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REUTERS DUBAI COMMERCIAL Bank Of Qatar (CBQ), which is buying a majority stake in Turkish lender Alternatifbank, has picked two banks for a potential bond sale to boost its core capital, sources sai…

REUTERS DUBAI BANKS helped lift the Abu Dhabi and Dubai bourses on Sunday as investors bet on a fundamental improvement in the sector, while most other regional markets also gained. The UAE capital’…

REUTERS DUBAI/LONDON ETISALAT, the United Arab Emirates’ biggest telecommunications operator, has hired banks to advise on its planned acquisition of Vivendi’s 53 percent stake in Maroc Telecom, ban…

The Oscar For Best Fabrication ISAW Argo with Jerry Rafshoon, who was a top aide to President Jimmy Carter during the Iranian hostage crisis, when six Americans escaped and were given sanctuary for …

REUTERS DOHA QATARI banks are bulking up to play a role in funding the country’s massive infrastructure expansion. But in a country which is already overbanked by some measures, they may risk becomi…

REUTERS MADRID AN emergency cash injection from Europe is set to trigger more takeovers in Spain’s shrinking financial sector, leaving around 10 banks compared with more than 40 just three years ago…

ASIF IQBAL DOHA QATAR is considering acquiring significant stake in a number of European investment banks reeling under the impact of economic recession and negotiations are already underway with se…

REUTERS SYDNEY Four days after HSBC Holdings said it would shrink its global Islamic banking, National Bank of Abu Dhabi showed very different plans: it is focused on the contribution of the sharia-…