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			<title>HSBC to cut UAE mortgage rates</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The rate cut applies to Flexi Loan and home finance customers  of the bank's Islamic unit, HSBC Amanah.]]></description>
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			<title>HSBC Amanah to launch first sukuk fund</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Group's Islamic division to start marketing its 1st Islamic bond fund on Monday. ]]></description>
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			<title>HSBC ME's profits rose 34% last year</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The bank suffered a deterioration in credit quality in the last quarter of 2008 in wake of global crisis. ]]></description>
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			<title>HSBC set for £12.6bn cash call </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UK bank, in which Dubai International Capital and Saudi's Saad are major shareholders, set for huge rights issue.]]></description>
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			<title>UAE projects suspended or cancelled hit $75bn</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Report identifies $75bn worth of UAE projects as suspended or cancelled.]]></description>
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			<title>Nine banks arranging $5bn Dubai World loan</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Deutsche Bank, Emirates Bank, HSBC, Lloyds TSB and Mashreq Bank among lenders. ]]></description>
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			<title>Islamic finance early warning against debt crisis</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Transparency and structure demanded of Islamic finance provide warning, bankers say. ]]></description>
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			<title>Size isn't everything</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  HSBC's Margaret Leung explains why the Gulf's small and medium businesses deserve more attention.]]></description>
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			<title>Etisalat offers international bank transferals via phone to UAE residents</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Pilot project launched in association with Mashreq, Tata Communications, Idea Cellular and HSBC India]]></description>
			<category>Technology | News</category>
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			<title>The art and science of SME </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Regional banks are waking up to the need for services catering to start-up enterprises.    ]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Features</category>
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			<title>Currency revaluation not the answer</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Global commodity boom and high demand from booming Gulf economies fueling inflation, report says.]]></description>
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			<title>Meetings sales soar</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Meetings industry to provide balloon firm's "bread and butter"    ]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | News</category>
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			<title>The brokerage business</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Brokerage houses have never been bigger business, but how long is the boom set to last?]]></description>
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			<title>HSBC Amanah expects 60% revenue growth</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Islamic unit of HSBC Group says growth driven by business in Saudi and Malaysia.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai real estate - second most expensive in world</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Continued shortages will make only West End of London more expensive for housing.]]></description>
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			<title>Hong Kong's Islamic New Year</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Hong Kong is transforming itself into an Islamic finance centre. But can it really succeed?]]></description>
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			<title>The economists on 2008</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[To gain insight into the state of the Gulf economy in 2008 who better to turn to than the region's leading economists. David Westley asked HSBC's Simon Williams, Standard Chartered's Mary Nicola, EFG Hermes' Monica Malik and Moody's' Tristan Cooper to give us their views on what 2008 holds in store for businesses across the region.]]></description>
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			<title>Pegged off</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Speculation is rife that a move towards the unpegging of the dirham from the dollar is imminent and research indicates that such a move would be welcomed.  Diana Milne explains the impact of the dollar peg and explores the likelihood of it being removed.]]></description>
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			<title>Investment Dar funds Asian expansion</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Kuwaiti firm proposes launch of $300mn murabaha facility to target region.  ]]></description>
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			<title>First global Islamic finance qualification launched</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Chartered Institute of Management Accountants to help meet training demand.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Pole position</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=504615&amp;Itemid=1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Andrew White reports on the first-ever Arab team to travel to the Arctic to research global climate change.]]></description>
			<category>Energy | Features</category>
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			<title>Sharia success</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=504324&amp;Itemid=1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Islamic products are big business with local and international banks keen to get onboard.]]></description>
			<category>Personal Finance | Features</category>
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			<title>Joined-up thinking</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=503938&amp;Itemid=1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[  Stuart Crocker, CEO, UAE & Oman, for HSBC Private Bank, explains how the bank's ‘joined-up' approach is better meeting client needs and increasing referrals.]]></description>
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			<title>Investment goes green</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=503514&amp;Itemid=1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[  Investment banks are developing a growing range of financial products linked to environmental issues.]]></description>
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			<title>Raqmiyat rolls out cheque clearing system for HSBC</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ICCS system to cut cheque clearing time and improve efficiency across UAE banks  ]]></description>
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			<title>Global ambitions</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=501090&amp;Itemid=1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[  CEO Rashad Janahi on Abu Dhabi Investment House's strategy to become a force on the world stage.]]></description>
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			<title>Savings special</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=501165&amp;Itemid=1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[  Ever had so much money that you don't know what to do with it - or simply want to know where to stash your savings?]]></description>
			<category>Personal Finance | Features</category>
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			<title>Hitting the headlines</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=500096&amp;Itemid=1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[New Escrow law aims to sustain Dubai's property boom, take financial risk out of buying off-plan property.]]></description>
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			<title>Relocation, relocation, relocation</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=499439&amp;Itemid=1</link>
			<description><![CDATA["US$10 for a lettuce, you have to be kidding?" It's funny how people measure the cost of living.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Escrow account law unnecessary, says Hiranandani</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The managing director of Hircon International, Darshan Hiranandani has criticised the newly introduced escrow account law, describing it as an unnecessary extra cost.]]></description>
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