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  • Gulf Stocks Mixed Amid Quiet Trading


    Stock markets in the Gulf states closed mixed on Monday amid quiet trading as investors digested two months of heavy losses in the wake of the global financial turmoil. AFP - 01Dec 13:42GMT
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  • Barclays Wealth: Improvement In MENA Environment For Entrepreneurs


    A new report published by Barclays Wealth and the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), entitled "The Entrepreneur in Adversity", reveals that the MENA region has seen the largest improvement in the environment for entrepreneurship over the past decade. Press Release - 01Dec 11:05GMT
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  • Bahrain To Outperform US, Europe In '09


    Bahrain is set to beat the world's largest economies, including the US and Western Europe, with a forecast of 3.5 percent gross domestic product (GDP) growth next year, a senior economist said. Arab News - 01Dec 06:10GMT
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  • Regional travel within ME rises


    While travel has become more localised within the Middle East, there is also a shift away from business class flying, as travellers respond to fears of a recession, according to YouGovSiraj's survey - Travel Tracker. Emirates Business 24/7 - 01Dec 05:50GMT
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  • 'Future Of Micro Finance In Mideast Promising'


    Low risk, good returns and a low volatility would drive growth of micro finance as an asset category in the region amid the ongoing financial crisis. Emirates Business 24/7 - 01Dec 05:29GMT
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  • Seera buys UK water treatment firm for $200m


    Seera Investment Bank, Bahrain-based Islamic investment bank, said it had concluded $200 million (Dh734.64m) acquisition of United Kingdom's leading water treatment solutions provider BWA Water Additives. Emirates Business 24/7 - 01Dec 05:06GMT
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  • Gulf Arabs Told Not To Help Out Struggling Economies


    Rich Gulf Arabs should not be propping up the world's struggling economies nor the World Bank or IMF (International Monetary Fund), according to a recent poll in the Middle East, commissioned by the Doha Debates. Press Release - 30Nov 12:55GMT
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  • Iran proposes joint nuclear plants with Gulf states


    Iran on Sunday proposed developing nuclear power plants jointly with neighbouring Arab states in the Gulf, amid international pressure on Tehran to halt its sensitive atomic work. AFP - 30Nov 12:06GMT
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  • VideoEFG-Hermes signals end of huge financial gains era in Gulf Banking Sector


    (Arabic) A report by EFG-Hermes signals the end of the huge financial gains era in the Gulf Banking Sector. The report also issues a BUY recommendation on First Gulf Bank and Emirate NBD. Al-Arabiya - 30Nov 12:03GMT
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  • Salary Increases To Fall To 9% in GCC


    Hewitt research forecasts a decrease in salary increases to nine percent in 2009, a departure from the double-digit increases that employees in the region are so used to. Press Release - 30Nov 11:48GMT
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