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			<title>Big Kuwait, Bahrain banks Q3 profits sag on Saudi loans</title>
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			<title>Bahrain's Ahli United pays $400m debt back early</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Bahraini bank to repay part of a $1.2bn syndicated loan 1 month ahead of schedule.]]></description>
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			<title>Bahrain's Ahli United says S&amp;amp;P confirms stable ratings</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Confirmation reflects earlier report, citing bank's commercial position, diversification.]]></description>
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			<title>Write-downs continue to impact Bahraini banks </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Profitability forecast to be 'adequate' this year, says Fitch Ratings in annual report on sector.]]></description>
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			<title>Upwardly mobile</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Eclipsed for many years by its more oil-rich cousins in the Gulf, the island kingdom of Bahrain is now fighting back.]]></description>
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			<title>Braving the storm</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Bahraini banks' exposure to foreign investment could soon present a significant challenge.]]></description>
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			<title>Bahrain's Ahli Bank posts 9% drop in Q3 profit</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Bahrain's largest bank by market value posts quarterly profit of $68mn.]]></description>
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			<title>Investment gains, loans boost Bahrain's Ahli Q2 net</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Quarterly income ahead 44% to record $117.4mn, above  forecasts. ]]></description>
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			<title>Bahrain projects further growth</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Bahrain claims its financial sector is still on a roll following recent big investments.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Ahli United, NBAD deny mega-merger</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 1: Bahrain and Abu Dhabi lenders reportedly in talks to create one of Gulf's largest banks.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Ahli United earnings shoot up 63%</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Bahrain's biggest lender makes profit of $70.37mn in Q4, taking net income to $296mn for the year. ]]></description>
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			<title>World Bank buys stake in Oman's Alliance</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Oman's Alliance Housing Bank says World Bank agrees to buy 9.9% at $37.45 million.]]></description>
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			<title>Ahli gets nod for $303mn rights issue</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Bahraini lender wins regulatory approval to sell 300mn shares to existing investors.]]></description>
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			<title>Bahrain lenders arrange $480mn debt facility</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Financing for Damietta International Port Company to build Egypt port project.]]></description>
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			<title>Shuaa denies Ahli bid report</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Dubai investment bank denies it is part of group in talks to buy majority stake in Bahrain's Ahli United.]]></description>
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			<title>Second suitor for Ahli United</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Kuwaiti shareholder Tamdeen to announce it has received offer for 55% stake in Bahrain bank, report says.]]></description>
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			<title>Qatar bank calls off Ahli bid </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[International Bank of Qatar says further talks over its $6.1bn bid for Ahli United Bank are unlikely to be productive.]]></description>
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			<title>Arab investors plan Ahli move</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Investors from Qatar, Egypt and Jordan are set to make offer for a stake in the Bahrain lender.]]></description>
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			<title>Ahli United Bank: the $6.1bn buyout that never was</title>
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			<title>Ahli shareholders reject Qatar takeover bid</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[International Bank of Qatar fails in bid to buy into Bahrain's biggest lender after differences with shareholders unresolved.]]></description>
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			<title>Ahli United deal called off</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[International Bank of Qatar has not reached agreement over due diligence, a Kuwaiti newspaper reports.]]></description>
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			<title>Ahli United Qatar talks stall</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[International Bank of Qatar says negotiations have hit stumbling block; could spell an end to takeover.]]></description>
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			<title>Ahli in takeover reservations</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ahli United has expressed reservations about opening its books to takeover suitor International Bank of Qatar.]]></description>
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			<title>Ahli United shareholder interested in stock sale</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[London-based Blakeney Management describes offer from International Bank of Qatar as "very, very rich".]]></description>
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			<title>Ahli shares surge on takeover bid</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Bahraini lender sees biggest one day gain in two years following reports of a $6.1bn takeover offer.]]></description>
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			<title>Ahli shareholder accepts $6.1bn Qatar bid</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Kuwait's Tamdeen Investment has asked Ahli United to open its books to International Bank of Qatar. ]]></description>
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			<title>Ahli shareholders consider Qatar bid</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Shareholders will make a coordinated response to a $6.1mn takeover bid by International Bank of Qatar.]]></description>
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			<title>Qatari bank offers $6bn for Ahli </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[International Bank of Qatar has offered takeover bid in cash and stock for a 55% stake in the Bahraini lender.    ]]></description>
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			<title>Bahraini bank could get free Alliance stock</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ahli United Bank could get 113 million free shares in Omani mortgage lender Alliance Housing Bank.    ]]></description>
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