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• Petrochemicals Report Saudi Arabia - Click Here
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• Middle East Beefing up Investment & R&D for ICT Growth - Click Here
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 International News

Yahoo! News: World News Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:59:22 GMT

• NKorea off US blacklist after nuke inspection deal (AP) (Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:58:41 GMT)  

  AP - After North Korea relented on nuclear inspection demands, the U.S. on Saturday erased from a terrorism blacklist the communist country President Bush once branded part of an "axis of evil."

  
  
• Hurricane Norbert slams into Mexico's Baja coast (AP) (Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:02:25 GMT)  

  AP - Hurricane Norbert slammed into Mexico's southern Baja California peninsula on Saturday with torrential rains and screaming winds, forcing scores of people to flee flooded homes.

  
  
• Mercurial Austrian rightist dead in car crash (AP) (Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:24:35 GMT)  

  AP - Joerg Haider, who catapulted his rightist anti-immigration party into a powerful force with sharp attacks on rivals and provocative praise of the Nazi era, died Saturday in a car accident. He was 58.

  
  

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MENAFN.com Economics 

• Emaar. E. C showcases progress achieved on KAEC at Makkah Mega Developments Exhibition (Sat, 11 Oct 2008 04:00:06 GMT)  Emaar. E. C showcases progress achieved on KAEC at Makkah Mega Developments Exhibition
• POWER-GEN Middle East announces preliminary conference programme in Bahrain (Sat, 11 Oct 2008 04:00:06 GMT)  POWER-GEN Middle East announces preliminary conference programme in Bahrain
• Dubai Bank goes live with new trade finance system in record time (Sat, 11 Oct 2008 04:00:06 GMT)  Dubai Bank goes live with new trade finance system in record time

Middle East Indices

• Abu Dhabi Securities Market (ADSM) Index
• Amman Market General Index
• Dubai Finacial Markets Index

Funds and Venture Capital Investing

• Capital Industries and Investments (CII) is a private equity firm that invests in successful privately-held and mid-sized companies in the construction manufacturing industry of the GCC. It also looks into joint venture opportunities which introduce proven international construction technologies into the region.
• Dawnay Day Lander - High-technology investment boutique providing advisory services and seed capital to both listed and unlisted emerging technology businesses in the UK, Continental Europe and the Middle East.
• Injazat Technology Fund, the leading venture capital firm in the Middle East and North Africa.
• Jordan Dubai Capital (JD Capital): JD Capital is a new entrant into the Jordan market with a capital of USD300 million. An affiliate of Dubai International Capital, which is the investment vehicle of the giant group Dubai Holding, JD Capital will apply its vast resources and skills in primary investment and will focus on opportunities that are emerging from privatization, development projects, and investment in existing and emerging companies.

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Middle East Stock Exchanges

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• Abu Dhabi Securities Market (ADSM)
• Bahrain Stock Exchange
• Doha Securities Market (DSM)
• Dubai Financial Market (DFM)
• Dubai Gold Commodities Exchange -The DGCX, the world’s newest online commodities derivatives exchange, commenced trading on 22nd November 2005. It is the first international commodities derivatives market in the Middle East region and, therefore, the first in the critical time zone between the markets of Europe and the Far East. As a truly international commodities derivatives exchange, DGCX will offer a range of commodities, commencing with gold futures, with electronic trading accessible from anywhere in the world.
• Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC)
• Dubai Mercantile Exchange
• Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX)
• Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE)
• Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul)
• Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE)

Middle Eastern Investing and Financial Links

• AME Info is a leading provider of online business information in and about the Middle East region under the title "AME Info - The ultimate Middle East business resource" (AME Info). Currently carrying some 92,572 news articles, 2,145 upcoming events as well as covering contact and activity details of 300,170 companies from 14 countries, including: Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Syria, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
• Azhom - Stock Market & Real Estate in Dubai & Middle East
• CNBC Arabiya - the region's first and only business TV channel, broadcasts live, real-time coverage of business in the Middle East, in Arabic. Broadcasting from Dubai, the station's bureaus are located in Riyadh, Jeddah, Al Khobar, Kuwait City, Doha, Manama, Cairo, Beirut, Tokyo and London
• CPI Financial was born to meet the needs of an ever-expanding, increasingly sophisticated financial community in the Middle East. CPI Financial publishes a suite of high quality niche magazines, newsletters and books. In addition to this, we run the industry awards for the banking industry as well as the Islamic finance industry.
• Dubai Financial Market & Abu Dhabi Securities Market information, Share Wadi
• Dubai stock forum
• Gulf News
• Investors Magazine A monthly magazine specialized in investments Beginning Investors Magazine was first published in the early 1999, since then the magazine was well recognized not only among the Financial Companies but in the whole investment sector in the Gulf countries
• Islamic Finance News - Global Islamic News Provider
• The Shariah Investor, Published By Investor Media is a highly praised Islamic Banking Magazine. Published six times a year
• The Middle East North Africa Financial Network, Inc. (MENAFN) is the leading provider of online and wireless financial content and financial technology platforms to leading institutions and consumers around the Arab world.
• Middle East Bulls
• Middle East Economic Digest
• Renewable News & Information on the United Arab Emirates
• Zawya is the leading Middle East business information company serving the high-end business and financial professional community. Headquartered in Dubai, Zawya has sales and support offices in Lebanon, Kuwait, Malaysia and Singapore serving a global user base of over 212,000 high end business professionals.

Public Company Directory Links, Middle East

 Middle East

• Public companies - Bahrain
• Public companies - Egypt
• Public companies - Iraq
• Public companies - Palestine
• Public companies - Saudi Arabia
• Public companies - Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange Dual Listed Stocks
• Public companies - United Arab Emirates - UAE