Symposium on Silver Wind</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180044034</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 12:45 GMT</pubDate>
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...  to the Persian Gulf states of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and Oman with former U.S. Secretary of State James Baker, former U.S. Secretary of Defense William  ...
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