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Finance - Home Page</title><link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/</link><description>ArabianBusiness.com - Business and Industry News coverage of the Middle East including Stock Markets, Events, Video and Audio.</description><language>en-gb</language><copyright>ITP Digital Ltd. 2007</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:54:07 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:54:07 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Arabianbusiness.com</title><url>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/pictures/furniture/logo_arabianbusiness_rss.gif</url><link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/</link></image><item><title>Deal sought on Dubai World, Nakheel debts</title><link>http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/32295/f/452773/p/1/s/32ff1b95/l/0L0Sarabianbusiness0N0C5745860Estandstill0Edeal0Esought0Eon0Edubai0Eworld0Enakheel0Ecreditors/story01.htm</link><description>UPDATE 3: Cost of insuring Dubai's debt against default soars, DP World not included in restructuring.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/32295/f/452773/p/1/s/32ff1b95/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Deal+sought+on+Dubai+World%2C+Nakheel+debts&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabianbusiness.com%2F574586-standstill-deal-sought-on-dubai-world-nakheel-creditors" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Deal+sought+on+Dubai+World%2C+Nakheel+debts&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabianbusiness.com%2F574586-standstill-deal-sought-on-dubai-world-nakheel-creditors" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/855579541/u/0/f/452773/c/32295/s/855579541/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/855579541/u/0/f/452773/c/32295/s/855579541/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/32295/f/452773/e/1/p/1/s/32ff1b95/l/0L0Sarabianbusiness0N0Cimages0Cmagazines0Carabianbusiness0N0Cweb0Cnewsletter0Cdubai0Eworld230Inl0Bjpg/dubai-world23_nl.jpg" length="1" type="image/jpg" /><category>Banking &amp;amp; Finance | News</category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:29:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.arabianbusiness.com/574586-standstill-deal-sought-on-dubai-world-nakheel-creditors</guid></item><item><title>Cost of insuring Dubai's debt rises further</title><link>http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/32295/f/452773/p/1/s/3aa4e440/l/0L0Sarabianbusiness0N0C5746350Ecost0Eof0Einsuring0Edubais0Edebt0Erises0Efurther/story01.htm</link><description>Credit default swaps jump on Thursday after gov't seeks standstill deal on debts.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/32295/f/452773/p/1/s/3aa4e440/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Cost+of+insuring+Dubai%27s+debt+rises+further&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabianbusiness.com%2F574635-cost-of-insuring-dubais-debt-rises-further" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Cost+of+insuring+Dubai%27s+debt+rises+further&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabianbusiness.com%2F574635-cost-of-insuring-dubais-debt-rises-further" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/983884864/u/0/f/452773/c/32295/s/983884864/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/983884864/u/0/f/452773/c/32295/s/983884864/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/32295/f/452773/e/1/p/1/s/3aa4e440/l/0L0Sarabianbusiness0N0Cimages0Cmagazines0Carabianbusiness0N0Cweb0Cnewsletter0Csheikh0Ezayed230Inl0Bjpg/sheikh-zayed23_nl.jpg" length="1" type="image/jpg" /><category>Banking &amp;amp; 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Finance | News</category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:50:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.arabianbusiness.com/574565-arab-youth-smes-turn-to-family-finance</guid></item><item><title>Dubai raises further $5bn in bond sale</title><link>http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/32295/f/452773/p/1/s/7b93649b/l/0L0Sarabianbusiness0N0C5745580Edubai0Eraises0E5bn0Ein0Elatest0Ebond0Esale/story01.htm</link><description>UPDATE 3: Amount raised will meet emirate's current needs and obligations - Dep't of Finance statement.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/32295/f/452773/p/1/s/7b93649b/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Dubai+raises+further+%245bn+in+bond+sale&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabianbusiness.com%2F574558-dubai-raises-5bn-in-latest-bond-sale" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Dubai+raises+further+%245bn+in+bond+sale&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabianbusiness.com%2F574558-dubai-raises-5bn-in-latest-bond-sale" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/2073257115/u/0/f/452773/c/32295/s/2073257115/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/2073257115/u/0/f/452773/c/32295/s/2073257115/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/32295/f/452773/e/1/p/1/s/7b93649b/l/0L0Sarabianbusiness0N0Cimages0Cmagazines0Carabianbusiness0N0Cweb0Cnewsletter0Cdirhams330Inl0Bjpg/dirhams33_nl.jpg" length="1" type="image/jpg" /><category>Banking &amp;amp; Finance | News</category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:14:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.arabianbusiness.com/574558-dubai-raises-5bn-in-latest-bond-sale</guid></item><item><title>Off the peg</title><link>http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/32295/f/452773/p/1/s/76c66337/l/0L0Sarabianbusiness0N0C5745920Eoff0Ethe0Epeg0Ethe0Edollar0Edebate0Ereturns/story01.htm</link><description>Prior to the Lehman collapse, everyone was talking about the dollar peg; now it's back in fashion, says Damian Reilly.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/32295/f/452773/p/1/s/76c66337/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Off+the+peg&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabianbusiness.com%2F574592-off-the-peg-the-dollar-debate-returns" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Off+the+peg&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabianbusiness.com%2F574592-off-the-peg-the-dollar-debate-returns" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/1992713015/u/0/f/452773/c/32295/s/1992713015/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/1992713015/u/0/f/452773/c/32295/s/1992713015/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/32295/f/452773/e/1/p/1/s/76c66337/l/0L0Sarabianbusiness0N0Cimages0Cmagazines0Carabianbusiness0N0C20A0A90I110I290Cnewsletter0Cdamian0Ireilly0Inl0Bjpg/damian_reilly_nl.jpg" length="1" type="image/jpg" /><category>Banking &amp;amp; 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