| 22.Feb.2012 09:08:53 |
| Mideast money pours into London property |
| The region’s investment in the city almost doubled last year as individuals sought to secure their funds from the threat of the Arab spring |
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| 21.Feb.2012 14:16:55 |
| Egyptian bourse leads world this year |
| Benchmark index up nearly 40% with interest from local investors and emerging market funds but further progress hinges on external aid |
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| 10.Feb.2012 10:30:14 |
| Uncertainty hampers business in Libya |
| While a smattering of foreign business people are trickling back, most companies are reluctant to restart operations until after June elections |
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| 08.Feb.2012 09:44:51 |
| Saudi sukuk success boosts bond hopes |
| Bumper year looms for the kingdom’s debt issuance market after $4bn in sovereign-backed debt was sold to expand Jeddah airport |
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| 08.Feb.2012 09:16:04 |
| Cautious optimism over Dubai’s debt |
| Dubai is set to use internal cash and friendly banks to refinance tranches of about $4bn of bonds coming up for maturity in 2012 |
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| 07.Feb.2012 04:36:39 |
| Qatar seeks to lure asset managers |
| Doha recruits veteran leader of the UK financial services industry as looming regulatory changes in UAE raise alarm in the funds sector |
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| 06.Feb.2012 07:56:27 |
| Kuwait edges towards bourse sell-off |
| Planned privatisation of the stock exchange has drawn criticism but proponents insist it is the best way of improving performance |
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| 30.Jan.2012 07:22:30 |
| Charity begins at home for Saudi Arabia |
| The kingdom has made clear that it must deal with its own problems of job-creation and housing before helping the financially strapped west |
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| 25.Jan.2012 10:50:02 |
| Iran raises interest rate on bank deposits |
| Increase seen as a big setback for President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad, who has advocated below-inflation interest rates to give cheap loans to the poor |
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| 24.Jan.2012 10:32:06 |
| Abu Dhabi approves spending boost |
| After more than year of uncertainty, state body backs budgets for projects including Guggenheim and Louvre museums. |
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| 19.Jan.2012 10:10:44 |
| UAE central bank hit by hackers |
| The attack appeared to be the work of an Israeli team which had announced its intention of shutting the bank website and that of Arab Bank |
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