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			<description><![CDATA[Shahzad Shahbaz, CEO of QInvest speaks about the investment bank’s future growth ambitions.]]></description>
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			<title>Japanese investment major announces Qatar move</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Nomura strengthens Mideast presence with Qatar Financial Centre plan.]]></description>
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			<title>Prognosis good for Qatari insurance</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's remains guardedly optimistic about the prospects for the Qatari insurance sector.]]></description>
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			<title>UBS invests in regional expansion</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Bank setting up shop in KSA and Qatar; beefing up regional investment division.]]></description>
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			<title>The ice men cometh</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Arabian Business meets Sigurdur Einarsson, the man behind Iceland's largest bank - Kaupthing Bank.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[Region's banking leaders on how financial markets will develop in the future and the direction the industry needs to take.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Talking takaful</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A look at the takaful industry that is starting to reach its potential, as local developers look to new products and strategies.]]></description>
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			<title>Stepping out</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Doha Bank sets its sights on the world's major financial centres as it plans to broaden its reach.]]></description>
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			<title>Global banks still wary of Middle East</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Regulatory environment and political instability concerns for Western banks looking to invest, study shows.]]></description>
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			<title>Paying for the plant </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ME's abundant liquidity, low risk factor make it massive market for power and water project finance deals.   ]]></description>
			<category>Energy | Comment</category>
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			<title>The $70bn Qatari question</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Qataris are the moneymen to watch over the coming years, says James Bennett.]]></description>
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			<title>Two big names open offices at QFC</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Two major international financial firms have been granted licences to operate in Qatar Financial Centre.]]></description>
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			<title>Qatar to unify financial regulations</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Qatar is set to bring its financial institutions under one set of rules and a single regulator.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Hidden Pearl</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[How the Qatari real estate market is moving forward with its flagship mega projects.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Dream coming true </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A look at the staggering scale of Qatar's real estate boom. But how far can it really go, asks Anil Bhoyrul.]]></description>
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			<title>Setting regulatory standards in Qatar</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A single regulator with international standards is important in keeping the emirate's financial sector appealing. ]]></description>
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			<title>Qatar in international standards push</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Ministry of Finance hopes a single regulatory body will attract more foreign investment.]]></description>
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			<title>EFG-Hermes to set up Qatar branch</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  The Middle East investment bank has entered into a joint venture at Qatar Financial Centre.  ]]></description>
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			<title>QIB says 2007 profit to grow 25%</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Qatar Islamic Bank expects profit to grow 25% this year as it expands in Qatar and abroad.]]></description>
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			<title>Lehman Brothers launch in Mideast</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Offices in Dubai and Qatar are just the beginning; report praises region's 'strong growth'.]]></description>
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			<title>Barclays tops Islamic bond league</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Barclays Capital ranks as the number one underwriter, with a 23% market share according to Bloomberg.]]></description>
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			<title>UK trade mission arrives in Dubai</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Financial services companies from the UK look for trading partners in the UAE and Qatar.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Qatar in regulatory deals with U.S.</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Local regulator hopes to dispel 'lack of transparency myth' by following international standards.]]></description>
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			<title>Deutsche Bank opens in Qatar</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Deutsche Bank has received a licence from the Qatar Financial Centre Authority to provide financial services in the country]]></description>
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			<title>Can Qatar cut it?</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Qatar Financial Centre may have taken the region by storm, but does it really have what it takes to attract big business?]]></description>
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			<title>Learn from Doha</title>
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			<title>Free zones offer a helping hand to firms</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In its continuing bid to become the benchmark of ‘21st Century Arabia’, the UAE has always been active in attracting foreign firms to set up shop in the country.]]></description>
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