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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>The loan danger</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[As the credit crunch takes its toll, banks & property cos are increasingly concerned they may be left with toxic debt.]]></description>
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			<title>Consumer pain as banks tighten lending rules</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Two of Dubai's largest lenders raise minimum salary required to get personal loan.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai's DAE appoints banks to lead $1bn loan - banker</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Money will be used to refinance existing debt and general corpoate purposes.]]></description>
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			<title>Emirates NBD sees earnings climb 36.8%</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Surge in corporate and retail lending helps push lender's Q1 profit up to $351.3mn.]]></description>
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			<title>Nine banks arranging $5bn Dubai World loan</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Deutsche Bank, Emirates Bank, HSBC, Lloyds TSB and Mashreq Bank among lenders. ]]></description>
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			<title>Limitless clinches $1.2bn Islamic loan</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Dubai-based developer secures Sharia-compliant deal as part of global funding and expansion plan. ]]></description>
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			<title>Control centre</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Transguard's valuable handling facility in Dubai Airport Free Zone is the most technologically advanced security operation in the Middle East. Air Cargo Middle East & India takes an exclusive tour around the region's very own Fort Knox.]]></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>Banking giant DFM listing rivals Emaar</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Shares of Emirates NBD PJSC listed on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) on October 16, making the newly formed banking group the second largest company trading on the exchange.  ]]></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>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>Invisible touch</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Contactless credit and debit cards are the very latest in payment technology and are set to change the way UAE consumers pay. ]]></description>
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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>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>WINDOWS investigates: UAE internet banking</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[If you're looking to set-up an online bank account in the UAE, read on as the WINDOWS team checks out some of the market's current offerings and suggests which of these you can bank on.  ]]></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>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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			<description><![CDATA[Emirates NBD has signed a multimillion dollar IT change management deal, the first since its launch last week.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Candidates for consolidation</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  The region's banking sector is facing up to the biggest shake-up it has ever witnessed during its tender 50-year history.]]></description>
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			<title>The birth of the banking titans</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Arabian Business looks at the rationale behind the consolidation of banks in the Middle East.]]></description>
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			<title>Emirates NBD to offer 5% foreign ownership</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The EBI-NBD merged bank will allow 5% of its shares to be owned by foreign nationals.    ]]></description>
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			<title>EBI, NBD reveal merger details</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 2.30pm: Merger  likely to create synergies of around $100mn,  including $41mn in cost savings.]]></description>
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			<title>Emirates launches SMS money transfer</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Bank introduces 'salary card' enabling expat workers to send and receive money instantly around the world.]]></description>
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