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Best-performing banksNovember 3 2003

Gulf gets a retail boost

While Gulf banks enjoy strong results, banks in non-oil countries have seen a drop in their profits. Stephen Timewell reports.
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Banks in the Gulf, the dominant force in Arab banking, are going from

strength to strength, largely on the back of the expanding demand for

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