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BEST EMERGING MARKET BANKS MIDDLE EAST 2010
Global Finance names the 2010 World’s Best Emerging Market Banks in the Middle East NEW YORK, March 23, 2010 —...
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Cover Story: Rising Oil Prices Boost Confidence
Emerging Markets Focus: Middle East The outlook for the Middle East’s economy has brightened substantially in recent months, but the reluctance of banks to lend remains worrisome. Bond issues are picking up some of the slack. By Gordon ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets: Middle East
Roundup By Gordon Platt ExxonMobil is first US company to win Iraq oil contract A joint venture of ExxonMobil and Royal Dutch Shell has clinched a $50 billion deal to develop one of Iraq’s biggest oil fields, the ...
Banking
Milestones: Turkey Enjoys Growing Profile In Arab World
Lebanon/Syria/Turkey By Nick Kochan Yilmaz: Turkish banks were ready for leverage crisis The evolution of Turkey’s role in the Middle East and beyond was clearly on display at a late-October risk management conference in Beirut. The guest speaker ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets: Potash Producer Loves Green Shoots In Global Economy
Investor Potash Producer Loves Green Shoots In Global Economy. By GP Israel Chemicals is one of the best-positioned potash producers in the world, given its exclusive concession from the Israeli government to extract a seemingly endless supply ...
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Features: Country Report: Lebanon
BUCKING THE GLOBAL TREND Lebanon sidestepped the global turmoil and is busy building on its newfound prosperity. By Justin Keay On any morning in downtown Beirut—along the sunny Corniche or in the cafes in the reconstructed ...
Banking
Milestones: IFC Sukuk To Boost Nascent GCC Debt Markets
Middle East By Gordon Platt Sulaiman: Keen to develop efficient capital markets In its first sukuk to raise long-term funds in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the International Finance Corporation (IFC) is giving a shot in the arm ...
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BIGGEST EMERGING MARKET BANKS BY REGION
Global Finance ranks the Biggest Emerging Market Banks by Region. NEW YORK, October 16, 2009 As the worlds key emerging...
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WORLD’S BEST BANKS 2009
Istanbul, October 6th, 2009 – Global Finance magazine hosted its thirteenth annual Best Bank Awards ceremony on October 6th, 2009,...
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WORLD’S 50 SAFEST BANKS 2009
With bank stability still high on corporate and investor agendas, Global Finance magazine publishes in the October 2009 issue its...
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THE WORLD’S BIGGEST BANKS 2008
Rank Name Country Fiscal Year Total Assets ($b) 1 Royal Bank of Scotland Group United Kingdom 12/2007 3,807 2 Deutsche...
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BEST EMERGING MARKET BANKS 2009
REGIONAL WINNER Standard Chartered COUNTRY WINNER Algeria Arab Banking Corporation Algeria Angola BES Angola Botswana Standard Chartered Bank Botswana Cote...