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			<title>Qatar Nat'l Bank Q3 dips as fees down, provisions up</title>
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			<title>Fresh appetite for Gulf IPOs seen after Ramadan</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Investors seen more willing to support region's companies after market drought.]]></description>
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			<title>QNB Syria's $37m IPO almost twice oversubscribed</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Unit will offer retail, corporate and private banking services from fourth quarter.]]></description>
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			<title>Jordan's Housing Bank profits lower, ups provisions</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 2: H1 net profit more than halved on lower margins, weaker investment returns.]]></description>
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			<title>QNB slashes annual credit card fees</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Platinum, Gold and Silver credit card holders to benefit. Fees also reduced for replacement cards.]]></description>
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			<title>Emaar Syrian JV pushes on with $1.1bn project</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[IGO says merger of partner Emaar with fellow UAE firms will not derail Syrian project.]]></description>
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			<title>Qatar's largest lender carries out financial stress tests</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[QNB stress tests assets every two months in bid to protect portfolio.]]></description>
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			<title>Qatar National sees limited exposure to Algosaibi - paper</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Qatari newspaper cites comments from bank's exec GM, Ali Ahmed al-Kuwari.]]></description>
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			<title>QNB waives minimum balance requirement on banking accounts</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Bank also confirms it is reducing tariffs on a number of banking products and services.]]></description>
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			<title>Qatar National Bank launches IPO</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Qatar's largest bank announces launch of 34% of its total equity, open to subscribers.]]></description>
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			<title>Qatar seals purchase of bank property investments</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Qatar buys investments after earmarking $4.12 bn to buy their portfolios.]]></description>
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			<title>Qatar's Amwal plans bond, money funds</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Asset management company looking to tap growing appetite for relatively safe investments.]]></description>
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			<title>Qatar's economy to see 9.6% growth in 2009 - report</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[New research by QNB Capital predicts strong year for Gulf state amid global meltdown.]]></description>
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			<title>QNB launches Qmiles 50% discount deal</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Promotion for Qatar Airways loyalty programme aimed at QNB MasterCard customers.]]></description>
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			<title>QNB announces loan postponement deal</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Qatar National Bank offer allows account holders chance to defer personal and vehicle loan repayments.]]></description>
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			<title>Doha Bank profits surge 20% in Q1</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[But earnings growth set to slow with full year profits forecast to come in 10% higher than previous year.]]></description>
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			<title>Shuaa sees QNB as long-term investment</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Investment bank says Qatar National Bank remains one of its preferred top-down plays in Qatar.]]></description>
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			<title>Qatar National Bank sees 10% rise in profits Q1 2009 </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Country's largest lender made $275m net profit in Q1 2009, 10% more than Q1 2008.    ]]></description>
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			<title>Qatar National Bank plans Syria affiliate IPO</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Gulf state's largest bank by market value to offer 32.5% in initial public offering in May.]]></description>
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			<title>New IPO date for Qatari unit of Vodafone</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[IPO set to break monopoly of state-controlled Qatar Telecommunications. ]]></description>
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			<title>Qatar gov't to buy investment shares from banks</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[LNG exporter studying system to take shares from banks, in a bid to increase lending.]]></description>
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			<title>Qtel secures $1.5bn credit facility</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 1: Facility agreed giving Qatar Telecom additional scope to become top 20 global player by 2020.]]></description>
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			<title>Gulf banks face Q4 results woe</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Weaker profits expected as bank fortunes in the region shift sharply amid global economic turmoil.]]></description>
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			<title>Gulf markets end lower amid global gloom</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 5: UAE, Qatar, Kuwait and Oman fall as investor sentiment is impacted.]]></description>
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			<title>Qatar National Bank Q4 profits fall</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Country's biggest lender by market value post $179.5mn profit - down 0.8% from same period in 2007.]]></description>
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			<title>Qatari Diar injects funds into London's Shard of Glass</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Tallest building in UK project next to London Bridge now looks certain to go ahead.]]></description>
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			<title>Qatar Real Estate in $275mn Islamic financing deal</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Qatar National Bank and Qatar Islamic Bank provide ijara funds for property projects.]]></description>
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			<title>Qatar GDP predicted to grow by 18% in 2009</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Researchers at Qatar National Bank predict major growth despite current global turmoil.]]></description>
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			<title>Qatar National Bank Q3 profit surges to a record</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Quarterly profit at Qatar's largest lender jumps 76% to $313mn, beating forecasts.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai, Kuwait buck shares slump in Gulf region</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Saudi slips for the third day running as selling pressure from foreigners hit bourses.]]></description>
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