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			<title>Yes to mobile banking, no to paying for it - poll</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[KPMG survey reveals 67% of Saudi feel comfortable with using phone for banking.]]></description>
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			<title>ME private equity raises record $6.4bn in 2008</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Managers raised 10% more than 2007, favouring healthcare, transport portfolios. ]]></description>
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			<title>State of play</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[KPMG recently published four reports on the golf business. Andrea Sartori, head of KPMG's Golf Advisory Practice for EMA, highlights the key findings and insights.]]></description>
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			<title>Half of UAE businesses suffering from data overload</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Expanding volumes and poor quality of data driving companies to business intelligence in UAE says KPMG]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai to be golfing hotspot</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Emirates predicted to be one of most popular golfing destinations in EMEA despite record green fees.]]></description>
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			<title>Mideast firms' expansion not hit by crisis - survey</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Only 13% see financial crisis as problem, no major impact on investment, KPMG says.]]></description>
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			<title>They think it’s all over</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The global slowdown is set to arrive on the terraces of English clubs, and Gulf investors are getting cold feet.]]></description>
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			<title>Fraud in Gulf at 'alarming levels'</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Fraud costing the region billions of dollars every year, according to KPMG 2008 GCC Fraud Survey.]]></description>
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			<title>KPMG report aims to reassure Indian aviation sector</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A report published by consulting firm KPMG’s Indian branch argues that the airline sector in the country can still be profitable despite the high oil prices.]]></description>
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			<title>Better channel management needed to stem grey</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Vendors have been told to get a grip on their channel management policies]]></description>
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			<title>Gulf must lose 'brown envelope' culture - KPMG chief</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Fraud, unethical behavior has grown across Gulf, must be addressed.]]></description>
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			<title>Time to embrace KPO</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  In the last seven years, Business Process Outsourcing has grown hugely to become $150bn-plus global industry.]]></description>
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			<title>KPMG research reveals outsourcing opportunities </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO) industry will be worth up to $17bn by the year 2010, says KPMG.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Asia calling</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Key businesspeople discuss how the Far East and the Middle East are set to benefit from closer ties.]]></description>
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			<title>Kingdom of change</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[CommsMEA examines how Saudi Arabia's telecoms market is likely to develop in the coming years.]]></description>
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			<title>Private eye</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  As the credit crunch slows Western private equity, Daniel Stanton asks how it has affected Middle   East PE activity.]]></description>
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			<title>Golf benchmark survey set for publication</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[KPMG will announce the findings of its second annual Golf Benchmark Survey at the European Golf Course Owners Association Conference (EGCOA) in Amsterdam in the Netherlands from November 28-30.]]></description>
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			<title>KPMG boosts Saudi operation</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Accounting firm moves Energy and Natural Resources practice to kingdom to enhance Aramco relations.  ]]></description>
			<category>Energy | News</category>
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			<title>The state of play</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  The cultural integration of the mobile phone in mature markets and the pre-eminence of GSM networks in less mature ones has led to end users preferring to make voice calls via mobile devices rather than fixed landline phones. However the growing popularity of broadband internet in the region means fixed line connections are still on the rise. GULFCOMMS Preview examines what these trends mean for MENA operators.   ]]></description>
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			<title>Middle East is a golfing goldmine</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Good news for golf courses in the UAE and region as revenues exceed European golfing nations, survey finds. ]]></description>
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			<title>Time for tee?</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  With an estimated 57 million golfers and 31,000 golf courses worldwide, the potential to sell golf breaks is immense, as Kathi Everden reports.]]></description>
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			<title>Letter of the law</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=13328&amp;Itemid=1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[How new sukuk structures can balance commercial imperatives with the demands of Shariah compliance.]]></description>
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			<title>Luxury market needs new strategy</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=11509&amp;Itemid=1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[  Leaders call for change.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Goldman Sachs to advise on Dubai banks merger</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Firm wins contract to advise on the $45bn merger of Emirates Bank International  and National Bank of Dubai.]]></description>
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			<title>The moneymakers</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[James Bennett meets the young Arab entrepreneurs leading the way in the  fast-paced world of high finance.]]></description>
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			<title>Curbing the counterfeiters</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Middle East countries are among the world's worst offenders on fake software.]]></description>
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			<title>Merger to create UAE’s top lender</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[National Bank of Dubai and Emirates Bank to merge.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Paving the way</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Public private partnership could be the next big opportunity for ME financial institutions.]]></description>
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			<title>Be ready for anything</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Business continuity is one of the most talked about issues in IT across the globe due to the devastating impact disasters can have on a company. However, research from KPMG shows regional firms are still not prepared for the worst and could suffer the consequences.    ]]></description>
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