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			<title>National Commercial Bank launches online banking</title>
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			<title>Saudi Mobily refinances SR1.5bn Islamic loan</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Mobile operator originally used loan to finance purchase of Bayanat Al Oula.]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi banks profits 6.2% in Jul-Aug - cbank</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[SAMA data shows cumulative profit of 8.25bn riyals in Q1, 7.92 bn in Q2.]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi economy may shrink 1% this year - NCB</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[But Saudi Arabia’s largest lender also forecasts growth of up to 3% for 2010.]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi economic growth to slow by 1% in 2009 - report</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Real GDP growth set to be hit by a contraction in oil sector - National Commercial Bank.]]></description>
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			<title>Banks seen raising provisions on Saudi groups - NCB</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Saad and Algosaibi debt restructurings continuing to impact, but not seen as threatening.]]></description>
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			<title>Al-Tuwairqi said to hire HSBC for debt restructuring </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UK bank to oversee Saudi steelmaker’s bank loans, according to sources.]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi car imports seen falling for first time in 10 years</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Analysts, traders say numbers could fall as result of impact of global economic crisis.]]></description>
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			<title>Major Saudi bank sees Q1 net profit fall by 41%</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[National Commercial Bank makes profit of $278.9m for three months to March 31.]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi firms plan expansion Q2 despite crisis - survey</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Business Optimism Survey shows 46% of responders to go ahead with expansion plans.  ]]></description>
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			<title>OPEC paves way for higher oil prices</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Prices likely to rise later this year as producers gradually succeed in tightening markets, say analysts.]]></description>
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			<title>Kinan puts Jeddah project on hold</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Affiliate of Saudi Arabia's Savola Group puts 2 billion riyals property project on hold.]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi top bank NCB Q3 profit dives on global woes</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Profits at state-owned bank fall nearly a third to $233mn as portfolio revalued.]]></description>
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			<title>Driving innovation</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[N. Ganapathy Subramaniam, president of TCS Financial Solutions, talks about projects at Saudi   Arabia's National Commercial Bank (NCB) and the technology needs of regional financial institutions.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Largest Saudi lender predicts 7% inflation in '08</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Inflation to accelerate as gov't spending and immigration strain capacity, NCB says. ]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi should revalue now, bank says</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[State bank urges gov't to invest more assets outside US and reconsider continued dollar peg.]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi IPOs to hit $8bn</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Up to 40 firms will sell shares to public in 2008 in offerings worth twice this year's total. ]]></description>
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			<title>Ri$ky business</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  An introduction to the financing method which provides the cash for new capacities.]]></description>
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			<title>Mortgage law to boost Saudi housing market</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Housing market set to boom with long-awaited financing law expected to drive demand.]]></description>
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			<title>Results round-up - July 23</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Saudi's National Commercial Bank records net income of $942.3mn in H1; Industries Qatar quarterly profts rise 33.7%.]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi Arabia’s insurance boom  </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Oversubscriptions of insurance company shares point to the sectors' heavy growth in the kingdom.]]></description>
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			<title>Car rental firm UniTrans plans IPO</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Saudi United International Transportation plans an offering of 30% of its capital.]]></description>
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			<title>Revealed: Gulf's most admired companies</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=11049&amp;Itemid=1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Arabian Business has published its '50 Most Admired' list of regional companies.]]></description>
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			<title>NCB tightens card control system</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Arab Financial Services (AFS), a provider of electronic payments and consumer finance outsourcing services, is to provide National Commercial Bank (NCB) with an advanced account management system.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai banks merger to up competition</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[NBD-EBI merger will boost competitiveness, says UAE Central Bank Governor.]]></description>
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			<title>NCB improves online trading system</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  KSA’s National Commercial Bank says Tadawul Plus is faster and more secure than prior system.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Goldman Sachs lured by KSA boom</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Undeterred by the stock market crash, the bank is the latest global institution to set up in Saudi.]]></description>
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			<title>Core competency</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=7073&amp;Itemid=1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[  The IT system backing a bank can make all the difference when the time comes for business expansion, whether it comes through acquisitions or from organic growth    ]]></description>
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			<title>Outdated pitching procedures wasting media agencies' time</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Panelists at the Campaign Conference criticise the unnecessary, arhaic and costly formal pitch]]></description>
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			<title>Quotes</title>
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