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• Al Yousuf Acquires 50 Percent Interest in ZAP Recharge-It-All Battery Line - click here
• Al Yousuf to Acquire 50 Percent Interest in ZAP Recharge-It-All Battery Line - click here
• Electric Car Firm ZAP Names New Chairman, Mr. Eqbal Al Yousuf of Dubai - click here
• ZAP Additional Funds Raised... From the U.A.E. (ZAAP) - click here
• Major Shareholder and Strategic Partner , Dubai's Al Yousuf Group , Purchases ZAP's (OTCBB: ZAAP) Convertible Debt - click here

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Middle East Business Research and Articles

• RNCOS Releases a New Report- Booming Retail Sector in UAE - Click Here
• RNCOS Releases a New Report-Middle East Broadband Forecast to 2010 - click here
• RNCOS Releases a New Report-Middle East Retail Sector Analysis (2007-2010) - click here
• Homeland Security Research Corporation- Saudi Arabia - 2nd largest HLS market in the world - click here
• RNCOS Releases Report on Middle East ICT Market Analysis - click here

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Yahoo! News: World News Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:51:40 GMT

• Obama expected to meet with commanders of Iraq war (AP) (Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:38:55 GMT)  

  AP - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's visit to Iraq for talks with commanders of a war he long opposed follows the prime minister's apparent endorsement of his troop withdrawal plan and a shift by the White House away from refusing to discuss that option.

  
  
• Obama meets Afghan president Karzai (AP) (Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:16:53 GMT)  

  AP - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama pledged steadfast aid to Afghanistan in talks Sunday with its Western-backed leader and vowed to pursue the war on terror "with vigor" if elected, an Afghan official said.

  
  
• To avoid Olympic smog, Beijing limits traffic (AP) (Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:05:06 GMT)  

  AP - With the Olympics less than three weeks away, Beijing began restricting car use and limiting factory emissions on Sunday in a final drastic effort to clear its smog-choked skies.

  
  

 Middle East News

MENAFN.com Economics 

• SouqElArab.com launches the Islamic Clothing Category with eJilbab.com (Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:00:04 GMT)  SouqElArab.com launches the Islamic Clothing Category with eJilbab.com
• Gulf Bank reports net profit of USD 211.6 million for first half of 2008 (Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:00:04 GMT)  Gulf Bank reports net profit of USD 211.6 million for first half of 2008
• NBK London to hold seminar on new tax law (Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:00:04 GMT)  NBK London to hold seminar on new tax law

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

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• 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