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			<title>Kuwait's CBK reduces activity of investment unit - paper</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[CBK lowers financial activity in CBK Capital due to the lack of investment opportunities.]]></description>
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			<title>Kuwait's KIA to auction stake in Boubyan </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 1: Sovereign wealth fund looking to offload 20% stake via public auction in July. ]]></description>
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			<title>Kuwait investment firm disputes Boubyan stake sale</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Dar has filed a lawsuit against Commercial Bank of Kuwait over Islamic lender stake.]]></description>
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			<title>CBK puts Iraq and Yemen plans on hold</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Commercial Bank of Kuwait chairman says impact of credit crunch may also see it book provisions in 2009.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[Lower debt service burden to aid finance firms - Commercial Bank of Kuwait .]]></description>
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			<title>Commercial Bank of Kuwait warns of tough Q1 </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[CBK's chairman tells TV channel profit for first 3 months will not match year-earlier period.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[Commercial Bank of Kuwait becomes latest bank in GCC to wilt under pressure of global financial crisis.]]></description>
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			<title>Aayan Leasing to get  fresh bank loans</title>
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			<title>CBK cancels deal to buy Boubyan stake</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Commercial Bank of Kuwait says it is stepping away from taking shares in bank from Investment Dar.]]></description>
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			<title>Moody's mulls downgrade for four Kuwaiti banks</title>
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			<title>Kuwait's CBK nears Syrian bank deal </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Investment Dar close to finalising deal to sell its 12.5% position in Syria's Cham Bank to CBK.]]></description>
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			<title>Interest income, forex trading drives CBK profit</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 1: Commercial Bank of Kuwait Q2 earnings rise 11% to $136.7mn.]]></description>
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			<title>CBK considers stake in Iraqi Islamic bank </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Commercial Bank of Kuwait looks to take 50% stake in Baghdad-based Islamic lender - report.]]></description>
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			<title>Gulf markets rebound</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Stocks across region push markets to higher close, bar Saudi which drops for fifth time in six days.]]></description>
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			<title>CBK eyes 70% stake in Yemeni bank</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Commercial Bank of Kuwait is seeking to buy 70% of Yemen Gulf Bank, daily Al-Qabas says.]]></description>
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			<title>Noor Financial eyes bid for Banque du Caire</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Commercial Bank of Kuwait interested in Egypt's third-largest state bank.]]></description>
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			<title>Kuwait's CBK posts 28.3% rise in profit</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Country's fourth-biggest lender sees net income rise to $112.2mn in Q3 compared with $87.5mn a year ago.]]></description>
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			<title>Kuwait's CBK yet to agree BBK sale</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Commercial Bank of Kuwait contradicts local media report that CBK and Pearl to sell stakes in Bahraini lender.]]></description>
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			<title>GCC banks to sell Bahraini bank stakes</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Commercial Bank of Kuwait and Peal of Kuwait Real Estate reach deal to sell stakes in Bank of Bahrain.    ]]></description>
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			<title>Kuwait investors eye BBK stake</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Several investors are considering buying the Commercial Bank of Kuwait's 20% stake in the Bahraini lender.]]></description>
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			<title>Kuwait to sell Bank of Bahrain stake to Zumorroda </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Commercial Bank of Kuwait to offload stake for $278mn to Kuwaiti investment firm.]]></description>
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			<title>CBK to sell Bank of Bahrain stake</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Negotiations in the final stages, but no agreement has been signed yet, according to Kuwaiti lender.]]></description>
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			<title>NBK pays top dollar for Egypt’s Watany</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) has paid the highest acquisition price in its history in order to takeover Al Watany Bank of Egypt beating off rivals Commercial Bank of Kuwait.]]></description>
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			<title>Qatar bank eyes CBK</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Unnamed suitor in early talks to take majority stake in Commercial Bank of Kuwait, newspaper says.]]></description>
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			<title>No decision yet on Al-Watany bid</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Commercial Bank of Kuwait still to decide how much it is prepared to pay for a stake in the Egyptian lender.]]></description>
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			<title>CBK hints at $568mn Watany bid</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Commercial Bank of Kuwait says it could bid up to four times book value for Egypt's Al-Watany Bank.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[Commercial Bank of Kuwait is planning to bid for a 60% stake in Egyptian lender Al-Watany.]]></description>
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