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| Saudi Market Capitalization Rises to SR1.28 Trillion in July |
| On 06-08-2007. |
| (MENAFN - Arab News) JEDDAH, 6 August 2007 — The Saudi stock market made hefty gains in July and it looks like the bourse has slowly and steadily started its upward momentum after one major downturn. After dropping 52.53 percent in 2006, the Tadawul All-Share Index (TASI) is still down 3.82 percent therefore far this year. ... |
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| Headlines for August 2, 2007 |
| On 03-08-2007. |
140 Dead in Iraq Attacks More than one hundred forty people are dead in violence around Iraq. On Wednesday, seventy were killed in three separate bombings in Baghdad, including fifty in one gas station fuel-bomb attack. Another sixty people were wounded in the blast.
Sunni Bloc Leaves Iraq Cabinet Meanwhile the largest Sunni Arab bloc has announced its departure from the Iraqi government. The Iraqi Accordance ... |
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| Resolution set to quit race for Abbey after agreeing merger with ... |
| On 26-07-2007. |
Clive Cowdery, the founding chairman of Resolution, signalled that he would put any other insurance takeovers on hold after unveiling an £8.6 billion agreed all-share merger with Friends Provident yesterday.
Resolution, set up just four years ago by Mr Cowdery to consolidate the insurance market, is understood to be preparing to withdraw from the £1 billion auction of Lloyds TSB’s Abbey Life ... |
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| Fear whittling jury pool in terror financing trial |
| On 22-07-2007. |
Three potential jurors in the Holy Land Foundation terrorism financing trial were sent home Monday after each said they were afraid their service might put them or their families in danger.
"Sounds like some pretty serious charges to me," said one man, moments after he was told why he was asked to show up at the federal courthouse. "I don't feel comfortable. ... This ain't like one parking ticket." ... |
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| North Africa: World Bank Moves Into the Middle East |
| On 18-07-2007. |
| The Middle East and North Africa region has become the fastest-growing area for investments from the World Bank&39;s private sector arm, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), which surpassed one billion dollars for the first time last year, according to the Bank Information Centre, one Washington-based research group on international public lenders. ... |
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