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Burj Dubai gets bigger, but how?
EUR | GBP
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Paltel deal off on lack of approvals -Zain
Nov 20, 2009 at 09:19
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BRIEF: Kuwaiti telecom giant says deal fizzled due to inability to secure required government approvals.
Zain Saudi telco nears deal on $2.5 bln loan
Zain to buy in Mideast after Africa sale
Business
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Yahoo! to ramp global spending, hiring -Yang
Nov 19, 2009 at 11:19
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Co-founder and former CEO says spending part of focus on emerging markets, plans further Mideast investment.
Yahoo! to acquire Maktoob.com
Yahoo!'s Maktoob takeover completed
Maktoob buy to spur media online
Yahoo! Maktoob
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Intel Capital invests in UAE's NeuString
Nov 18, 2009 at 10:42
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UPDATE 1: Intel's venture capital arm invests in provider of billing software as it boosts Mideast presence.
Intel to invest in two Jordan internet firms
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India's BSNL not to join Zain consortium
Nov 18, 2009 at 07:24
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Telecom firm unlikely to join consortium to buy 46 pct Kuwaiti telecom stake as valuation talks fail -paper.
BSNL to directly engage Zain if talks fail
India's BSNL says Zain stake price too high
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Orascom Telecom owes $596.6 mln to Algeria
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Dassault, Aramco in business expansion talks
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Internet inches to 'internationalisation'
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Essar to buy Dhabi's African telecom assets
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Orascom Telecom 9-month profit up 6 percent
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Zain Q3 profit plunges 52.8 pct
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Vodafone Qatar sees $55 mln loss in 2009/10
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Yahoo!'s Maktoob takeover completed
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mentioned most over the last 7 days. Totals for the number of articles this week, compared to last.
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Barack Obama
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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Manny Pacquiao
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Nicolas Sarkozy
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Thaksin Shinawatra
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Politics
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85
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Transportation
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Football
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Economy
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Banking & Investment
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Airbus
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Boeing Co
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Saad Group
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Ahmad Hamad Al-Gosaibi and Brothers Co
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EADS
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Dubai Airshow
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2010 World Cup Qualifiers
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Iran Nuclear Programme
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Arab-Israeli Conflict
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Q3 Results
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UAE
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United States
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61
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Saudi Arabia
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48
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United Kingdom
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Qatar
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Algeria national football team
10
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Bahrain national football team
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Egypt national football team
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Egyptl national football team
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Sri Lanka national cricket team
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Videos
VIDEO: Dubai ruler opens Gitex 2009
Sheikh Mohammed presides Mideast's flagship technology exhibition amid stagnant growth in regional IT sector.
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Paltel deal off on lack of approvals -Zain
Nov 20, 2009 at 09:19
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BRIEF: Kuwaiti telecom giant says deal fizzled due to inability to secure required government approvals.
Zain Saudi telco nears deal on $2.5 bln loan
Zain to buy in Mideast after Africa sale
Orascom Telecom owes $596.6 mln to Algeria
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India's BSNL not to join Zain consortium
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Essar to buy Dhabi's African telecom assets
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Orascom Telecom 9-month profit up 6 percent
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Zain Q3 profit plunges 52.8 pct
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Yahoo! to ramp global spending, hiring -Yang
Nov 19, 2009 at 11:19
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Co-founder and former CEO says spending part of focus on emerging markets, plans further Mideast investment.
Yahoo! to acquire Maktoob.com
Maktoob buy to spur media online
Yahoo!'s Maktoob takeover completed
Yahoo! Maktoob
Intel Capital invests in UAE's NeuString
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Dassault, Aramco in business expansion talks
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Internet inches to 'internationalisation'
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Egypt launches first Arabic internet domain
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Yahoo!'s Maktoob takeover completed
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Qatar, Williams to use F1-based technologies
Oct 30, 2009 at 16:51
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F1 team launches multi-million dollar project with Qatar to bring racing technology to transport industry.
