| Jerusalem Light Train Project to strengthen Palestinian political and economic aspirations |
| The leading Jordan-based Arab news source Albawaba has published an article on the Jerusalem Light Rail Project. |
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| GCC stock market: SABIC controls 56% of market cap in oil and gas sector |
| The market capitalization of the top 10 GCC oil, gas and petroleum companies reached some US$71 billion as of April 30, according to estimates provided by Dr. Gil Feiler, a regional financial expert. |
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| Feiler on bearish USD, Fed rate of 0 percent, lower government bond yield |
| Dr. Gil Feiler, CEO of Info Prod Research and author of both Investing in Russia and Rethinking Business Strategy for the EIU, predicted on Thursday bearish outlook to the USD against major currencies Feiler explains that major central banks would like to reduce their exposure to the greenback and to diversify away from US Treasury bonds. |
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| Gulf firms can\'t skip MIPIM |
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| Arab, Indian interest in Huta Pokoj steel corporation |
| Arab investors with large cash reserves are competing with other international moneyed investors looking for bargains in the European Union due to the economic crisis. |
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| How Israel is trying to tackle the drought in its corporate debt market |
| Israel, among other countries around the world, is affected by the current global credit crisis. While the Israeli banking sector has been less exposed to sub-prime mortgage risks, in the past months, they were forced to write off debts of foreign financial institutions in distress. |
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| India Still Presents Strong Investment Opportunities |
| ‘Gulf Residents Should Look at Asian Giant’s Economic Fundamentals,’ Says J.P. Morgan Asset Management |
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| Feiler predicts GCC financial meltdown in 2009 |
| Dr. Gil Feiler, CEO of Info Prod Research (Middle East), predicts that by the end of 2009 the total value of the foreign assets of GCC governments and banks will total less than $690 billion. |
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| Number of companies in Tokyo Stock Exchange declined |
| The total number of companies listed in Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) declined during 2008 |
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| ASSOCHAM wants extension of Income-tax exemption |
| ASSOCHAM raises new bid |
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| A-Star compact car launched in India by Maruti Suzuki |
| Indian car market leader Maruti Suzuki India Limited has announced recently that it has launched the Suzuki’s newest and most compact passenger car, the A-Star, in India.
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| India’s balance of payments position reported |
| India’s balance of payments position during the first quarter of 2008-09 (April-June) reflected a widening of the current account deficit and moderation in capita flows. |
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| Mobile data services to contribute 18 percent of operation revenues in 2010. |
| According to Dr. Gil Feiler, a prominent researcher on the Arab markets, commercial deployment of Mobile TV around the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries is now a reality. The Middle East is likely to witness a strong jump in the growth of mobile financial services, with a raft of operator-led payment initiatives such as M-PESA. |
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| High expectations from Bozizé visit |
| As reported in the prestigious Dow Jones Zen Carbon Management, an international carbon trader and consultant, has been working with Central African Republic François Bozizé\'s team to develop the country\'s carbon trading strategy in a way that maximizes its economic and environmental benefits. |
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| President François Bozizé\'s ME visit underlines potential for carbon trading prosperity under Kyoto Protocol |
| The presence of the minister responsible for forestry, Yvonne Mboissona, in the high level delegation accompanying president of the Central African Republic François Bozizé on his visit to the Middle East next week highlights the potential of Kyoto Protocol to make preservation of the country\'s forests economically worthwhile.
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| Feiler assemble the top ten list of public companies in the Arab Gulf region |
| Dr. Gil Feiler, a prominent expert on the Arab financial markets, claims in a new research paper that the combine market cap of the largest 10 listed companies in the GCC amounts to US$255 billion. |
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| Feiler on Arab wealthy persons |
| According to Dr. Gil Feiler, businessman and author, the number of Arab wealthy individuals with liquidity in excess of US$ 1 million is 306,000 as of mid 2008. |
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