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Egypt says to offer citizens abroad $2bn in CDs

Wednesday, 22 February 2012 at 18:26, Reuters, Cairo

Egypt will offer its citizens living outside the country $2 billion in three- and five-year certificates of deposit (CDs) within one or two weeks, the finance minister said on Wednesday.

Indian rice exporters expect Iran sales credit soon

Wednesday, 22 February 2012 at 16:01, Reuters, Dubai

Iranian rice importers could open letters of credit in Indian rupees to pay for Indian rice this week, the president of the All India Rice Exporters Association said on Wednesday.

Kuwait's Burgan to buy 70pct of Eurobank Tekfen: sources

Wednesday, 22 February 2012 at 15:23, Reuters, Istanbul

Kuwait's Burgan Bank has reached a deal to buy a 70 per cent stake in Turkey's Eurobank Tekfen, a partnership of Greece's EFG Eurobank and Turkey's Tekfen Holding, sources with knowledge of the deal s

Turkey cuts lending rate to counter slowing growth

Wednesday, 22 February 2012 at 10:43, Reuters, Istanbul

Turkey's Central Bank made a surprise 100 basis point cut in its overnight lending rate on Tuesday, pointing to an easing of problems over its weak lira and surging current account deficit for giving

Russia to maintain grain exports to Iran

Wednesday, 22 February 2012 at 10:27, Reuters, Singapore

Russian traders will export grain to Iran until Russia decides whether to ban sales in line with US and European sanctions on Iran, an Agriculture Ministry official said on Wednesday.

Saudi's Maaden to invest $5.6bn in phosphate project

Wednesday, 22 February 2012 at 08:33, Reuters, Dubai

State-controlled Saudi Arabian Mining Co (Maaden) plans to invest 21 billion riyals ($5.6bn) in a phosphate project as part of a new industrial city in the country's north, the company's chief executi

Bahrain's Ahli United Bank Q4 profit rise

Wednesday, 22 February 2012 at 08:19, Reuters, Dubai

Ahli United Bank, Bahrain's largest lender, posted a 9.2 per cent rise in fourth-quarter net profit, as provisioning dropped while deposits and loans grew, the bank said on Tuesday.

Saudi boosts market monitoring ahead of foreign open

Tuesday, 21 February 2012 at 18:15, Reuters, Dubai

Saudi Arabia's regulator adjusted stock ownership guidelines in a bid to boost transparency on Tuesday, as the Middle East's biggest bourse takes steps toward opening up to direct foreign investment.

Egypt sells more dollar T-bills than it sought

Tuesday, 21 February 2012 at 16:08, Reuters, Cairo

Egypt's central bank said it sold more one-year US-dollar-denominated treasury bills on Tuesday than it had sought and that the average yield had fallen to its lowest since the instrument was introduc

Egypt to sell short-term dollar debt in March

Tuesday, 21 February 2012 at 12:31, Reuters, Cairo

Egypt plans to offer US-dollar certificates of deposit (CD) to Egyptians living abroad at the beginning of March to help it raise foreign currency, al-Borsa newspaper on Tuesday quoted Finance Ministe


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