Saudi aims for moon with hi-tech university
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Zain will not sell Africa assets
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Abu Dhabi eyes Zain stake
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Batelco weighs $2 bln S. Africa buy
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Saudi Telecom to invest $340 mln in Bahrain
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Sector Stock Watch
STC
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Mobile Telecommunication Company
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Etihad Etisalat
43.50
-0.68%
Etisalat
11.40
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Qatar Telecom
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Share prices are updated with a 15-minute delay. Data is not intended for trading purposes.
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Saudi
6,318.68
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Amman
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-0.48%
Muscat
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-0.05%
Dubai
2,129.75
-0.81%
Abu Dhabi
2,924.56
-0.85%
Kuwait
6,754.30
0.73%
Doha
7,183.76
0.79%
Bahrain
1,443.35
0.05%
Palestine
498.17
0.29%
Egypt
6,195.00
-1.18%
Share prices are updated with a 15-minute delay. Data is not intended for trading purposes.
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Zain, Agility drag Kuwait index downward
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DP World interested in Sierra Leone port deal
Nov 19, 2009 at 03:43
DP World has expressed interest in investing in Sierra Leone's port privatization, African nation says.
First Gulf's bond gets over $1bln in orders
Kuwaiti firm charged with defrauding U.S.
Plane makers see massive ME growth potential
Iran oil revenue fund sees $23.3 bln in '06
China touts L15 jet in Middle East
Discussion Forum
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Yahoo! to ramp global spending, hiring -Yang
11/19/2009 3:28:43 PM
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It is great to see (and read and hear) Yahoo! back on its feet, dusted off and taking a leadership role in the digital communications sector. I've been using Yahoo! for so long that my...
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Dubai house prices to drop further -UBS
11/19/2009 1:46:08 PM
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What sort of report is this by UBS? Emaar is already trading at 4.5 dirhams and the report is giving a price estimate upwards to 3.2 dhs. It it upward projection or downward?
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Saudi reiterates loyalty to dollar
11/19/2009 7:09:37 AM
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The cost of borrowing US dollars between banks fell below the yen rate for the first time in more than 16 years because Federal Reserve officials announced they will keep interest rates low...
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30,000 Kuwaitis paid, but never go to work
11/15/2009 1:29:13 PM
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This is normal occurrences even here in KSA
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Emal eyes quick economic recovery
11/15/2009 1:27:56 PM
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I am greatly encouraged to read that Duncan Hedditch, Emirates Aluminium's chief executive, is keeping a sharp focus on costs, from design-build, energy supply and financing perspectives....
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Agility says awards blocked over U.S. charge
11/17/2009 12:09:00 PM
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There is very little clean about defence related logistics and supplies deals, anywhere in the world. Kuwait would be no exception. So what else is new. Probably some General/Middleman was...
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Passport confiscation rampant in UAE
Nov 03, 2009 at 07:17
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Mr. Observer, Unfortunately, your hopes that the govt looking into this issue is like hoping for snow to fall in Dubai in July. It just would not happen simply because the people that...
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Dubai's ruler tells doubters to 'shut up'
Nov 09, 2009 at 18:26
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Right on the dot Stephen... Only the buildings are modern but everything underlying it is primitive... Plus all the perpetual spin about things being gung ho while lives are...
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Saudi king waives lashes for female journo
Oct 26, 2009 at 21:42
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There certainly should be limitations to freedom of speech. But why are we attacking the US like it's such an imperfect place and everyone who lives there are idiots? I know a lot of...
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When TV means ‘total vanity’
Nov 16, 2009 at 16:07
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It’s time rich Mideast investors stop viewing TV channels as mere trophies, argues Ben Flanagan.
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Egypt, the land of the rising son?
Nov 15, 2009 at 13:37
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Will Egypt maintain democracy, or passively accept 'presidential inheritance' asks Sultan Sooud al-Qassemi...
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Fort Hood, Islam and right-wing TV
Nov 09, 2009 at 14:15
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Foxs’ coverage of the U.S. massacre is yet another example of how Islam is misrepresented argues Ben Flanagan.
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