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			<title>Doha Bank waiting for upturn to expand</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[CEO says Qatari bank planning for an economic upturn after third quarter of this year.]]></description>
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			<title>Doha Bank launches eco-friendly credit card </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[First card of type in GCC, claims bank, offers points for environmental projects. ]]></description>
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			<title>Qtel and Doha Bank form alliance to aid SMEs</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Firms aim to support Qatar's small to medium sized enterprises amid global crisis.]]></description>
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			<title>The dollar engine</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The financial sector has developed a reputation for having demanding and unique IT requirements, but is this all talk and no substance? Nathan Statz reports.]]></description>
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			<title>We're in recovery mode - leading Qatar banker</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Doha Bank's CEO sees global economic crisis easing, real estate market stabilising.]]></description>
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			<title>The dollar engine</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The financial sector has developed a reputation for having demanding and unique IT requirements, but is this all talk and no substance?]]></description>
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			<title>Doha Bank to hold back expansion plans in 2009</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Qatari bank eyes marginal growth in net profits and has no plans to raise debt, for now.]]></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>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>Writedowns impact Doha Bank</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Bad loan provisions see Qatar's Doha Bank post a 54.7 percent drop in Q4 profits, according to calculations.]]></description>
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			<title>Doha Bank to sell stake to Qatar SWF</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Bank says shareholders have approved a plan to raise capital by 20 percent.]]></description>
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			<title>GCC debt markets beginning to thaw - bank chief</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[EXCLUSIVE: Doha Bank's CEO says two-month freeze on inter-bank lending over.]]></description>
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			<title>Must-have IT tools you can't live without</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Advisor spoke to a host of the region's best known IT managers to find out what piece of technology they or their organisation could not live without.]]></description>
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			<title>Doha Bank give 20% stake to QIA</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Qatari lender seeking shareholder approval for capital increase to be given to state wealth fund.]]></description>
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			<title>E-commerce portal launched in Qatar</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[DBandSooq.com, a bilingual business exchange portal by Doha Bank, is the first of its kind in Qatar]]></description>
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			<title>Qatar's Doha Bank puts $1bn Islamic bond issue on hold</title>
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			<description><![CDATA['Poor market conditions' blamed, first signs Islamic finance suffering from contagion. ]]></description>
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			<title>Interest on loans buoys Doha Bank profit</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Qatar's fifth-largest lender posts record income of $84mn in Q2, up 28% year-on-year.]]></description>
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			<title>Set in stone</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  IT best practices such as ITIL and ISO are growing in popularity, but some may be adopting standards too rigidly.     ]]></description>
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			<title>Doha Bank plans Kuwait debut</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Qatar's fourth-largest lender wins approval from gov't to open first branch in neighbouring Gulf Arab state.]]></description>
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			<title>Doha Bank insurance firm to get captial of $27mn</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Qatari lender also in talks to set up investment banking joint venture, CEO says.]]></description>
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			<title>Doha Bank eyes global expansion</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Insurance arm to launch January with investment banking and asset management venture to debut in six months.]]></description>
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			<title>Top 100 CEOs unveiled</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Qatar-based companies increase their presence on CEO Middle East's annual Top GCC Executives List.]]></description>
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			<title>Doha Bank eyes $1bn sukuk</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Bank wanted money for projects like setting up exchange for trading greenhouse gas emissions, CEO says.]]></description>
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			<title>Banking and finance</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Region's banking leaders on how financial markets will develop in the future and the direction the industry needs to take.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Stepping out</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Doha Bank sets its sights on the world's major financial centres as it plans to broaden its reach.]]></description>
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			<title>Doha Bank appoints CEO</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Former deputy chief executive Raghavan Seetharaman chosen to head up Qatar's fourth-largest lender.]]></description>
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			<title>The bank job</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Technology moves fast but when it is paced by high customer expectation and a globally competitive market, CIOs need to use that technology to innovate, strategise and to get an edge. ACN talks to UVK Kumar of Doha Bank about the changing face of IT in the banking industry.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Doha Bank receives first ISO/IEC 20000</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  The quality of IT service management at Doha Bank is expected to improve following the ban accreditation. ]]></description>
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			<title>Bancassurance could be major revenue stream for local banks</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Insurance products could be a major source of revenue for banks in the Middle East, but only if there are changes to legislation and internal culture, industry experts said yesterday.]]></description>
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			<title>Bancassurance could be lucrative</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Middle East banks need a change in culture and legislation to tap into insurance market.]]></description>
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