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			<title>SWF global funds set to hit $8tn by 2015 - study</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[New report by Ernst & Young says funds set to enter period of 'sustained growth'.]]></description>
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			<title>Mideast IPO activity slumps in Q3</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ernst & Young report says total value of IPOs was $871m, compared to $3.74bn in same period in 2008.]]></description>
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			<title>Cash in with new spa strategies</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Paul Arnold and Nikita Sarkar of Ernst & Young Middle East's Hospitality, Leisure and Real Estate Advisory Services department analyse the results of its new Spa Benchmark Survey, revealing that good yield management can make treatment rooms more profitable than hotel bedrooms.]]></description>
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			<title>Mutual benefits</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Will Takaful or Islamic insurance ever catch on in the West, and are its Gulf prospects truly long-term?]]></description>
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			<title>Mideast NOCs fall behind Asia on 2009 investments - study</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ernst & Young says 70% of global oil sector spending will be from Asia, South America.]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi German Hospital CEO vies for E&amp;amp;Y's top award</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[World's 40 bosses eye the title of Ernst & Young’s 'world entrepreneur of the year'.]]></description>
			<category>Culture &amp; Society | News</category>
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			<title>How to win customers and influence your staff</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Back in the good old days, when operators were riding on the coat tails of economic boom and no one was worried about where their next customer was coming from, hiring quality staff was simply a matter of looking around at other companies and poaching their star performers.]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | Comment</category>
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			<title>Show of strength</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Companies in the leisure industry may be left with no choice but to make redundancies, but the real sign of leadership will be how they manage and empower their staff past the downturn.]]></description>
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			<title>Mideast sees IPOs slump during Q1</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ernst & Young report shows value of IPOs plummets to $83m, 98% lower year-on-year.]]></description>
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			<title>Islamic insurance market forecast to hit $7.7bn by 2012 </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Untapped Muslim markets offer potential to insurers, says Ernst & Young report.]]></description>
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			<title>Don’t shoot the messenger</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[James Turley, global chief executive of Ernst & Young, explains why risk taking pays, and why accountants aren’t to blame for the global downturn.]]></description>
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			<title>Mideast telcos face potential revenue issues, says survey</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Scarcer funding and the complexity of new offerings may impact some telecoms firms.]]></description>
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			<title>Ernst &amp;amp; Young to move energy business to Bahrain</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[EXCLUSIVE: CEO says Gulf more convenient location than Houston for energy work.]]></description>
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			<title>Low cost properties way forward for Gulf - experts</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Transparency and legislation in real estate needed to attract foreign investment. ]]></description>
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			<title>GCC oil revenues could top $4.7tn by 2020 - report</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ernst & Young says earnings would be 2.5 times that of last 14 years, based on $50 oil.]]></description>
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			<title>Shaping up</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A fast growing population and low ARPU are fueling Egypt's ICT sector.]]></description>
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			<title>Mideast IPO activity slumps at end of 2008</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ernst & Young says just three IPOs in Oct, Nov compared to 10 in same period in 2007.]]></description>
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			<title>Global IPOs plummet as companies delay listings</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Economic crisis sends IPOs dropping to their lowest level since 1995, says report.]]></description>
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			<title>Dead sea stars</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Entrepreneur of the Year Awards brought together some of the region's best and the brightest.]]></description>
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			<title>Entrepreneurs can still thrive in global crisis - survey</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[92% of high fliers say they would have started firms regardless of economic state.]]></description>
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			<title>Region needs $100bn of PPP investment over next five years</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ernst & Young: Public-private partnerships crucial to fill gap in infrastructure capital.]]></description>
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			<title>Top trends</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ernst & Young's Mohammed Dahmash and Nikita Sarkar weigh in on what's fuelling consumers' insatiable appetite for spas and explain why spa operators need to upgrade their business standards to strengthen their brand.]]></description>
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			<title>Takaful takes over</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  The Takaful market is booming, with a host of firms queuing up to go public across the GCC. ]]></description>
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			<title>Outlook for IPOs remains positive</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Regional listings continue to attract investors, despite economic uncertainty elsewhere.]]></description>
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			<title>Mideast IPOs top $8.6bn in H1</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Public offerings up almost 80% on same period last year as regional markets buck global slowdown.]]></description>
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			<title>In sickness and in wealth</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[World Entrepreneur of the Year nominee Samih Darwazah on the drugs industry.   ]]></description>
			<category>Healthcare | Features</category>
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			<title>Islamic investors 'ignore' important assets</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Lack of diversity could mean Islamic asset managers lose out to conventional firms.]]></description>
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			<title>Family firms told to raise game to survive</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Governance and structure must be brought up to scratch - Ernst & Young.]]></description>
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			<title>Record oil prices spark boom for Islamic funds</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Number of sharia compliant funds could double to 1,000 by 2010 - Ernst & Young.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[Islamic financial regulator to host review of first standardised Islamic contract. ]]></description>
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