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			<title>Kuwait's Global hikes capital amid financial crisis</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Generating fee income, rather than conducting fire sales, is major aim as firm restructures.]]></description>
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			<title>Kuwait's Zain buys majority stake in Paltel</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 3: Share swap deal sees 1.5m subscribers added to customer base.]]></description>
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			<title>Kuwait's KIA eyes real estate, stocks abroad</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Gulf state's sovereign wealth fund wants to focus on investments with good cash flows.]]></description>
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			<title>Kuwait eyes Gulf, North Africa investments</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Sovereign wealth fund aims to snap up bargains amid the global financial crisis.]]></description>
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			<title>Kuwait's KIA to boost investments on local bourse</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[KIA seeks to support local stock market which has fallen 20% since June 25.]]></description>
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			<title>Kuwait to triple Japan investment to $48bn</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Boost in  investments would follow agreement to avoid double taxation between two countries.]]></description>
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			<title>Kuwait eyes foreign farms for food </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Gulf state considers investing in farmland abroad to secure food supplies as grapples with inflation.]]></description>
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			<title>Kuwait budget surplus tumbles on gov't spending</title>
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			<title>Kuwait eyes India, China investment</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Gulf state turning its attentions to Asia, looking to open investment offices, finance minister says.]]></description>
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			<title>KIA defends Citi, Merrill investments</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Kuwait wealth fund under fire from local media and parliament for investing $5bn in banks.]]></description>
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			<title>Syria proposes KIA venture </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad  intends to enter joint venture with $213bn Kuwait Investment Authority.]]></description>
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			<title>Gulf wealth funds dominate domestic markets</title>
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			<title>Kuwait buys $800mn in Visa</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[State investment authority nabs 4% stake in credit card giant after initial public offering, paper reports. ]]></description>
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			<title>Wealth fund invetments in West to grow</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Questions over motives of state-backed funds will abate, according to Dubai Group chief exec.]]></description>
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			<title>Kuwait fund hungry for European, US investments</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Kuwait Investment Authority looks to deploy cash in financial and real estate sectors.]]></description>
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			<title>Gulf investors bargain hunting in troubled US economy</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[WEF: US the best place to be at time of global slowdown, wealth fund managers say.]]></description>
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			<title>25 firms interested in Kuwait mobile stake</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Local and foreign companies register to take part in public auction. ]]></description>
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			<title>Plans for Kuwait's third telco move forward</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[KIA presents outline for setting up new operator to cabinet, telco's IPO to launch in December.   ]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[Central Bank of Kuwait and Kuwait Investment Authority officials accused of making illegal personal profits.]]></description>
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