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Senior executives in the UAE are much less confident about their economic prospects than their counterparts in Saudi Arabia, and they are almost twice as dissatisfied with their government's response to the financial crisis, a fresh survey of business confidence in the Gulf has found.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Islamic Banks Enjoy Double-digit Growth]]></title><link>http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/business/2009/November/business_November174.xml&amp;section=business</link><description><![CDATA[DUBAI - Islamic banks continue to boost their investments and other assets, while at the same time avoiding mistakes that have bedeviled some of the world's biggest conventional banks in the wake of the global financial crisis, a joint survey by HSBC Amanah and The Banker Magazine showed.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[HC Securities Raises Earnings Forecasts for UNB]]></title><link>http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/business/2009/November/business_November173.xml&amp;section=business</link><description><![CDATA[DUBAI - Brokerage HC Securities has raised its 2009 and 2010 earnings estimates for Union National Bank, citing its better-than-expected performance in the third quarter, and expectations of lower provisions for losses in 2010.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oman's Revenues Fall by 27pc]]></title><link>http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/business/2009/November/business_November171.xml&amp;section=business</link><description><![CDATA[MUSCAT - Oman's revenues dropped by 27 per cent in the first eight months of the year to RO4,240.7 million from RO5,787 million in the corresponding period of 2008, owing mainly to a fall in oil earnings.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Islamic Banks Enjoy Double-digit Growth in spite of Global Crisis]]></title><link>http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/business/2009/November/business_November170.xml&amp;section=business</link><description><![CDATA[DUBAI - Islamic banks continue to boost their investments and other assets, while at the same time avoiding mistakes that have bedeviled some of the world's biggest conventional banks in the wake of the global financial crisis, a joint survey by HSBC Amanah and The Banker Magazine showed.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sage in Partnership Deal with ITE Distribution]]></title><link>http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/business/2009/November/business_November169.xml&amp;section=business</link><description><![CDATA[DUBAI - Sage Software, the leading global supplier of ERP, CRM, and HRM solutions to small, medium and large organisations, announced that it has inked a partnership deal with ITE Distribution, a Dubai-based IT distribution company.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deutsche Bank Hails Saudi Prospects]]></title><link>http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/business/2009/November/business_November168.xml&amp;section=business</link><description><![CDATA[JEDDAH - Saudi Arabia has a very promising economy because of its strong oil price, continued public sector investment in infrastructure and diversification, according to a Deutsche &#8232;Bank report.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[US jobless rate hits 26-1/2 year high of 10.2 pct]]></title><link>http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/business/2009/November/business_November175.xml&amp;section=business</link><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - The U.S. jobless rate unexpectedly jumped to a 26-1/2-year high of 10.2 percent last month, adding to pressure on the Obama administration to do more to tackle unemployment even as signs of recovery mount.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. unemployment rate hits 10.2 pct]]></title><link>http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/business/2009/November/business_November162.xml&amp;section=business</link><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - The U.S. unemployment rate unexpectedly jumped to 10.2 percent in October, breaching the politically sensitive double-digit barrier for the first time in 26-1/2 years, even though the pace of job losses slowed.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Halliburton wins Saudi Aramco South Ghawar pact]]></title><link>http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/business/2009/November/business_November167.xml&amp;section=business</link><description><![CDATA[NEW YORK - Halliburton Co was awarded a broad five-year oilfield service contract from Saudi Aramco to develop wells in the South Ghawar field, the world's largest oil field, the company said on Friday.]]></description></item></channel></rss>
