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			<title>StanChart to boost Mideast pvt banking business</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Standard Chartered's private banking division to open offices in Qatar, Bahrain and Lebanon.]]></description>
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			<title>Senior banker warns UAE job cuts may not be over</title>
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			<title>Standard Chartered in debt talks with Dubai firms</title>
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			<title>Changing times</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Allowing overseas firms full ownership of their business in the UAE would open the door to FDI in the country.]]></description>
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			<title>UAE loan defaults predicted to peak in Q3</title>
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			<title>$26bn projects 'to turn UAE into logistics hub'</title>
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			<title>Oman tourism bucks global recession</title>
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			<title>Threat of GCC deflation averted - Standard Chartered</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Analysts predict that inflation will stabilise in the low single digits during rest of 2009.]]></description>
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			<title>Economist forecasts growth for Qatar economy</title>
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			<title>Bahrain bond 'signals renewed confidence in Gulf'</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Standard Chartered says Gulf state's $750 launch is sign of recovery in region.]]></description>
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			<title>Diversification plan set to boost Oman jobs - report</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Standard Chartered sees employment opportunties in non-oil sectors.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai house prices 'may never return to 2008 peaks'</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Standard Chartered says real estate market signs encouraging but further falls expected.]]></description>
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			<title>Qatar 'could escape budget deficit' amid oil revival</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Standard Chartered says recent upturn in oil price could result in 2009/10 surplus.]]></description>
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			<title>UAE job losses set to continue amid recovery - analyst</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[More redundancies loom as jobs market catches up with real economy - Standard Chartered.]]></description>
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			<title>Oman’s 2009 growth to hold steady at 2.5% - StanChart</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Standard Chartered Bank positive on long-term development of economies like Oman.]]></description>
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			<title>Banking on success</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Shayne Nelson, the regional boss of Standard Chartered tells CEO Middle East how the bank aims to solidify its presence in the Middle East.]]></description>
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			<title>Al Ghurair Group seals loan facility</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Syndicated loan facility to be used to fund further expansion of Dubai’s mixed use Al Ghurair City.]]></description>
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			<title>UAE inflation predicted to fall to 2.5% in 2009</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[New report from Standard Chartered sees drop being driven by food, house prices.]]></description>
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			<title>More robust federal budget to aid UAE economy - StanChart</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UK-based bank says recent gov't moves suggest better harmony among UAE's emirates.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[Standard Chartered says more than $27.2bn is needed to reduce loan to deposit ratios.   ]]></description>
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			<title>UAE business sentiment 'on the rise' - StanChart</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Economists say it is now vital for gov't to address shortage of liquidity in country.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[Cash injection necessary to bring advances to deposit ratio below 100%.]]></description>
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