Monthly Newsletter February 2008
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A Message From Nooz

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Trade Mission to the Middle East

2008 City of Houston Business Development Mission to the Middle East

April 17-25, 2008
Dubai & Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. and Doha, Qatar

The Bilateral US-Arab Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce the upcoming Trade Mission, which will take The Honorable Bill White and official delegates of The City of Houston on an international relations and business development mission to the United Arab Emirates and the State of Qatar. This trip is designed to strengthen commercial bonds between Houston and the countries of the Middle East.Cities to be visited include Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha.

Dubai

News
Construction and Real Estate
  Gulf construction feels heat of supply shortages
  Barwa launches real estate bank at QR1 billion
  Spain’s troubled Colonial to open books to Dubai suitor
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Economy
  Fed Move Casts Doubt Over GCC Economic Outlook
  Bahrain Inflation Data Hides Ongoing Pressures
  Singapore, Gulf states wrap up FTA talks
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Energy
  NoozzVIEW; Why are oil prices so high?
  Interview: Iraq is open for business
  Bahrain launches first sharia energy bank
  View all 12 articles
Finance
  Dubai ruler fund shuns US; eyes India, China instead
  QIA wealth fund is eyeing second largest UK bank
  INTERVIEW - Morgan Stanley sees success for Egypt’s first ETF
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Industry
  Oman: PET Production Peaking
  NBE, China Africa Fund to set up textile industrial zone in Upper Egypt
  OCI to invest E£450 m in iron industries plant
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Insurance
  Qatari investors launch Syrian Islamic Insurance Company in Damascus
  Salama Islamic reports Dh150m profit in 2007
  UAE Islamic insurer IPO 43 times oversubscribed
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Retail
  Industry Forecast - Mass Grocery Retail (MGR) - Q1 2008
  News Analysis: Retail boom set to reduce Omani petrodollar reliance
  New consumer trends drive growth of Saudi tea market
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Telecoms and ITC
  Batelco, PCCW and Verizon get Saudi phone OK
  News Analysis: Middle East offers huge potential for mobile operators
  Egypt’s Orascom Telecom plans to introduce mobile phone service to isolated North Korea
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Tourism
  Gulf Air targets US
  Dubai Nakheel buys into Mexico resort for US$315 mln
  Dubailand and HIT Entertainment Strike Strategic Alliance
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Transport
  Some Austrian Airlines owners back Saudi investor
  UAE companies to invest US$1 billion in Indonesia
  Private Syrian airline launches first flight to Baghdad
  View all 7 articles
Utilities
  Utility Expansion and Investment Congress in Dubai
  Emirates starts work on world’s first zero-carbon city
  Ras Al Zour desalination plant to cost SAR14bn
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