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November 6, 2015
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Established by QF in 2011 to recognise outstanding life-long achievement in any eld of education, the
WISE Prize aims to raise global
awareness of the crucial role of education in all societies, a testament to
QFs commitment to unlocking human potential.
In her speech, Dr Yacoobi said she
studied in the US and returned to Afghanistan to put up learning institutions aimed at educating young girls
in a huge refugee camp.
She founded the Afghan Institute of
Learning (AIL) which provides education, training, and healthcare services to Afghans especially women and
children. She supported underground
Reuters
London
often but not always in their home nations, Herring said, noting that scientists were not offered funding or incentives by NOAA for their work.
Weather events involving heat were
most likely to have a clear signal that
climate change played a factor, with
such inuence detectable about 95% of
the time, the report found.
Those involving precipitation were
less certain, with human-driven climate change or other land use activities
showing up about 40% of the time.
Climate change is happening. It is
having impacts, said Herring.
Is it having impact uniformly across
the globe in everything that we see and
do? At this point, not in a measurable
way.
For the purposes of the study, human
inuence could include the burning of
fossil fuels which drives global warming,
Africa, two studies showed that the situation was made more severe because
of climate change.
Global warming and human inuences are also making oods like the
ones that struck Jakarta last year more
likely, as well as the extreme Himalayan
snowstorm of 2014 that killed more
than 40 people in Nepal.
In Australia, human inuence was
blamed for causing a substantial increase in the likelihood and severity of
heat waves.
Among the events that were not
found to have been inuenced by humans was the extreme 2013-14 winter storm season over much of North
America, which was driven mainly
by natural variability and not human
caused climate change, said the report.
Nor could an all-time record number
of storms over the British Isles, extreme
Gulf Times
Friday, November 6, 2015
QATAR
QU showcases
programmes
at WISE 2015
Q
HH Sheikha Moza bint Nasser speaking with Qatari schoolchildren at the Learning Labs, as part of WISE 2015. PICTURE: Aisha al-Sada/HHOPL
ternational laws, and laws on
human, childrens and womens
rights will not be implemented
HH Sheikha Moza bint Nasser with current students of the Qatar Foundation Young Innovators
Programme at WISE 2015. The programme strives to support exceptional young Arab men and women,
who may not otherwise have the opportunity to develop their talents. Through the provision of
scholarships and mentorship, it encourages gifted youth to reach their full potential. Ahmed Mohamed
(third from right) is the latest student to be admitted to the programme. PICTURE: AR Al-Baker/HHOPL
al-Thani and QF chairperson HH
Sheikha Moza bint Nasser.
Ahmed, in Qatar since 2009,
is currently studying at Qatar
Academy. I like this country a
lot. I also really enjoy my school.
Its a great school, it follows the
International Baccalaureate system. It has opened up a lot of opportunities for me, to improve
my education.
Also part of the Young Innovators Programme is Abdulaziz
al-Marri, a 13-year-old national,
also studying at Qatar Academy.
I have been given many opportunities since I started studying
Gulf Times
Friday, November 6, 2015
REGION/ARAB WORLD
11 civilians killed as
Houthis bomb Taez
AFP
Aden
Fighters loyal to Yemens government celebrate after receiving three armoured personnel carriers from the United Arab Emirates
in the southwestern city of Taez yesterday.
Cyclone Chapala left eight dead after crashing into remote southeastern Yemeni countryside
Eight people were killed in
southeastern Yemen by a rare
tropical cyclone that wreaked
havoc in parts of the war-torn
country this week, a local official
said yesterday.
The deaths, five by drowning and three in collapsed
homes, occurred in Hadramawt
province between Tuesday
and early Wednesday, before
Bahraini court yesterday revoked the citizenship of ve Shias convicted of spying for Iran
and sentenced them to life imprisonment, a judicial source told AFP.
The verdict comes amid escalated
tension between Bahrain and Iran,
as Manama recalled its ambassador
and asked Tehrans envoy to leave last
Relatives and parents of people killed during the 2011 Egyptian revolution shout slogans with a poster of family members
in front of the High Court in Cairo.
AFP
Beirut
Militants take
town on vital
Syrian road
Gulf Times
Friday, November 6, 2015
ARAB WORLD
Palestinian shot
dead in W Bank
Reuters
Jerusalem
A mannequin holding a knife and wearing a jacket that reads Stab! is placed outside a clothes shop in Khan Younis, in the
southern Gaza Strip. In Gaza, a clothing store called Hitler 2 has mannequins posed outside holding knives and dressed in T-shirts
with Stab! written across the chests.
