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			<title>Investment Dar extends talks on restructuring</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Troubled Kuwaiti firm extends deadline to deal with banks, investors 'fairly'.]]></description>
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			<title>Investment Dar appoints chief restructuring officer</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Kuwait firm, part owner of Aston Martin, makes move after defaulting on $100m debt issue.]]></description>
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			<title>Investment Dar in new deal over restructuring</title>
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			<title>Kuwait central bank appoints monitor for Investment Dar </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Initiative comes after firm's failure to submit accounts and complaints about its activities.]]></description>
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			<title>Global Investment House slumps to $101m Q2 loss </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 1: Kuwait firm misses analyst forecast that had been looking for a profit.]]></description>
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			<title>Sukuk defaults seen rising as global slowdown weighs</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[$1 trillion Islamic finance industry begins to feel the chill of the global downturn.]]></description>
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			<title>RLPC-Saudi loan restructuring to hit Gulf borrowing</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Saad, Algosaibi troubles could crimp lending to Saudi, say banking sources.]]></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's Global hikes capital amid financial crisis</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Generating fee income, rather than conducting fire sales, is major aim as firm restructures.]]></description>
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			<title>Investment Dar files police complaint against CBK  </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Criminal complaint relates to Dar's right to buy back stake in Boubyan Bank.]]></description>
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			<title>Investment Dar denies bailout talks with Kuwait bank </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[No negotiations being held with Kuwait's central bank on back of $100m sukuk default. ]]></description>
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			<title>Dar gets ratings downgrade</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Kuwait-based investment company's foreign currency debt now accorded default status.]]></description>
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			<title>Dar defaults on $100m sukuk</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Credit crisis bites for Kuwait-based Aston Martin owner as it fails to meet bondholders' payments.]]></description>
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			<title>Kuwait financial sector 'nearly stable'</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Central bank governor says too early to tell whether it has totally overcome impact of global crisis.]]></description>
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			<title>'Worst over' for Kuwaiti banking sector</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Q1 profits expected to decline year on year, but improve from losses in prior quarter.]]></description>
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			<title>Investment Dar delays release of 2008 earnings</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Kuwait-based Islamic investment firm needs extra time to value assets of subsidiairies.]]></description>
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			<title>Kuwait bourse bans 36 firms from trading</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Companies, including major investment firms, penalised for failing to publish their 2008 earnings on time.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Aston Martin safe from Kuwaiti owner's asset sale</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Investment Dar Co that owns 50% of Aston has plans to sell off 'non-core assets'.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Kuwait ruler accepts cabinet resignation</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 3: Economic stimulus plan under threat as fifth cabinet in two years hands in its resignation.]]></description>
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			<title>Investment Dar may sell assets to meet obligations</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Kuwaiti Islamic firm says it may offload assets as its seeks to restructure its debt.]]></description>
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			<title>Investment Dar meets with investors and creditors</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Kuwaiti firm holds initial meetings ahead of March 16 plan to restructure debts.]]></description>
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			<title>Kuwait's Dar says still in talks on debt scheduling</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Investment Dar denies Monday's newspaper report on finishing debt rejig plans this week.]]></description>
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			<title>Kuwait's Dar to mull debt rescheduling</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Owner of luxury carmaker Aston Martin plans to discuss financial rejig with creditors next month.]]></description>
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			<title>Kuwait MPs demand citizen debt write-offs</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Kuwait government faces fresh pressure as MPs demand bailout of indebted citizens. ]]></description>
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			<title>Moody’s assigns ratings to Bahrain Islamic Bank</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Credit ratings agency, Moody's, assigns ratings to an Islamic bank in Bahrain for first time.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Kuwaiti banks to merge under rescue package </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Details of $5bn rescue plan reveal that banks and investment firms may have to merge.   ]]></description>
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			<title>Kuwait's Dar appoints Credit Suisse as advisor </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Islamic firm looks at Swiss investment bank for financial consultation.]]></description>
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