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			<title>Four ways to pull an economy out of recession</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The US is starting to expand. Even Ireland, one of the countries worst hit by the credit crunch, isn't contracting anymore.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>The Middle East’s 25 smartest banks</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  This week Arabian Business celebrates the 25 banks that have weathered the financial storm the best.]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>The Roubini Vs Rogers debate</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Which is the bigger threat - inflation or deflation? William Pesek attempts to find answers to the critical debate.]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Regional private equity industry shake-out and consolidation has already begun</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Private equity in the GCC continues to grow notwithstanding the current difficult economic climate. In fact, the fundamentals that contributed to its growth are as valid today as they were a couple of years ago.]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Where have all the optimists gone?</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Damian Reilly's on the lookout for someone, anyone, who will tell him everything is going to turn out fine in 2010.]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Banking on growth</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Oliver Cornock says Oman's banking sector has weathered the financial storm better than most.]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:34:57 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Transparency pays</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/573292-adcb-move-is-transparently-good</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ADCB's move to make public the pay packets of senior executives needs to be applauded, says Damian Reilly.]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>China risks bubbles with ‘Bernie Madoff data’</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/572627-china-risks-bubbles-with-bernie-madoff-data</link>
			<description><![CDATA[China must create a healthy economy; not one that is run on steroids, says William Pesek.]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 8 Nov 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>2009: An awful year for everyone</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Unless your name is Jenson Button, 2009 has been an annus horribilis for pretty much everyone, says Damian Reilly.]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>The reinvention of management</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Management needs to be reinvented if it is to help deliver economic recovery, says Julian Birkinshaw.]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:57:32 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Bubble in bubbles means it’s time to close bar</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[China and India share a dubious honour as the global crisis wanes as home to two of the most obvious stock bubbles.]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Time for takaful</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[If the governments of the Gulf will not provide a safety net for redundant expats, the insurance industry must, argues Rob Corder.]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:20:01 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Cash binge to end</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Many prominent central bankers in the world will bail sooner than financial markets think, says Mark Gilbert.]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 05:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Opportunity Knox</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A startling anomaly of the gold price is that supply and demand have little effect upon it, says Damian Reilly.]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Save your 401(k) from next Lehman-style meltdown</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/569722-save-your-401k-from-next-lehman-style-meltdown</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It has been a year since the music died on Wall Street.]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Are you too poor for HSBC?</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/569818-are-you-too-poor-for-hsbc</link>
			<description><![CDATA[HSBC's move reduced its cultivated notion of being the "world's local bank" to hollow marketing speak, says Damian Reilly.]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 8 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Five companies that grew through the recession</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/569475-five-companies-that-grew-through-the-recession</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Did your company's earnings grow through the recession?]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 6 Oct 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Survival of fittest becomes survival of fattest</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/569084-survival-of-fittest-becomes-survival-of-fattest</link>
			<description><![CDATA[There’s often an inverse relationship between the number of journalists attending an event and the amount of news produced.]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 4 Oct 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Retirement prospects</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/568412-retirement-prospects</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Callum Burns-Green on why GCC employers are starting to look at retirement plans for staff.]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:17:50 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Lehman’s wrath is felt in land of Genghis Khan</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/568015-lehmans-wrath-is-felt-in-land-of-genghis-khan</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In the post-Lehman world, even isolated economies are still assessing the damage, says William Pesek.]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 05:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>What’s in a name?</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/567378-whats-in-a-name</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Fraud cases can destroy reputations of people & firms; but may also spell the end of name-lending, says Damian Reilly.]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Dollar is funny money in push for world currency</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/566696-dollar-is-funny-money-in-push-for-world-currency</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Kevin Hassett discusses the possibility of a world currency emerging sooner rather than later.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 6 Sep 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Royal reasons for overlooking financial meltdown</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/566475-royal-reasons-for-overlooking-financial-meltdown</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Economics hasn't offered convincing theories explaining the current crisis, says Matthew Lynn.]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 4 Sep 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Wall Street 'corruption' might buy crook a break</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/566086-wall-street-corruption-might-buy-crook-a-break</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Ann Woolmer calls for fair justice - as a culture of corruption breeds more corruption.]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Who buys bonds without transparency?</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[King of Shaves wants to issue corporate bonds. Is buying them a good idea?]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:29:13 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>BlackBerry, Natasha indexes need summer attention</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/563721-blackberry-natasha-indexes-need-summer-attention</link>
			<description><![CDATA[You might think your summer vacation is nothing more than a week of lazing around, working out how some of those applications on your iPhone actually work, and getting reacquainted with your family.]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 7 Aug 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>When customer isn’t king</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Anil Bhoyrul argues that some banks are clueless when it comes to customer service.]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:31:07 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Goldman money phrase has rival in unlikely place</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ten years from now, Nicholas Cashmore may enjoy notoriety for another addition to the investor lexicon, says William Pesek.]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Transparency is the only winner in Saudi scandal</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Private firms have to become more open or face their financing cut off, says Soren Billing.]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:04:15 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Maan Al Sanea - Have Your Say</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[What do you think the repercussions will be over the troubled Saad and Algosaibi firms?]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Comment</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:53:31 +0400</pubDate>
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