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<title>EIN News: Qatar Banking News</title>
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<title>Wealth funds, recipients adopt investing principles</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192654933</link>
<pubDate>11 Oct 2008 22:51 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Funds, made of up countries such as Qatar and Russia that hold large funds as  ...  discussion last year when they invested in banks including Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup and  ...
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<title>QFC firms will stay despite crisis: chief</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192649966</link>
<pubDate>11 Oct 2008 21:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Pearce, CEO and director general of the Qatar Financial Centre Authority, believes the firms in  ...  Gulf Times here yesterday Pearce said many banks worldwide are under some pressure because of  ...
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<title>QIIB looks to maintain Wachovia relationship</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192649962</link>
<pubDate>11 Oct 2008 21:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  the fallout of the global financial crisis, Qatari banks havent faced inter-bank lending problems so far,  ...  has had several years of key correspondent banking relationship with the Charlotte, North Carolina-based Wachovia,  ...
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<title>Helping to putt Dubai on the world map</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192648701</link>
<pubDate>11 Oct 2008 21:16 GMT</pubDate>
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...  the Dubai Desert Classic, the Commercial bank Qatar Masters and the Abu Dhabi Championships. The  ...  unheralded and nobody saw it coming. With banks in the US going down, I think  ...
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<title>Kewell missing for Qatar qualifier</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192623716</link>
<pubDate>11 Oct 2008 14:52 GMT</pubDate>
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...  note that subscriptions are non-refundable. All credit card transactions on are handled by Westpac Banking Corporation and no credit card numbers are held by The Examiner Newspaper P/L. The  ...
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<title>Right time for NRIs to invest in India</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192620022</link>
<pubDate>11 Oct 2008 13:50 GMT</pubDate>
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...  of the current situation of high exchange rates and interest rates,&quot; Venugopalan said in Qatar. Venugopalan, who is on a tour of the Gulf, said that banks in India were safer in the face of the global credit crunch as these  ...
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<title>Ex-Bahrain resident&apos;s film censored</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192617061</link>
<pubDate>11 Oct 2008 12:51 GMT</pubDate>
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...  not being allowed to be shown in Qatar as well. &apos;The distributors could have their  ...  Bahrain a year later after her father, banker Mohammed, was transferred here. She remained in  ...
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<title>Fitch affirms Tamweel at &apos;A&apos;; outlook stable</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192615095</link>
<pubDate>11 Oct 2008 12:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  in Tamweel, its leading share of the mortgage market, the importance of Islamic financial institutions  ...  ease pressure on liquidity in the local banking system. However, as an investment company, Tamweel  ...  in the as well as Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Syria. ...
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<title>&apos;Right time for overseas Indians to invest in India&apos;</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192611201</link>
<pubDate>11 Oct 2008 11:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  of the current situation of high exchange rates and interest rates,&apos; Venugopalan said in Qatar. Venugopalan, who is on a tour of the Gulf, said that banks in India were safer in the face of the global credit crunch as these  ...
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<title>Investors turn to property as stocks sour</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192601023</link>
<pubDate>11 Oct 2008 08:50 GMT</pubDate>
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...  weeks in the aftermath of the subprime mortgage crisis and credit crunch. Investors are now  ...  sought to reassure local investors that the banks in the region were sound, and the  ...  also rolling out projects. Neighboring states Bahrain, Qatar and Saudi Arabia have also been caught  ...
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<title>Barclays tries to avoid a state stake</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192599351</link>
<pubDate>11 Oct 2008 08:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  the Government&apos;s 50bn rescue fund. The under-pressure banking giant is reported to be planning to  ...  part-nationalised by the Government. The UK&apos;s major banks and biggest mutual, Nationwide Building Society, have  ...  stakes to foreign wealthy investors including the Qatar Investment Authority, China Development Bank and Japan&apos;s  ...
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<title>Shariah-compliant investment company Amara launches today with first investment into China</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192593777</link>
<pubDate>11 Oct 2008 07:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  starts today, will visit Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, and Bahrain. Amara is also planning to  ...  collaboration of two leading firms, Newhaven Merchant Bankers and Investments House. Newhaven Merchant Bankers has  ...
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<title>Even a Boomtown, Dubai, Feels the Effects of a Global Crisis</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192580265</link>
<pubDate>11 Oct 2008 05:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Gulf, a global byword for unfettered growth. Banks are reining in lending, casting a pall  ...  measures in the United States. Already, some bankers are saying it is not enough. Some  ...  problems. The governments of Saudi Arabia and Qatar have reaped so much profit from oil  ...
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<title>Crude prices plunge on global demand, risk concerns</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192559912</link>
<pubDate>11 Oct 2008 00:25 GMT</pubDate>
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...  as necessary to balance demand and supply, Qatar the Deputy Premier and Minister of Energy  ...  a meeting of finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of Seven nations this  ...  reviving concerns about the viability of their banking models. Slumping demand in the US and  ...
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<title>Washington talks are key to future of global finance</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192556268</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 23:50 GMT</pubDate>
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...  of the levels of trust between British banks fell further yesterday with the three and  ...  public funds into all of their national banking systems, then markets might just start to  ...  sovereign funds, including existing investors such as Qatar Investment Authority, China Development Bank and Japan&apos;s  ...
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