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UAE
ENBD
exchanges
USD332.45
million
of
notes
under
programme
UAE
to
fix
prices
of
400
products
UAE
considers
buying
Chinese
assets
UAE’s
non-oil
trade
up
28%
Y-o-Y
in
February
2011
UAE
attracted
USD15
billion
in
FDI
in
2010
Kuwait
Kuwait
allows
companies
from
GCC
states
to
open
local
branches
Qatar
Ras
Girtas
plant
to
start
operations
on
31
May
2011
QatarGas
delivers
first
LNG
shipment
to
Petrochina
Qatar’s
Mowasalat
plans
IPO
early
in
2012
Bahrain
Moody’s
lowers
Bahrain’s
credit
rating
to
Baa1
Agenda
Qatar
Wed
1
June
>>
Al
Khaliji
Commercial
Bank
BOD
meeting
Sun
5
June
>>
Mannai
Corporation
BOD
meeting
UAE
News
ENBD
exchanges
USD332.45
million
of
notes
under
programme
Emirates
NBD
(ENBD)
[[Link]]
said
that
it
exchanged
USD332.45
million
worth
of
notes
in
an
offer
to
holders
of
its
subordinated
step-‐up
floating
rate
notes
due
in
2016,
according
to
an
emailed
statement
on
26
May
2011.
The
new
notes
will
pay
a
margin
of
150
basis
points
over
three-‐month
USD
LIBOR,
the
statement
said.
Holders
were
invited
to
offer
to
exchange
their
existing
notes
for
new
senior
notes
with
a
maturity
of
31
May
2018.
(Bloomberg)
Emirates
NBD:
AED3.80,
Rating:
Buy,
FV:
AED4.50,
MCap:
USD5,754
million,
EMIRATES
UH
/
[Link]
UAE
to
fix
prices
of
400
products
The
UAE
said
that
70
retailers,
including
Carrefour
and
Spinneys,
agreed
to
fix
the
prices
of
400
products,
the
Ministry
of
Economy
said
in
an
emailed
statement
on
26
May
2011.
The
measure
will
start
on
1
June
2011
and
so
far
is
set
to
continue
until
the
end
of
the
year.
This
is
the
latest
set
of
several
measures
by
the
UAE
to
fight
rising
global
commodities
prices.
In
March,
the
UAE’s
retailers
cut
prices
of
many
food
and
essential
commodities
by
up
to
40%
for
one
month.
In
addition,
on
10
March
2011,
the
UAE
said
that
it
will
subsidise
rice
and
bread
from
1
April
2011
until
end
of
the
year.
These
supports,
which
help
control
food
prices,
are
taken
into
account
in
our
1.6%
inflation
forecast
for
2011
(Bloomberg,
Reuters,
Monica
Malik)
UAE
considers
buying
Chinese
assets
The
Central
Bank
of
the
UAE
may
buy
Chinese
assets
to
diversify
its
holding
of
foreign
reserves,
the
National
reported
citing
a
person
familiar
with
the
matter.
Central
bank
officials
held
talks
with
Chinese
officials
about
the
possibility
of
investing
in
Chinese
assets.
(Bloomberg)
UAE’s
non-oil
trade
up
28%
Y-o-Y
in
February
2011
Preliminary
statistical
data
of
the
UAE
Federal
Customs
Authority
(FCA)
showed
that
the
UAE’s
non-‐oil
foreign
trade
jumped
to
AED70.9
billion
in
February
2011,
up
28%
Y-‐o-‐Y.
Imports
increased
24%
Y-‐o-‐Y
to
AED45.5
billion,
exports
rose
54%
Y-‐o-‐Y
to
AED7.3
billion,
and
re-‐exports
were
up
29%
Y-‐o-‐Y
to
AED18.1
billion.
(Emirates
24/7)
UAE
attracted
USD15
billion
in
FDI
in
2010
The
UAE
attracted
nearly
USD15
billion
in
foreign
direct
investment
(FDI)
in
2010,
more
than
triple
the
FDI
inflow
recorded
in
2009,
the
minister
of
economy
was
quoted
as
saying
on
26
May
2011.
