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			<title>Moody's places ratings of 4 Dubai banks on review </title>
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			<title>S&amp;amp;P downgrades 4 Dubai banks</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Agency says actions taken due to difficult financing environment and expected asset quality deterioration.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai market reverses weakness; Saudi ends up</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 2: UAE bourses end higher; banks weigh on Qatar exchange.]]></description>
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			<title>Race to the Holy City</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[It is already the world's most expensive real estate and it is about to become more costly.   ]]></description>
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			<title>Abyaar seeks credit rating for bond sale</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Kuwaiti real estate developer looks to raise $500mn in sukuk to finance regional plans. ]]></description>
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			<title>Emirates NBD brings big ticket credit to Sharaf DG</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Electronics retailer Sharaf DG launches 100% finance scheme  ]]></description>
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			<title>EBI, NBD post double-digit growth</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Dubai banks' profits up on corporate and consumer lending in last quarter before landmark merger.]]></description>
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			<title>Emirates NBD plans aggressive expansion</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Newly-formed lender to target established players across GCC, chairman says.]]></description>
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			<title>NBD upgrades ATM network </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[National Bank of Dubai installs testing solution for teller machines to improve reliability and stability.]]></description>
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			<title>Emirates NBD begins trading</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Trading of shares in a combined Emirates Bank and National Bank of Dubai starts on Dubai bourse.]]></description>
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			<title>Skills poaching prompted by rebar futures contract</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Brokers and banks attempting to lure trading experts from UAE steel firms.]]></description>
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			<title>Emirates Bank, NBD shares suspended</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Dubai bourse halts trading in shares until banks are combined into Gulf's largest lender by assets.]]></description>
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			<title>NBAD arranges loan for dwtc expansion</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The National Bank of Dubai has arranged an US $217.8 million (AED800 million) loan facility for Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) to fund its ongoing development plans.  ]]></description>
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			<title>NBD launches Offset Home Loan for clients</title>
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			<title>Emirates NBD to begin trading after Eid Al-Fitr</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Stock will be listed on first trading day after region's biggest bank is created on October 14.]]></description>
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			<title>Basel II is all about owning up</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Banks need to change their internal culture to get the full benefits of Basel II compliance, says NBD's chief risk officer.    ]]></description>
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			<title>Emirates approves NBD merger</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Shareholders of Emirates Bank agree to planned $11.3bn merger, NBD to vote today.]]></description>
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			<title>EBI, NBD gear up for vote on merger</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Shareholders of Emirates Bank and National Bank of Dubai to vote on merger today and tomorrow.]]></description>
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			<title>NBD appointed escrow account bank</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[NBD becomes first UAE bank to offer escrow accounts within both conventional and Islamic banking.]]></description>
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			<title>National Bank of Dubai launches online Arabic service</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Bank claims is first in the UAE to offer online banking in both English and Arabic.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Banking on trouble </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Anil Bhoyrul examines the dangers of getting a mortgage from offers that all sound too good to be true.   ]]></description>
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			<title>Regional inflation crisis looms large</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Report highlights weak US dollar, skyrocketing rental rates and high liquidity as contributing to problem.]]></description>
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			<title>School’s out for summer </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Financial activity in the Middle East used to slow down over summer – but is this starting to change?   ]]></description>
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			<title>Divide and prosper </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Syndicated loans give regional banks an opportunity to build both regional and international relationships.   ]]></description>
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			<title>EBI-NBD provides a merger model for Gulf banks </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Combined Emirates NBD bank would be UAE’s largest lender and Gulf’s largest bank by assets.   ]]></description>
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			<title>Breaking the brokers </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[New requirements for securities brokerage firms are triggering mergers, closures and questionable trading methods.]]></description>
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			<title>Deals on wheels</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The complete guide to the cost of motoring - from buying to car insurance to the new road toll.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Emirates Bank, NBD profits surge</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[EBI and NBD see net income rise over 40% in final quarter before they merge to create Gulf's largest lender. ]]></description>
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			<title>EBI, NBD shareholders to decide on merger by September</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Shareholders have until September 17 to decide on government plan to create the Gulf's largest bank.]]></description>
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			<title>New Gulf mega bank signs IT deal</title>
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