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			<title>Mashreq expands operations to Kuwait</title>
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			<title>Mashreq's Q3 net profit falls by 42%</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 1: Dubai's second largest bank by market cap says decline due to rise in loan provisions.]]></description>
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			<title>Mashreq sees 'unprecedented' credit card skips </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Bank sees rise in number of customers leaving UAE without paying off debts.]]></description>
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			<title>Mashreq signs deal for new salary payment card</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Agreement inked with C3 Card to provide low wage customers with salary solutions.]]></description>
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			<title>Mashreqbank files UAE court case against Algosaibi</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Dubai-based bank wants to claim $398m owed by the troubled Saudi group.]]></description>
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			<title>Mashreqbank’s US lawsuit based on forgery - Algosaibi</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Saudi group says Dubai bank's suit in US over $200m in forex deals should be thrown out.]]></description>
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			<title>'No concern' over UAE banks' exposure to Saad, Algosaibi</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Mashreq chief says banks have capital strength to cover exposure to firms.]]></description>
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			<title>Deutsche Bank, Algosaibi unit battle it out in NY court</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Allegation that foreign exchange swap not completed, judge set to rule by Dec. 9.]]></description>
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			<title>Mashreq makes move into Kuwaiti banking sector</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UAE bank becomes seventh non-national bank to start ops in Kuwait.]]></description>
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			<title>Mashreq installs Dubai Metro ATMs, plans expansion</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UAE bank says more than 2,000 transactions made by metro passengers in 3 days.]]></description>
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			<title>What’s in a name?</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Fraud cases can destroy reputations of people & firms; but may also spell the end of name-lending, says Damian Reilly.]]></description>
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			<title>Mashreq launches UAE's first debt counselling service</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UAE's third largest bank makes move to help struggling loan customers.]]></description>
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			<title>Mashreq: Algosaibi claim attempt to avoid liability</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UAE bank dismisses counter claim of Saudi family firm amid $150m lawsuit.]]></description>
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			<title>UAE cbank rejigs interbank rate panel to spur lending</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Central bank hopes change in panel will lower rates and spur lending.]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi Algosaibi sues Mashreq in US over Saad deals</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Dubai bank alleged to be ''wilfully blind'' to deals that helped lead Algosaibi into default. ]]></description>
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			<title>Mashreq opens 16 new branches in Abu Dhabi</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Strategic growth plans remain very much on track, says the bank's CEO.]]></description>
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			<title>Mashreq Bank issues security wallets from CRYPTOCard</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Mashreq Bank has just rolled out a new online security system from CRYPTOCard]]></description>
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			<title>Moody's places ratings of 4 Dubai banks on review </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Possible downgrade reflects challenges posed by stressed UAE property market.]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi Saad's sukuk investors mull setting up committee</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Investors in troubled conglomerate look for representation at creditor meetings.]]></description>
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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>Mashreq exposure to Saad and Al Gosaibi Groups 'manageable'</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ratings agency Fitch cites bank's current level of profitability and capitalisation.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai's Mashreq says Saudi exposure 'not significant'</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Mashreq takes action to protect interests due of problems with Saudi clients.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai bank CEO says time ripe for buyouts</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Mashreq bank head says good time for acquisitions as UAE may have passed through worst of global crisis.]]></description>
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			<title>Wealth management and private banking at Mashreq</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=555421&amp;Itemid=1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[  Akram Khattab, head of Private Banking at UAE-based Mashreq tells CEO Middle East how the bank zeroes in on the region's high net worth individuals. ]]></description>
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			<title>Mashreq posts 4% profit growth, sees assets fall by $735m</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Net profit hits AED484 for Q1 2009, compared with AED465m for Q1 2008.]]></description>
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			<title>Blame it on the bankers</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Mashreq chief Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair argues that the US & European banks are to blame for their own downfall.]]></description>
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			<title>Mashreq boss condemns West's bonus schemes</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair, says bank bonus schemes in West have got out of hand.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Chinese cards to work in Mashreq ATMs under new deal</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[More than 1.8bn cards from China Union Pay can now be used at Mashreq ATMs.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Mashreq Capital plans sukuk fund</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Dubai-based firm to exploit sukuk offering high returns as Islamic bond market attracts greater interest.]]></description>
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			<title>Mashreq Bank  launches Egypt operation</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Dubai-based Mashreq rolls-out 10 branch retail operation after spending $99.4m.]]></description>
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