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Burj Dubai gets bigger, but how?
EUR | GBP
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UAE banks' Saudi exposure at $2.9 bln
Nov 19, 2009 at 08:50
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Banks to take provisions on exposure to Saad and Gosaibi groups, more provisions required in 2010 - cbank.
Mashreq provisions for exposure adequate -CEO
Gosaibi offering pennies on dollar to settle
Saad Saga
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Saudi debts will not hit bank ratings -S&P
Nov 18, 2009 at 13:03
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S&P says debt woes Saad and Gosaibi will not to trigger credit rating downgrades on Kingdom's banks.
Saudi banks' exposure to Saad up to $7 bln
S&P may consider starting sukuk index in '10
S&P to make indexes for Saudi bourse
Saad Saga
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Dubai's Drake buys stake in German firm
Nov 18, 2009 at 20:50
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Engineering subcontractor Drake and Scull International buys 82 pct stake in Germany's Passavant-Roediger.
Drake and Scull Q3 profits at $19.33 mln
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UAE pens $734.3 mln military aircraft deals
Nov 17, 2009 at 15:04
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UPDATE 3: UAE Armed Forces purchases early warning and training aircraft as state ramps military capabilities.
Raytheon eyes laser-guided rockets by mid '10
Gulf states eye 50-100 Eurofighter jets
Dubai Airshow
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Abu Dhabi's IPIC in talks to buy Bayer unit
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Under-construction mall collapses in Medina
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Thales expects at least $1.6 bln in ME sales
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Essar to buy Dhabi's African telecom assets
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UAE warns banks on Saudi debt provision
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Saudi, UAE on Northrup radar
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Saad unit fails to meet sukuk payments
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Emal eyes quick economic recovery
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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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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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mentioned most over the last 7 days. Totals for the number of articles this week, compared to last.
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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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72
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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
30
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Algeria national football team
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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 labourers strike over low pay
Construction workers down tools at building sites in protest for better wages, claim salaries not enough.
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Latest from Chemicals
Abu Dhabi's IPIC in talks to buy Bayer unit
Nov 17, 2009 at 20:36
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UPDATE 1: Abu Dhabi's International Petroleum Investment in talks to buy Bayer's MaterialScience division.
IPIC's Oil Search stake talks end over delays
Saudi royal fined for illegal takeover
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Saudi Sipchem Q3 profit down 60 pct
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SABIC Q3 profit plunges 50 pct
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Saudi's Kayan sees Q3 loss on project delays
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Bahrian's GPIC to set up plants worth $1 bln
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Latest from Construction
Dubai's Drake buys stake in German firm
Nov 18, 2009 at 20:50
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Engineering subcontractor Drake and Scull International buys 82 pct stake in Germany's Passavant-Roediger.
Drake and Scull Q3 profits at $19.33 mln
Qatar house prices set to fall 15 pct in 2010
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Under-construction mall collapses in Medina
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Abu Dhabi plans first manufacturing free zone
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Qatar infrastructure projects hit by delay
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Galfar Engineering Q3 profit falls 63.8 pct
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Latest from Conglomerates
UAE banks' Saudi exposure at $2.9 bln
Nov 19, 2009 at 08:50
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Banks to take provisions on exposure to Saad and Gosaibi groups, more provisions required in 2010 - cbank.
Mashreq provisions for exposure adequate -CEO
Gosaibi offering pennies on dollar to settle
Saad Saga
Saudi debts will not hit bank ratings -S&P
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Essar to buy Dhabi's African telecom assets
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UAE warns banks on Saudi debt provision
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Saad unit fails to meet sukuk payments
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Abu Dhabi freezes Saad Group's UAE assets
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Latest from Mining & Metals
SABIC, Danieli ink deal to build steel plant
Nov 15, 2009 at 12:24
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Hadeed, Italian steel mills builder sign contract to build plant with 1 mln tonnes production capacity.
SABIC, Danieli ink deal to build steel plant
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Emal eyes quick economic recovery
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Over 200 workers protest over rights, welfare
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Saudi Maaden sees up Q4 on high gold price
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UAE fund eyes India power for Indonesian coal
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Sector Stock Watch
Arab Potash
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SAFCO
114.75
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Qatar Industries
115.00
0.97%
Saudi Kayan
18.45
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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
2,573.37
-0.48%
Muscat
6,385.23
-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
Photo Stories
GALLERY: War in the skies
A look at the latest military hardware on display at the Dubai Airshow as defence contractors target Gulf Arab cash.
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Agility says suspended, not banned from U.S.
Dubai house prices to drop further -UBS
Agility says awards blocked over U.S. charge
Oprah sorry for misrepresenting UAE
Essential Reading
Business
Transportation
DP World interested in Sierra Leone port deal
Nov 18, 2009 at 21:43
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 9:28:43 AM
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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 7:46:08 AM
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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 1:09:37 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 7:29:13 AM
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This is normal occurrences even here in KSA
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Emal eyes quick economic recovery
11/15/2009 7:27:56 AM
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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 6:09:00 AM
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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 01:17
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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 12:26
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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 16:42
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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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Opinion & Analysis
Business
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When TV means ‘total vanity’
Nov 16, 2009 at 10:07
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It’s time rich Mideast investors stop viewing TV channels as mere trophies, argues Ben Flanagan.
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Politics
Egypt, the land of the rising son?
Nov 15, 2009 at 07:37
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Will Egypt maintain democracy, or passively accept 'presidential inheritance' asks Sultan Sooud al-Qassemi...
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Society
Fort Hood, Islam and right-wing TV
Nov 09, 2009 at 08:15
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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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