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			<title>Bonus question</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[How are investment banking chiefs going to justify the massive bonuses they pay their staff this year?]]></description>
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			<title>UAE banks may see growth curbed - Goldman Sachs</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Banks face difficult funding conditions but their overall profitability is attractive.]]></description>
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			<title>Goldman money phrase has rival in unlikely place</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ten years from now, Nicholas Cashmore may enjoy notoriety for another addition to the investor lexicon, says William Pesek.]]></description>
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			<title>It’s Goldman Sachs’ planet, we just live on it</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Is Goldman Sachs' success a harbinger of imminent better days for the rest of us, asks Damian Reilly.]]></description>
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			<title>Going back to basics</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Financial common sense is no different from old-fashioned, everyday common sense.]]></description>
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			<title>Charity begins at home</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Financial analyst turned charity CEO Jonathan Reckford has swapped trading floor for building floors.]]></description>
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			<title>Senior Goldman banker leaves Dubai within year - report</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Investment bank’s head of financing for MENA returns to UK amid slowdown in Gulf.]]></description>
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			<title>Goldman Sachs slashes 2009 oil price forecast</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Energy research team which once predicted $200 oil now announces $45 estimate.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai's DIFC Investments pulls $350mn loan</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[DIFC seeks alternative finance as margin increases by over 3% from previous loan.]]></description>
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			<title>Financial crisis stabilising - Gupta</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Former head of McKinsey says entering phase of stabilisation, impact to be felt for years.]]></description>
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			<title>It’s good to be the king</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[S&P down 30 percent. Shanghai's stock exchange down 60%. Russia's down 65 percent. DAX down 35 percent. DFM down 40 percent. Yes, it is good to be the king. Just ask Mr. Paulson and Goldman Sachs.]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Comment</category>
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			<title>The passing of peak oil?</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In July crude cost $147. Fast forward three months and it is under $70. What does this mean for the Gulf?]]></description>
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			<title>Oil prices predicted to fall further, could hit $50</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Analysts predict downward pressure on prices will continue due to global financial crisis.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai World allowed months to look into Russia power buy </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Sovereign fund brings in Goldman, Morgan Stanley for due diligence.]]></description>
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			<title>No steel shortage in Dubai? </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  It doesn't take a rocket scientist to conclude that some suppliers may be taking advantage of contractors' fears.]]></description>
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			<title>Italy calls on G8 to curb oil speculation</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Record prices overshadow meeting of world powers, Italian PM says world faces $200 a barrel oil.]]></description>
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			<title>Oil price rally has years to run</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Analysts revise forecasts up, some above $200, as crude continues to hit fresh record highs - poll.]]></description>
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			<title>Goldman ups oil price forecast for '08</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[US investment bank predicts average crude price of $117.40, up from $108, over tight supplies. ]]></description>
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			<title>Goldman hikes oil price forecast 30%</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Investment bank says prices will average $141 in H2, up from $107, due to tight supply conditions.]]></description>
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			<title>Feel the rhythm</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I've not encountered a single start-up to mid-size firm that didn't benefit from initiating a short daily meeting with a specific agenda.  ]]></description>
			<category>Healthcare | Comment</category>
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			<title>Sachs buys stake in Egyptian developer</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[US investment bank purchases 5.5% of Palm Hills Development, may increase stake to 10%, firm says.]]></description>
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			<title>Crude to hit $175, says Goldman Sachs</title>
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			<description><![CDATA['Explosive rallies' in commodity prices spurred by supply constraints will push oil higher, bank says.]]></description>
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			<title>Colonial deal struck, but hurdles still remain</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Investment Corporation of Dubai still has to reach agreement with Spanish firm's creditors.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai bid for Colonial collapses</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Investment Corporation of Dubai fails to reach agreement with shareholders for Spanish property firm.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai $4.5bn bid for Colonial runs into trouble</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Two major hurdles force extension to deadline for agreement to buy Spanish group.]]></description>
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			<title>First Gulf wins approval to sell $2.5bn of bonds</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Sale to finance expansion of its lending business, follows delay to $3.5bn bond issue. ]]></description>
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			<title>Nakheel splashes $315mn on Mexico resort</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Dubai-owned developer agrees to buy 50% of Los Cabos resort, first foray in Latin America.]]></description>
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			<title>Renewable energy</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Has the world finally solved the energy crisis riddle? Arabian Business investigates proposed solutions.]]></description>
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			<title>Robin Lohmann: Living life with passion</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Alternative Capital Invest (ACI) is one of Germany's most established asset management firms. The group founded the Dubai-based ACI Real Estate in 2004. Amy Glass meets managing director Robin Lohmann to discuss Dubai opportunities and his firm's mantra: location, location, location.]]></description>
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			<title>Wall Street flocks to Gulf in new gold rush</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[US banks are making a beeline for the Middle East in pursuit of new high-growth markets.]]></description>
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