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			<title>Planning finance</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=569717&amp;Itemid=1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Two years into a mammoth strategic plan, Dubai Bank is firing on all cylinders in its quest to improve efficiency. Nathan Statz talks to Faizal Eledath, CIO of Dubai Bank, to find out more.]]></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>
			<category>Islamic Finance | News</category>
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			<title>Dubai Bank offers new deals to UAE public sector staff</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[80% real estate financing part of packages being offered to gov't workers.]]></description>
			<category>Personal Finance | News</category>
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			<title>Mr Brightside</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Damian Reilly meets Salaam Al Shaksy, CEO of Dubai Bank, to discuss the region's economic outlook.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai Bank posts 7.3% rise in FY net profit</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Islamic bank posts 69% increase in assets, 94% increase in deposits for 2008.  ]]></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>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Features</category>
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			<title>The era of the end user</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In January, the value of the Dubai mortgage market was down by 64%, compared to the same time last year. However, the number of actual mortgages only dropped by 4.3%. Shane McGinley reports.]]></description>
			<category>Real Estate | Features</category>
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			<title>Better and stronger</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The change in lending patterns in the UAE is to be welcomed.]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Comment</category>
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			<title>Dubai Bank aims for 30% Emirati workforce</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Emiratisation plan is for one third of staff to be nationals by end 2009.]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | News</category>
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			<title>Moody's downgrades outlooks for UAE banks</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Investors services agency takes action amid mounting liquidity pressures in economy.]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | News</category>
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			<title>Dubai Bank plans $5bn Islamic bond programme</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[State-owned bank initially seeking $500mn as first stage in becoming global lender.]]></description>
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			<title>UAE urged to adopt chip-and-pin</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[More secure card technology needed to stop repeat of last week's wide-scale fraud, experts say.]]></description>
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			<title>UAE banks step up security after card theft</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Lloyds TSB, HSBC, Citibank, National Bank of Abu Dhabi  and Dubai Bank hit by fraud.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai Bank eyes global expansion</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 1: Dubai Bank sets up $5bn financing programme to add growth, plans to be major global lender. ]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai Bank completes the link with new infrastructure </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Infrastructure is designed to assist in quick adoption of services corresponding with changes in the market.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai Bank looks to Trade Innovation to improve finance capabilities</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Misys Trade Innovation application to improve Dubai Bank's management of trade finance operations  ]]></description>
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			<title>Buy-to-live or rent in Dubai?</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hani Zaitoun offers his views on the million dirham question - should I buy or rent in Dubai?  ]]></description>
			<category>Real Estate | Comment</category>
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			<title>What's the catch? </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Chris Allen  analyses the offer of 95% financing on properties in Dubai Sports  City from Dubai Bank and Tamweel.    ]]></description>
			<category>Personal Finance | Comment</category>
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			<title>NBF agrees Al Hokair loan</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  US$55m finance to develop health chain.]]></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>99% financing for Jumeirah property</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Dubai Bank will finance Jumeirah Beach Residence homes with only 1% down payment. ]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai Bank to buy Gulf Arab lender</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Aquisition by the government-controlled bank is expected within the next 12 months.]]></description>
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			<title>An unconventional truth?</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[How long will it be before Sharia-compliant investment becomes the market's dominant force?  ]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Features</category>
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			<title>IT outsourcing at Dubai Bank</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=9820&amp;Itemid=1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Bank is looking at a number of deals as part of a three-year IT development strategy.]]></description>
			<category>Technology | News</category>
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			<title>Madaares set to buy UK schools operator</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Dubai-based US$136m company is in "advanced talks" to acquire a leading schools operator.]]></description>
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			<title>Islamic finance set to dominate UAE banks</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The majority of banks in the UAE will convert to Islamic finance in ten years time, the new CEO of Sharjah Islamic Bank (SIB) has exclusively revealed to Arabian Business.]]></description>
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			<title>Ziad Makkawi: Show me the money</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[With Muslims now making up one fifth of the world’s population, Islamic banking has taken off in a big way. Ziad Makkawi, Dubai Bank’s CEO talks to Rhys Jones about his bank’s plans to become a Shari’a-compliant institution — one way or another.]]></description>
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