Gulf Times
Friday, November 6, 2015
AFRICA
Tanzanias Magufuli is
sworn in as president
AFP
Dar es Salaam
Magufuli embraces Kikwete (right) during his inauguration ceremony at the Uhuru Stadium in Dar es
Salaam.
Those at the ceremony included African Union (AU)
chairman, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, as well as
Senate
debates
reform for
Kagame
3rd term
AFP
Kigali
Gulf Times
Friday, November 6, 2015
AMERICAS
Suspect arrested
in stabbing of
France train hero
Police in California have arrested
a 28-year-old man in connection
with last months stabbing of US
airman Spencer Stone, who came
to global fame in August when he
helped stop a terrorist attack on a
French train, authorities said.
The Sacramento Police
Department said in a press
release that officers had arrested
James Tran, 28, on suspicion of
attempted murder in connection
with the attack October 8 outside
a nightclub in the California state
capital.
Stone underwent emergency
open-heart surgery after being
stabbed several times in the
chest.
The 23-year-old Air Force staff
sergeant made headlines around
the world August 21 when he and
childhood friends Alek Skarlatos
and Anthony Sadler thwarted
a gun attack on a train from
Amsterdam to Paris.
Aided by a British man and a
French-American man, who was
shot in the attack, the trio tackled
and disarmed Ayoub al-Khazzani,
a 25-year-old Moroccan who had
opened fire on train passengers
armed with a Kalashnikov and a
pistol.
The three Americans and the
British man were awarded
the French Legion of Honour
by French President Francois
Hollande.
The Americans received top US
medals for bravery outside of
combat and met US President
Barack Obama at the White
House.
Sacramento police told local
media the stabbing appeared to
be related to an altercation over
filming with a smartphone, and
that Tran was not believed to
have been aware of Stones public
stature.
University student
shot dead after
attack on campus
Police shot and killed a university
student after he stabbed four
people on Wednesday at the
University of California campus in
the city of Merced, the university
said.
Two of the stabbing victims were
transported to local hospitals
by helicopter, while others were
treated on-site, the university said
in a press release.
University authorities had
originally said five people had
been stabbed, but later revised
the injury toll and detailed that
the wounded included two
students, a staff member and a
contractor.
Merced County Sheriff Vern
Warnke told the local daily
newspaper Merced Sun Star that
the suspect was a male student
in his 20s.
No motive was given for the
stabbings.
Merced is about 210km east of
San Francisco.
both trials, was hurt during the February incident captured on videotape.
Parker declined to comment to reporters outside the courthouse, but
his attorney, Robert Tuten, said he was
disappointed that he may have to face a
third trial.
At the time of the incident, Patel had
recently come to the United States and
spoke no English.
He was stopped outside his sons
home during a morning walk by police,
who were responding to a suspicious
person call.
Parker abruptly ipped Patel to the
ground during the encounter, resulting
in injuries from which Patel was not expected to fully recover from, his lawyer
has said.
Madison police released video of the
incident recorded from inside a patrol
vehicle and apologised for Parkers actions.
Gulf Times
Friday, November 6, 2015
ASEAN
Thailand
crackdown
on maa
gures
Reuters
Bangkok
Supporters of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyis National League for Democracy (NLD) perform during a NLD rally in Yangon yesterday.
the countrys freest and fairest for a generation but concerns abound in a country
with a long history of the army stiing democracy.
Polls in 1990 swept by the NLD were
ignored by the military, while a 2010 election was boycotted by Suu Kyis opposition over fraud fears.
Reforms by the military since then have
seen a quasi-civilian government take
charge and guide sweeping changes leading to this weekends election.
But the Nobel Peace Prize Winner also
struck a note of caution over the reforms
so far labelling them a veneer, while
questioning the will of election officials to
tackle irregularities.
Asked how vigilant she was to the possibility of poll fraud she said, if suspicions
are raised we will have to make a fuss
about it.
But she added it was important for her
party to run a government of national
reconciliation if the NLD wins.
Suu Kyis comments yesterday are likely
to be seen as both a challenge to the armys
dominance and a rallying cry to her supporters who view her as the fulcrum of
Myanmars democracy struggle.
Aung San Suu Kyi is playing hardball,
Nicholas Farrelly, a Myanmar specialist at
the Australian National University, told
AFP.
