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			<title>Big Kuwait, Bahrain banks Q3 profits sag on Saudi loans</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Kuwait's Gulf Bank says it expects its bad loans will weigh on company profits up to mid-2010. ]]></description>
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			<title>Kuwait Finance House posts 46% drop in Q3 profits</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The country's biggest Islamic lender said net income for Q3 fell to KD34.3m ($120.1m).]]></description>
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			<title>Kuwait property sales slide 38% in year to July</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Sales fall to KD99.8m ($348.2m) compared to KD160.7m in July 2008, data shows.]]></description>
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			<title>Kuwait Finance, UDR to set up US property JV</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Joint venture to buy high income residential real estate in major cities in the US.]]></description>
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			<title>Kuwaiti banks post H1 profits despite global downturn  </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Profits come against backdrop of implementation of financial stability law.]]></description>
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			<title>Kuwait's KFH sees Q2 profits hit by provisions</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Gulf's 2nd largest Islamic lender does not reveal level or purpose of provisions.]]></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>$1bn Bahrain Health Oasis launched</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Project extends over a combined site of circa 60 hectares of multiple inter-related components.]]></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>KFH unit seals Russia Islamic finance deal </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Liquidity Management House and Russia’s VTB Capital team-up to develop Islamic products across Russia.]]></description>
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			<title>Fitch downgrades Kuwait Finance House</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ratings agency revision reflects KFH’s exposure to distressed Kuwaiti investment companies.]]></description>
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			<title>KFH to work on $6bn real estate project in Malaysia</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Kuwait Fianance House will hlep build Eskander City, the biggest realty project in Malaysia.  ]]></description>
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			<title>VTB to enter sukuk issuance market</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Russia's 2nd largest bank may issue the country's first Islamic bonds in a deal worth 'several' million dollars.]]></description>
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			<title>Islamic bond sales tipped to fall in 2009 due to crisis</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Kuwait Finance House's Asian arm predicts more drops, following 56% fall in 2008.]]></description>
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			<title>Kuwait Finance House warns of tough Q1</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Islamic lender may book provisions in 2009 as global credit crisis hits Kuwait.]]></description>
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			<title>Call for KIA to invest in local banks </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Bank chief says Kuwait's sovereign wealth fund should help economy by investing in local banks.]]></description>
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			<title>Top Kuwait Islamic bank mulls Asia buyout</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Kuwait Finance House (Malaysia) eyes regional Islamic lenders to fill gap for large banks.]]></description>
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			<title>Real estate stocks drag UAE bourses; Saudi edges higher</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 5: Banks and real estate stocks weigh on UAE markets on Tuesday.]]></description>
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			<title>Kuwait's KFH posts $219mn Q4 net loss </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Major Gulf Islamic lender posts heavy losses a day after  NBK reports 78% fall in profit.]]></description>
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			<title>Kuwait, Oman, Qatar markets end at multi-year lows</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 8: Investors fear poor Q4 results and lack of immediate government action.]]></description>
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			<title>Islamic lender wins licence for Saudi operation</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[$133mn unit of Kuwait Finance House gets go-ahead to offer services in kingdom.]]></description>
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			<title>Kuwait bank eyes $10bn Russian real estate project</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Development in Tatarstan may be followed by money for infrastructure. ]]></description>
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			<title>Liquidity crunch prompts outlook cut for Gulf banks</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Region's largest, Emirates NBD, among those in Standard and Poor's report.]]></description>
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			<title>Kuwait lender seeks $600mn for Asia investments</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Kuwait Finance House eyes move to buy ships, properties and company stakes.]]></description>
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			<title>Kuwait's KFH sees profit rise 5%</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Islamic lender Kuwait Finance House posts Q3 net income of $235.9mn, missing analyst forecast.]]></description>
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			<title>Kuwait bank denies AirAsia buyout</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Kuwait Finance House says it has 'never considered' financing buyout of airline following press report.]]></description>
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			<title>Turkish delight</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=529833&amp;Itemid=1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Major regional banks are busy capitalising on Turkey's thriving real estate scene - which should tell you something about its investor potential.]]></description>
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			<title>Kuwait Finance invests $275mn in China project</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[KFH in deal with Nan Hai Corp to invest in the $3bn Peninsula real estate development.]]></description>
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			<title>Kuwait Finance earnings soar 29%</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[KFH second Kuwaiti bank to post double-digit profit growth in Q2 as Islamic lender expands abroad.]]></description>
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			<title>KFH subsidiary buys Deera stake</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Kuwaiti islamic lender buys 28% stake in Jordan investment and real estate firm for $33.9mn.]]></description>
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