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<title>Showtime looks to woo more Premier League fans</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180238030</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 21:30 GMT</pubDate>
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... Former Qatar national football team captain Khalid Salman (2nd  ...  held here yesterday as part of its GCC-wide road show, the Dubai-based TV broadcaster made  ...
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<title>CORRECTING and REPLACING Market Vectors Launches Gulf States Index ETF</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180236429</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 21:22 GMT</pubDate>
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...  and yield performance of the Dow Jones GCC Titans 40 Index (ticker: DJMES/DJMEST). The index  ...  three holdings were National Bank of Kuwait, Kuwait Finance House, and Emaar Properties, with weightings  ...
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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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...  and yield performance of the Dow Jones GCC Titans 40 IndexSM (DJMES. This equity index  ...  on July 10, 2008, country allocations include Kuwait (52.3%), United Arab Emirates (25.8%), Qatar (14.9%),  ...  Emirates (25.8%), Qatar (14.9%), Oman (4.4%) and Bahrain (2.6%). The index is broken down among  ...
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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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...  fund is based on the Dow Jones GCC Titans 40 Index, which is comprised of  ...  headquartered in countries that belong to the Gulf Cooperation Council GCC or that generate most of their  ...  stock exchanges. MES is country heavy in Kuwait (52%), the United Arab Emirates (26%), Qatar  ...
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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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...  or doing most of their business in Gulf Cooperation Council countries. The GCC was set up in 1981 both as  ...  Emirates (25.8%); Qatar (14.9%); Oman (4.4%) and Bahrain (2.6%). Saudi Arabia, a driving force behind  ...
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<title>Alternatives to Iranian oil</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180155030</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 01:13 GMT</pubDate>
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...  the other five Arab states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) on the western side of the  ...  new oil is likely to come from GCC producers. While GCC oil and natural gas  ...  of liquefied natural gas from GCC member Qatar over 25 years in a deal worth  ...
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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>
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...  or doing most of their business in Gulf Cooperation Council countries. The GCC was set up in 1981 both as  ...  Emirates (25.8%); Qatar (14.9%); Oman (4.4%) and Bahrain (2.6%). Saudi Arabia, a driving force behind  ...
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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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...  exchange. Designed to track the Dow Jones GCC Titans 40 Index(SM), the Market Vectors- Gulf  ...  offers convenient access to the investable GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) markets of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and United Arab Emirates  ...
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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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... Standard &amp; Poors has launched the S&amp;P GCC 40 Index, which will provide tradable exposure  ...  liquid companies on the primary exchanges of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab  ...  country weighting (34.87%, 12 companies), followed by Kuwait (30.03%, 12 companies) and Qatar (29.21%, 11  ...
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<title>Venture Capital H1 net soars to $31m</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180069847</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 15:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  venture capital fund - Venture Capital Fund Bahrain at a size of $15 million. &quot;This  ...  number of real estate projects in the GCC,&quot; he said.- TradeArabia News Service ...
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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>
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...  (NYSE: ) on the NYSE Arca (R). 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  ...
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<title>Gulf Finance House announces plans to create regional steel giant</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180034101</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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...  countries with exceptionally high demand across the GCC and MENA region. Gulf Finance House Chairman  ...  Al Meer, Managing Director of Q-Invest in Qatar. ...
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<title>Research and Markets: Bahrain Food And Drink Report Q3 2008 - Kraft&apos;s &amp;hellip;</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180033413</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 11:39 GMT</pubDate>
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... Research and Markets: Bahrain Food And Drink Report Q3 2008 -  ...  owned by a multinational company in the GCC. Patrick Satamian, the vice-president and area director  ...
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<title>Swatch Watch Group Acquires Strategic Stake in Luxury Watch Retailer Rivoli Group</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180018380</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 08:58 GMT</pubDate>
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...  leading lifestyle luxury goods retailer in the Gulf Cooperation Council region, which operates 245 retail outlets. The  ...  an extensive retail network in the UAE, Bahrain, Oman and Qatar. The is the world&apos;s  ...  to the consumer in the region. The GCC region is one which possesses high growth  ...
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<title>Investcorp &apos; Announcement of results for 12 months ended June 2008 (FY2008)</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180016650</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 08:56 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Recently signed $1 billion JV with a GCC sovereign investment fund for a US real  ...  York and is publicly traded on the Bahrain Stock Exchange (INVCORP) and the London Stock  ...
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