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			<title>Switching it up</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Saudi is almost certain to adopt the DME's Oman Crude Oil Futures Contract as its benchmark. The main question is when, not if. ]]></description>
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			<title>Morocco's red tape turns Gulf investors away</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Morocco still remains a marginal market for investors due to poor infrastructure, poor legal framework & excessive red tape.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Islamic finance steps up</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Natsuko Waki looks at why governments in the Middle East and Asia are taking on a greater role to deepen Islamic finance markets.]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Features</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>The man who sold the world</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Saatchi & Saatchi boss Kevin Roberts thinks the global economy cheerleaders are about to get a nasty shock.]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Features</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Fresh risks </title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/573296-wealth-funds-seek-fresh-risks-with-credit-ratings</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The trend for specialised SWFs to seek global credit ratings may give them new sources of financing.]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Features</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Risky business?</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A high-profile default is renewing debate about whether Sukuks are in fact equity-like instruments.]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Features</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Hedge fund boxers take black eye in Hong Kong contest</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/572632-hedge-fund-boxers-take-black-eye-in-hong-kong-contest</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Many of Hong Kong’s hedge fund managers find it easy to draw a link between managing money and martial arts.]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Features</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 8 Nov 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>A second crash?</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/572617-a-second-crash</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Amid signs that green shoots are beginning to wilt, investors are worrying that global bourses may be headed for a crash.]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Features</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 7 Nov 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Dubai’s debt move</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Investors anxiously await the fate of Nakheel’s $3.5bn sukuk, & the next installment of Dubai’s $10bn bailout fund.]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Features</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 7 Nov 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Indian investors seek Goddess Lakshmi’s blessings for gains</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Investor Roshan Chawla offered thanks to the Hindu goddess of wealth, on Diwali, praying for a repeat surge in equities.]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Features</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>No big deal(s)?</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Private equity firms in the Middle East are low on leverage and high on cash, with around $11bn of unspent capital in their coffers.]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Features</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Tesco rations sugar in Malaysia as price surge boosts smuggling</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Supplies of sugar are scarce in Malaysia because of a global shortage and a decades-old government price cap.]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Features</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Changing times</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Allowing overseas firms full ownership of their business in the UAE would open the door to FDI in the country.]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Features</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Bourse supremacy</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/568008-bourse-supremacy</link>
			<description><![CDATA[National pride may prevent Gulf bourses from merging. But there will be winners and losers.]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Features</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Start me up</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[As the UAE looks to boost the number of start-ups being established during the global downturn, Claire Ferris-Lay looks at the implications new legislation could have on the economy.]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Features</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Bullion bandwagon</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The price of gold hit $1,000 for only the fourth time in history early last week. But some experts say its current price is unsustainable.]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Features</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Montreal adviser ran C$50m Ponzi scheme, regulators say</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/566485-montreal-adviser-ran-c50m-ponzi-scheme-regulators-say</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Dominique Jackson, a student at the Community College of Denver, says Montreal financial adviser Earl Jones persuaded her to invest her inheritance with him and sell US stocks. Now she wonders if she’ll ever see the money again.]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Features</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 7 Sep 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Family feuds</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/563596-family-feuds</link>
			<description><![CDATA[As two of the region’s most prominent family firms prepare to battle it out in a New York court, Claire Ferris-Lay examines what this will mean for family-owned companies in the Gulf.]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Features</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 4 Aug 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Bonding time</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/563328-bonding-time</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Dubai is looking to borrow another $10bn to refinance its debt in the wake of a sharp economic downturn. But who's buying?]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Features</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Mutual benefits</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/562766-mutual-benefits</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Will Takaful or Islamic insurance ever catch on in the West, and are its Gulf prospects truly long-term?]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Features</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Compliance: A business opportunity</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/562494-compliance-a-business-opportunity</link>
			<description><![CDATA[  Using compliance as an opportunity to get ahead of the competition, by Suhas Nayak product director Risk Management, Fernbach.]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Features</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:48:53 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Gulf stocks plagued by opacity, structural problems</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/562196-gulf-stocks-plagued-by-opacity-structural-problems</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Cheap Gulf blue chip stocks are set to stay off-radar for many foreign investors because of various issues.]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Features</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>West misses a trick as mobile money takes off</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/561471-west-misses-a-trick-as-mobile-money-takes-off</link>
			<description><![CDATA[‘Mobile money' is proving extremely popular with the masses in the world's emerging economies.]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Features</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 9 Jul 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>On the REIT track</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Is the Middle East ready to embrace Real Estate Investment Trusts as an investment class?]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Features</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 4 Jul 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Credit Suisse traders keep rockin’ through firings</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/559978-credit-suisse-traders-keep-rockin-through-firings</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Keep swinging with the former Wall Street workers swapping music for money.]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Features</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Is your bank exposed to troubled Saudi groups?</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/560038-is-your-bank-exposed-to-troubled-saudi-groups</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Find out the exposure of some of the Gulf’s top banks to the troubled Saad, AHAD groups.]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Features</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:15:59 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Detroit suburbs beckon Fiat executives with $1,595 sandals</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/559263-detroit-suburbs-beckon-fiat-executives-with-1595-sandals</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Some people in birmingham,  Michigan, can't wait for the Italians to take over Chrysler LLC.]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Features</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Money on the move</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/559277-money-on-the-move</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Liquidity is improving in the region, as Gulf economies emerge from the shadow of the cashflow crunch. ]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Features</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Opportunity knocks</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Shahzad Shahbaz, CEO of QInvest speaks about the investment bank’s future growth ambitions.]]></description>
			<category>Banking &amp; Finance | Features</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Sir Victor Blank</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The former chair of the Lloyds Banking Group was forced to resign following the intense criticism of his deal between Lloyds TSB and Halifax Bank of Scotland.]]></description>
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