(Zawya
Dow
Jones)
Kuwait
News
Kuwait
allows
companies
from
GCC
states
to
open
local
branches
Kuwait’s
minister
of
commerce
and
industry
has
made
a
resolution
allowing
companies
from
other
member
states
of
the
GCC
to
open
branches
in
Kuwait,
Kuwait
News
Agency
reported
on
27
May
2011.
The
companies
should
be
wholly
owned
by
GCC
nationals
and
should
be
registered
in
one
of
the
GCC
countries
for
at
least
three
years.
(Zawya
Dow
Jones)
Qatar
News
Ras
Girtas
plant
to
start
operations
on
31
May
2011
Qatar’s
Ras
Girtas
plant,
which
has
total
investment
costs
of
QAR14
billion
(USD3.84
billion),
will
start
operations
on
Tuesday,
31
May
2011,
Qatar
News
Agency
(QNA)
reported.
The
plant,
located
in
Ras
Laffan
Industrial
City,
has
a
production
capacity
of
about
2,730
megawatts
(MW)
of
electricity
and
63
million
gallons
of
desalinated
water.
The
plant
is
the
largest
electricity
generation
project
in
the
country
and
the
region,
according
to
QNA.
Ras
Girtas
Power
Company
(RGPC),
which
operates
the
plant,
is
bound
by
a
25-‐year
contract
to
supply
its
output
to
state-‐run
Qatar
General
Electricity
and
Water
Corporation,
known
as
Kahramaa,
the
company’s
Chief
Executive,
Faisal
Al
Siddiqi,
was
quoted
as
saying.
RGPC
will
submit
a
price
offer
for
the
coming
electricity
and
water
expansion
project,
at
Kahramaa’
request,
and
if
its
offer
wins,
it
will
increase
its
output
by
an
additional
550
MW
of
electricity
and
about
35
million
gallons
of
desalinated
water,
Al
Siddiqi
added.
RGPC
is
60%
owned
by
Qatar
and
the
remaining
stake
is
held
by
international
partners.
The
60%
stake
is
divided
into
45%
held
by
Qatar
Electricity
&
Water
Company
([Link])
and
15%
by
Qatar
Petroleum.
(Zawya
Dow
Jones,
Abid
Riaz,
Nadine
Hassouna)
Qatar
Electricity
&
Water
Company:
QAR145.00,
Rating:
Buy,
FV:
QAR183.20,
MCap:
USD3,984
million,
QEWC
QD
/
[Link]
QatarGas
delivers
first
LNG
shipment
to
Petrochina
QatarGas
announced
that
it
has
delivered
its
initial
cargo
of
liquefied
natural
gas
(LNG)
to
Petrochina’s
first
LNG
receiving
terminal
at
Rudong,
Jiangsu
Province,
the
company
said
in
an
emailed
statement.
(Bloomberg)
Qatar’s
Mowasalat
plans
IPO
early
in
2012
Qatari
taxi
and
bus
company,
Mowasalat,
announced
that
it
is
in
early
talks
with
banks
about
floating
its
shares
on
the
Doha
bourse
in
early
2012
in
what
could
be
the
first
initial
public
offering
(IPO)
in
Qatar
since
developer,
Mazaya
Qatar,
went
public
in
early
2010,
Zawya
Dow
Jones
quoted
two
people
familiar
with
the
matter
as
saying.
No
one
at
Mowasalat,
the
largest
taxi
company
in
Qatar,
which
also
runs
limousine,
school
and
public
bus
services,
was
immediately
available
to
comment.
Mowasalat,
also
known
as
The
Transport
Company
of
Qatar,
is
100%
owned
by
the
government.
The
group
has
a
fleet
of
400
limousines,
and
2,500
buses
and
taxis,
as
of
late
August
2010.
(Zawya
Dow
Jones)
Bahrain
News
Moody’s
lowers
Bahrain’s
credit
rating
to
Baa1
Moody’s
Investors
Services
lowered
Bahrain’s
credit
rating
by
one
level,
with
a
negative
outlook.
Bahrain’s
sovereign
rating
was
reduced
to
Baa1
from
A3,
the
rating
service
said
in
an
emailed
statement.(Bloomberg)
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–
EFG
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of
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items
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from
other
media.]
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