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			<title>Saudi Kayan pens $6bn loan deal</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Petrochemicals firm signs agreement with group of banks to part finance complex in Al-Jubail industrial zone.]]></description>
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			<title>New rich of India</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A new generation of wealth from India is attracting the attention of the world's biggest banks.   ]]></description>
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			<title>The art and science of SME </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Regional banks are waking up to the need for services catering to start-up enterprises.    ]]></description>
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			<title>Going for gold</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[With a global corporate commitment to sustainability, ABN Amro's new headquarters is set in Dubai Outsource Zone to become the first LEED for Commercial Interiors project in the region.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Dewa loan syndication closed</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[State-owned utility shuts syndication of $2bn one-year Islamic loan, banking source says. ]]></description>
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			<title>Misused murabaha hurts industry</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Islamic banks warned against commodity murabaha.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Oil price to fall as US engine stalls</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Middle East oil revenues will be hit by decline in oil price this year, ABN Amros' chief economist warns.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Brit gain, Indian currency pain in 2008</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[More bad news for Indian expats in 2008 as rupee looks set to continue to appreciate.]]></description>
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			<title>Anger management</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Poor retail service can create bad publicity for banks, but fixing the problem need not be a huge task.]]></description>
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			<title>ABN Amro goes for gold</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[First Commercial Interiors LEED status could be awarded at the end of the year.]]></description>
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			<title>Banking and finance</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Region's banking leaders on how financial markets will develop in the future and the direction the industry needs to take.  ]]></description>
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			<title>RBS considers Hollandi sale</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Royal Bank of Scotland may sell a 40% stake in Saudi Hollandi Bank through ABN Amro, report says.]]></description>
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			<title>Barclays withdraws ABN Amro offer</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Failed merger could slow British bank's GCC expansion plans, following recent retail launch in UAE.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Girl power</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[An increasingly wealthy female population has led the region's banks to launch a raft of "women only" services.]]></description>
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			<title>The French-Saudi telco connection</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Each week Arabian Business turns the spotlight on a leading company.]]></description>
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			<title>Putting the ‘e’ in education</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  The UAE operation of an international bank looked to a blended e-learning solution to promote core management competencies to its rising stars.]]></description>
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			<title>Money clinic</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Every month we provide a step-by-step guide to a different financial product. In this month's Money Clinic - we examine personal loans.]]></description>
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			<title>ABN withdraws backing for Barclays bid</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Profits dip for ABN AMRO as it pulls out its recommendation of a takeover offer by the British bank.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Barclays raises ABN bid to $93bn</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Offer helped by $4.98bn investment in Barclays by China Development Bank and Singapore's Temasek.]]></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>ABN Amro to double Gulf staff </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ABN Amro will double private banking staff in the Gulf Arab region to tap growing wealth.]]></description>
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			<title>Nazi connotations may see Barclays' eagle fly</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  The British bank would drop its logo if the takeover of Dutch bank ABN AMRO goes ahead.  ]]></description>
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			<title>What’s the catch?</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Sandi Saksena analyses a deal from ABN Amro offering free travel vouchers to new loan customers.   ]]></description>
			<category>Personal Finance | Comment</category>
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			<title>RBS leads $95.7bn ABN AMRO bid</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Consortium trumps Britain's Barclays in a battle for the world's biggest bank takeover.]]></description>
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			<title>M&amp;amp;A challenging for IT managers</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  CIOs at financial institutions should be prepared for the stress mergers can bring to their operations, the head of IT at a leading regional bank has warned.]]></description>
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			<title>Going with the flow</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Ann Cairns, head of transaction banking at ABN Amro, explains how automated solutions can help the region's banks and businesses manage their liquidity better.]]></description>
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			<title>ABN Amro takes a MINI adventure</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The investment bank launches exchange-traded MINI Futures in Europe based on UAE stocks.  ]]></description>
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			<title>IT's common sense security</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Computer scams rely on nothing more complex than old-fashioned con tricks.]]></description>
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			<title>ABN Amro targets Pakistan's middle market</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Acquisition of Pakistan's Prime Bank will help the bank make inroads in growing mid-sized businesses.]]></description>
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			<title>ABN Amro to buy Prime Bank</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The $227m deal is the latest in a series of Pakistan acquisitions by foreign banks.]]></description>
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