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<title>Doha stock index falls below 10,000 mark; Gulf marts dive</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186647165</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 12:56 GMT</pubDate>
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...  plunged below 10,000 the level intra-day. Major banking stocks besides Industries Qatar (IQ) were at  ...  large cap (0.2%). Industrial index pared 2.84%, banks and financial institution (2.38%), services (1.05%) and  ...  and erasing all the gains of 2008. Omans blue chip index closed 3.88% lower, falling  ...
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<title>Egyptian Banker Presents Corporate Governance in Islamic Banks in S. Africa</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186634092</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 07:13 GMT</pubDate>
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... Egyptian Banker Presents Corporate Governance in Islamic Banks in S. Africa Published on: September 5th,  ...  delegates about the main stakeholders in Islamic banking corporate governance framework, Abou-El-Fotouh said  the  ...  HSBC Bank Egypt, Banque Saudi Fransi, and Oman International Bank. ### Professional Free Press Release  ...
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<title>Most Wealth Managers Have Been Spared a Direct Hit by Financial Crisis but Have Still Felt the Effects, Says Study by Th</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186585951</link>
<pubDate>4 Sep 2008 23:09 GMT</pubDate>
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...  for 60 percent of this wealth. Brazil&apos;s banking sector has exceptionally strong local competition, relative  ...  the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC): Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab  ...
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<title>--&gt; Most Wealth Managers Have Been Spared a Direct Hit by Financial Crisis but Have Still Felt the Effects, Says Study by The Boston Consulting Group</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186584680</link>
<pubDate>4 Sep 2008 22:33 GMT</pubDate>
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...  for 60 percent of this wealth. Brazil&apos;s banking sector has exceptionally strong local competition, relative  ...  the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC): Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab  ...
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<title>Most Wealth Managers Have Been Spared a Direct Hit by Financial Crisis but Have Still Felt the Effec</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186583712</link>
<pubDate>4 Sep 2008 22:32 GMT</pubDate>
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...  for 60 percent of this wealth. Brazil&apos;s banking sector has exceptionally strong local competition, relative  ...  the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC): Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab  ...
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<title>Most Wealth Managers Have Been Spared a Direct Hit by Financial Crisis but Have Still Felt the Effects, Says Study by The Boston Consulting Group</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186581973</link>
<pubDate>4 Sep 2008 22:29 GMT</pubDate>
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...  for 60 percent of this wealth. Brazil&apos;s banking sector has exceptionally strong local competition, relative  ...  the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC): Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab  ...
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<title>Gulf markets retreat further as foreigners exit</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186455962</link>
<pubDate>4 Sep 2008 09:55 GMT</pubDate>
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...  three Gulf bourses into bear market territory. Omans benchmark dropped most sharply, shedding more than  ...  stocks price target on fears Abu Dhabi banks could be overly exposed to the Gulfs  ...
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<title>Aid for the homeless in four countries</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186451616</link>
<pubDate>4 Sep 2008 09:11 GMT</pubDate>
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...  paying a low down payment and monthly mortgage payments, have also to put in hundreds  ...  East and southeast Asia, including the UAE, Oman and India.IANS ...
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<title>IMF agrees voluntary conduct code for sovereign funds</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186408503</link>
<pubDate>4 Sep 2008 01:50 GMT</pubDate>
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...  the investment in some of the major banking groups hit by the credit crunch, have  ...  United Arab Emirates, and the United States. Oman, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, the OECD, and the  ...
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<title>Sovereign funds set voluntary principles</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186365614</link>
<pubDate>3 Sep 2008 20:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  years financial crisis in propping up ailing banks, from Morgan Stanley to UBS, the size  ...  Timor, Trinidad and Tobago, and the US. Oman, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, the Organisation for Economic  ...
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<title>Dubai and Kuwait buck Gulf markets decline</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186349543</link>
<pubDate>3 Sep 2008 18:36 GMT</pubDate>
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...  HSBC issued a report today warning that banks were over exposed in the real estate  ...  by three leading shares, namely Muscat Bank, Omantel and Gulfar, which all fell by 1.6%,  ...  index was also under pressure from the banking sector, which retreated sharply, including Sohar by  ...
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<title>Ban on fishing in Fosu lagoon lifted as part of Fetu Afahye</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186335532</link>
<pubDate>3 Sep 2008 17:15 GMT</pubDate>
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...  people of the traditional area. The rituals included the pouring of libation at the banks of the lagoon, and the casting of the Omanhene&apos;s net three times into the lagoon, accompanied by the firing of musketry. This was  ...
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<title>DP World profit may double on expanded port network: week ahead</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186314297</link>
<pubDate>3 Sep 2008 15:16 GMT</pubDate>
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...  $500 billion in credit market losses for banks globally, the worlds largest economies are all  ...  Saudi Arabias measure advanced 3.4 percent, while Omans index rose 1.6 percent. Tamweel PJSC, the  ...  Tamweel PJSC, the United Arab Emirates largest mortgage provider, dropped 5.4 percent, ending the week  ...
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<title>Dubai, Kuwait buck shares slump in Gulf region</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186311274</link>
<pubDate>3 Sep 2008 14:56 GMT</pubDate>
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...  at 4,344.06 points, led lower by the banking sector after HSBC cut its price targets  ...  on a number of the emirate&apos;s major banks on fears they could be overly exposed  ...  can go wrong if the chairman goes? Oman&apos;s stock market closed lower for the fifth  ...
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<title>IMF deal on foreign wealth funds</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186280260</link>
<pubDate>3 Sep 2008 11:52 GMT</pubDate>
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...  the investment in some of the major banking groups hit by the credit crunch -  ...  United Arab Emirates, and the United States. Oman, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, the OECD, and the  ...
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