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Bahrain Financial Exchange (BFX), the first multi asset exchange in the Middle East and North Africa, which will be internationally accessible to trade cash instruments, derivatives, structured products and Sharia-compliant financial instruments, launching in Q1, 2010, will participate in the 30th International SFOA Burgenstock conference, the annual International forum for derivative markets.
Qatar, along with the UAE, is expected to witness deflation this year mainly as a result of a fall in housing prices, says investment bank, EFG Hermes.
Standard Chartered Bank was selected as the Best Foreign Bank 2009 at the Banker Middle East Industry Awards.
Shamil Bank, a Bahrain-based Islamic commercial bank and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ithmaar Bank, purchased sophisticated hearing aids to help two children regain their ability to hear.
Gulf producers will push to keep oil output unchanged at Opec's meeting today after a sharp rise in prices and will urge better adherence to production quotas, analysts said.
