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			<title>Bank Muscat seeking 15m rials via auction</title>
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			<title>Bank Muscat posts 44% profit jump</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Oman's largest lender see Q3 net income increase to $84mn, meeting analysts' forecasts.]]></description>
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			<title>Oman seeks $4bn for shipping expansion</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Finance ministry reveals plan to add up to 20 tankers to shipping fleet, loan deal by year-end.]]></description>
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			<title>Earning from experience</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[AbdulRazak Ali Issa, of BankMuscat, outlines a selection of the company's diverse range of funds.  ]]></description>
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			<title>BankMuscat and Edutech create Basel II training system</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[BankMuscat and Edutech have jointly developed an e-learning system to train bank staff on Basel II compliance  ]]></description>
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			<title>Bank Muscat plans Saudi expansion</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Oman's biggest bank to open two more branches in kingdom as part of broader Gulf ambitions.]]></description>
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			<title>BankMuscat in US$166m Octal loan</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[BankMuscat has agreed a US$166.5 million loan facility for Oman-based Octal Petrochemicals as it prepares to launch a new plastic packaging venture in Salalah Free Zone.]]></description>
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			<title>Bank Muscat agrees Dubai stake sale</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Shareholders in Oman's biggest lender have approved the sale of a 15% stake to Dubai Financial.]]></description>
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			<title>Bangkok banking</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A look at the latest core banking success stories at this year's Temenos Client Forum in Bangkok.]]></description>
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			<title>BankMuscat hires chief executive</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[BankMuscat International appoints former Barclays senior banker Andrew Bainbridge as CEO.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai Financial takes 15% Bank Muscat stake</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The government-owned firm becomes the bank's second-biggest shareholder in a $619mn deal.]]></description>
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			<title>Consortium to buy stake in Saudi Pak Bank</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Bank Muscat thought to be part of consortium acquiring majority stake in Pakistan-based bank.]]></description>
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			<title>Bank Muscat to raise share capital for growth</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Omani lender is planning to raise more capital to help finance expansion.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Egypt billionaire eyes Saudi Pak bank stake</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Naguib Sawiris is among four parties competing for a majority $100m stake in the bank.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Gonu inflicts damage on Oman’s banking sector </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Banks reported damage to branches and ATMs from strong winds and flooding, but continued to operate.   ]]></description>
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			<title>Banking in the GCC</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Will the banking industry be the next sector to feel the wind of change sweeping through the Gulf?]]></description>
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			<title>Free bank loans for Gonu victims</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[BankMuscat is offering an interest free loan to help victims of cyclone Gonu.]]></description>
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			<title>Ahli United Bank to buy 35% of Alliance</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The $132m stake in Oman's biggest mortgage lender trumps a takeover offer by Bank Muscat.]]></description>
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			<title>Why Gonu should teach us all a lesson</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[We've all been taken aback by reports of loss in wake of Cyclone Gonu, writes Melissa Hancock.]]></description>
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			<title>BankMuscat: the after effects of the storm</title>
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			<title>Bank Muscat's bid for Alliance 'no longer valid'</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Omani bank's offer for the mortgage lender is no longer valid as of June 13.      ]]></description>
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			<title>Oman's banks count the cost of Gonu</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Many of the Sultanate's banks report damage to branches and ATMs, but continue to operate.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Oman's Alliance still seeks suitors</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Alliance Housing Bank continues talks despite a hostile takeover bid by Bank Muscat.]]></description>
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			<title>Alliance urges rejection of Bank Muscat bid</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Bank's board believes other undisclosed options present the best hope for the future.]]></description>
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			<title>Oman's banking transactions</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  The developing mortgage and housing market in the sultanate is maintaining its strong growth with new bank openings and bids for mergers.   ]]></description>
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			<title>Zubair Corporation inks $100m loan deal</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Omani company signs a corporate loan with banks including National Bank of Abu Dhabi.]]></description>
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			<title>Alliance ask-price exceeds new limit</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Shares in the Oman bank didn't trade on Wednesday following the bid from Bank Muscat.]]></description>
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			<title>Bank Muscat offers $204m for Alliance</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Oman's largest lender says it has made an offer to merge with Alliance Housing Bank.]]></description>
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			<title>Oman launches e-payment gateway</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Robust, secure solution allows electronic transactions.   ]]></description>
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			<title>Bank Muscat profit surges 43.8%</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Oman's largest lender reports a first-quarter profit of $49.53m.]]></description>
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