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			<title>NBK cuts fair value estimates on 4 Saudi banks</title>
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			<title>Algosaibi no longer Samba chairman - bank</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Saudi's second largest bank says it wishes him well in statement on Tadawul website.]]></description>
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			<title>Abu Dhabi power project said close to $1.1bn loan</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Sponsors of Shuweihat 2 power generation project said to have lined up 12 banks.]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi banks up Q2 loan loss provisions</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Banque Saudi Fransi and Samba moves come amid concerns about some debt-laden Saudi firms.]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi Electricity seeks bidders for Riyadh project</title>
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			<title>Qatar index falls to new 5-year low</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Industries Qatar leads stock market to new 5-year low amid gloomier prognosis for global economy.]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi economy forecast to contract</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Oil output cuts and weak non-oil growth set to impact kingdom's economy this year, says Samba Financial Group.]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi lender obtains licence to enter India</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Samba Financial Group, the kingdom's second largest, wins approval to start Indian operations.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai real estate risks sharp correction - report</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Saudi bank says signs of overheating amid expansionary monetary conditions.]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi bourse rises again as foreigners move in</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Shares in the kingdom continue upward trend after Saturday's impressive increase.]]></description>
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			<title>Samba profit slump continues</title>
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			<title>Samba to lead Mideast's biggest mining IPO</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Saudi's Maaden appoints Samba subsidiary to oversee $2.47bn share sale.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Standard Chartered, Samba out of Egypt bank bid</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Two lenders disqualified from bidding for stake in Banque du Caire, no reason given.]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi Kayan pens $6bn loan deal</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Petrochemicals firm signs agreement with group of banks to part finance complex in Al-Jubail industrial zone.]]></description>
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			<title>Samba profit drops on bourse woes</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Saudi's second-largest lender first local bank to post decline in net income in Q1, with 5.4% fall to $320mn.]]></description>
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			<title>Gulf markets rebound</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Stocks across region push markets to higher close, bar Saudi which drops for fifth time in six days.]]></description>
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			<title>Noor Financial eyes bid for Banque du Caire</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Commercial Bank of Kuwait interested in Egypt's third-largest state bank.]]></description>
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			<title>Firms to shun dollar for project financing</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Gulf Arab companies looking toward other currencies such as euro or yen for loans, analysts say.]]></description>
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			<title>Samba Financial to issue 1-for-2 bonus share offer</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Saudi's second largest lender to raise capital to $2.4bn and increase dividend payment.]]></description>
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			<title>Subprime crisis to hit Gulf banks' earnings</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Regional banks who thought investments were safe discovering underlying assets subprime, bankers say.]]></description>
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			<title>Samba Financial earnings squeezed</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Saudi's second largest bank misses forecasts with Q4 profit of $254.7mn, up 1.8% year-on-year. ]]></description>
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			<title>Samba misses a step as profit drops</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Saudi lender posts fourth consecutive decline in profit in Q3 on diminished brokerage activity.]]></description>
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			<title>Samba deploys debt management system</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia's Samba Financial Group implements Experian's Tallyman debt management and collection solution.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Banking in the GCC</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Will the banking industry be the next sector to feel the wind of change sweeping through the Gulf?]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi Printing seeks $106m in IPO</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Arab world's largest news publisher plans a 30% stake sale later this month.  ]]></description>
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			<title>A day in the desert with Prince Alwaleed</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Over 573 meetings, 200 calls, and 100 texts... Arabian Business documents a normal day in the life of Saudi's $23bn businessman.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[Samba Financial Group has completed official procedures to purchase a 68% stake in the Crescent Commercial Bank of Pakistan (CresBank).]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi economy could grow by 4%</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[This year's growth could be higher than expected due to a possible rise in oil output.]]></description>
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