In order to meet clients’ demands to trade shares of companies anywhere, at a faster pace, across different asset classes and for less money, stock markets around the world are …
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The recent economic crisis that has shaken America to the core has only put forth the many underlying problems major US institutions are confronted with. Last month, prior to the …
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High oil and gas prices in recent years have brought windfall profits to companies and natural resource-rich states alike. With a large concentration of two extremely valuable commodities, the Middle …
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Lehman Bros., Merrill Lynch, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Countrywide Financial and Bear Stearns. These are some of Wall Street’s oldest and largest financial firms. They all have one thing in …
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As the first major actuarial practice to establish itself in the Middle East, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) offers the region its unmatched expertise in Islamic insurance products and risk management programs. Executive …
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Regional stock market indices Regional currency rates Qatar gas company raises $1.5 billion for tanker purchase Qatar Gas Transport Company (Nakilat) has raised $1.5 billion from banks to finance the …
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Mashreq Bank is one of the oldest and largest private banks in the UAE. The bank has seven revenue generating business lines, the main contributors being retail and corporate, which …
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In June 2008 BLOMINVEST published a review of Lebanese banks as part of its Global Equity Research Report series. The following is a summary of that report. The Lebanese banking …
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In a notoriously image-conscious society, the launch of First National Bank’s (FNB) plastic surgery loan last year in Lebanon made sense. Though some social controversy initially surrounded the idea of …
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In September 2006, the IMF in its Global Economic Output report projected that the US will be “the engine of global economic growth despite some uncertainty in the housing sector.” …