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			<title>Oil price super-spike 'inevitable' - investment chief</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Istithmar World Capital director says crude price needs to rise to $60-80 a barrel.]]></description>
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			<title>Istithmar 'inundated' with calls on collapsed deals</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Dubai investment firm bullish on opportunities in transport, healthcare, education.]]></description>
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			<title>Istithmar World cuts its workforce by 10%</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Jobs go at Dubai-owned investment company as global economic slowdown continues to impact.]]></description>
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			<title>On a night like this</title>
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			<title>Rescue me</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Dubai cash is helping revitalise downtown Los Angeles at a time when US investors are too nervous.]]></description>
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			<title>Istithmar World opens New York office</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 1: Dubai investment firm looking to tap opportunities on American continent.]]></description>
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			<title>Prada in talks with Istithmar</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Italian fashion house discussing expansion of US luxury retail chain Barneys in region, spokesman says.]]></description>
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			<title>Police arrest Adel Al Shirawi</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 2: Tamweel says it is unaware of investigation into dealings of former chief executive.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai buys a piece of the action</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Two prominent Dubai companies have acquired a 20% stake in Canadian entertainment giant Cirque du Soleil.]]></description>
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			<title>Middle East leads way in US investment</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Region is top foreigner investor following Chrysler Building, Fontaineblue Hilton deals.]]></description>
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			<title>Pair buy 20% stake in Cirque du Soleil</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UAE-based companies complete deal, plan to build 1,800-seater theatre for world famous circus act.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[Lawyers looking to stop export of art on famous ocean liner before become Palm hotel.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[British monarch to pay farewell visit to famous ocean liner before it becomes floating hotel.]]></description>
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			<title>EU transparency demands deter investment</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Calls for transparency from  wealth fund making region unattractive - Dubai.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[Dubai-owned firm acquires majority holding in Gulf Stream Asset Management.]]></description>
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			<title>Oriental architect</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group is eyeing its first major UAE investment and it's all about the architecture.    ]]></description>
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			<title>Atlantis to open doors in Sept</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Luxury $1.5bn resort set to become first in operation on Palm Jumeirah, developer Kerzner says.]]></description>
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			<title>Istithmar steering clear of floundering US banks </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UAE IN CHINA: Further equity stakes in banks not part of strategy, vice chairman says.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[UAE IN CHINA: Speculation grows of Dubai-China fund for investments into Chinese companies. ]]></description>
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			<title>The world of Nakheel Hotels</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Nakheel Hotels chief executive Joe Sita discusses the company's strategies in the shadow of looming global economic uncertainty and explains why he is quietly optimistic about 2008.]]></description>
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			<title>Next step</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Rob Mionis, chief executive of DAE Manufacturing and Engineering, on the company's plans.]]></description>
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			<title>Istithmar announces new corporate brand</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Dubai-based investment house Istithmar has announced its new official corporate brand, Istithmar World.]]></description>
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			<title>Istithmar eyes China investment</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[China very welcoming to sovereign wealth funds compared to US and parts of Europe, CEO says.]]></description>
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			<title>Istithmar offloads second NY property for $1.2bn</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Park Avenue sale part of strategy to redeploy some capital to real estate in Asia. ]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[Dubai World consolidates hotel business under one banner.]]></description>
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			<title>Istithmar eyes venture capital, dept investing</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Private equity firm to buy up debt on expectation credit crisis almost over, CEO says.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai opening hotel next to White House</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Istithmar Hotels is converting the venerable Hotel Washington into a contemporary W hotel.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[Two firms could become one of the planet's largest real estate developers.]]></description>
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