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Middle East Supplement: Bankers Survey A Changed Landscape
MIDDLE EAST: BANKING INDUSTRY Banks across the region learned many painful lessons during the crisis but have emerged stronger than ever. By Gordon Platt Financial institutions across the Middle East are carefully monitoring their loan portfolios ...
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Middle East Supplement: Region Takes The Lead In Going Green
MIDDLE EAST: RENEWABLE ENERGY Oil producers aim to turn the desert sunshine into a new export: solar energy. By Gordon Platt When the oil runs out, the sun will still be shining and the Middle East ...
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The Middle East’s Rapid Recovery
A Rapid Recovery By Gordon Platt Demographics and hydrocarbons make the Middle East a dynamic region that is rapidly advancing, despite the debt overhang in Dubai. A young and fast-growing population is demanding jobs, and regional governments are ...
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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 ...
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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...