She is insistent that a hypothetical
NLD mandate is her personal mandate, he
said, adding she also resents any obstacles to her destiny.
yanmar
opposition
leader Aung San Suu
Kyi yesterday said it
was important not to exaggerate the plight of the nations
persecuted Rohingya, hundreds
of thousands of whom have been
barred from Sundays landmark
polls.
Suu Kyi has faced international censure for not speaking
out in support of the Rohingya, a
Muslim minority who have been
hardest hit by deadly bouts of
communal violence in Buddhistmajority Myanmar at a time of
surging religious nationalism.
The general elections in the
former junta-run state are being
touted as the fairest in decades,
yet hundreds of thousands of
Rohingya from western Rakhine
state have been disenfranchised.
hailands
junta
launched yesterday a
crackdown on organised crime, its latest effort to
clean up the country and improve the image of the military government as it struggles to get a sluggish economy
on track.
Prime minister Prayuth
Chan-ocha, ushered in a
clean up Thailand campaign
shortly after he, as army chief,
took power from an elected
government in a 2014 coup,
promising to root out vice and
corruption in government and
society in general.
This time, he said, the junta
was targeting maa-style
crime bosses know as inuential gures.
We want people to be able
to live their lives normally
away from violence and its instigators, including those who
use weapons, said defence
ministry spokesman Colonel
Kongcheep Tantrawanit.
We will use laws that target inuential gures and ask
people to cooperate to help
give the state information, he
said, without giving details.
Prayuth has said he wants
maas eradicated in six
months. His government has
agged the need to suppress
crime, ban weapons and investigate some of Thailands
infamous nightlife venues.
The military sees itself as
the champion of clean government, distinct from venal
civilian politicians and their
business cronies, although
the military itself has long had
extensive interests in various
sectors of the economy.
Numerous
governments,
both civilian and military, have
vowed to tackle crime and social ills though over the years,
invariably with limited success.
The militarys main rival
over a decade of turbulent politics, former populist premier
Thaksin Shinawatra, launched
a tough war on drugs when he
was prime minister in the early
2000s, in which several thousand people were killed.
Organised crime bosses
often have shadowy political
links and the children of some
have entered politics.
Critics said the crackdown
was another cosmetic, quickx campaign at a time when
Southeast Asias secondlargest economy is in the doldrums, with exports and consumption sluggish.
The junta sees a problem
and tries to patch it up quickly, said a Thai social critic,
who declined to be identied
out of fear of repercussions.
Pageant
Miss Malaysia Immaculate Lojuki displays her national costume during the Miss International
beauty pageant in Tokyo yesterday.
Gulf Times
Friday, November 6, 2015
AUSTRALASIA/EAST ASIA
Australia
alarmed by
religious
intolerance
AFP
Sydney
ustralia is experiencing an
alarming emergence of
religious intolerance, Attorney-General George Brandis
said yesterday, calling for greater
efforts to counter discrimination, particularly against Muslims and Christians.
Brandis, who spoke at an inaugural Religious Freedom Roundtable, said he was fearful for religious freedom and tolerance in
Australia.
Members of the Islamic community are sometimes the victims of suspicion and hostility
directed against them by those
ignorantly seeking to blame terrorist violence upon Qurranic
teaching, Brandis told the gathering of religious representatives
in Sydney.
Members of Christian faiths
- in particular the Catholic faith
- are routinely the subject of
mockery and insult by prominent
writers and commentators.
It is the work of this roundtable to identify some of the
challenges which this alarming emergence of intolerance of
religious faith... presents, the
nations top law officer added as
he called for the development of
strategies to promote tolerance
and understanding.
Brandis comments came as a
report reecting on the 40th an-
Lantern festival
Underwater attraction
Visitors look at colorful lanterns in the shape of a Korean royal palace on the eve of the Seoul Lantern Festival at Cheonggyecheon
stream in central Seoul. The festival is part of a campaign by South Korea to attract more foreign tourists and runs from today till
November 22.
Gulf Times
Friday, November 6, 2015
BRITAIN
EVENT
TRAGEDY
CRIME
FORECAST
LANGUAGE
Binge-watch is Collins
dictionary word of the year
Protests
staged
as Egypt
president
visits PM
Cameron to
water down
stance on
EU migrants
AFP
London
ampaigners opposed to
Egyptian President Abdel
Fattah al-Sisi yesterday
blocked the entrance to Downing
Street, the London residence of
Prime Minister David Cameron,
ahead of a meeting between the
two leaders.
Around 200 demonstrators
protested against Sisis human
rights record, but they were outnumbered by those proclaiming
support for the Egyptian leader.
Police removed ve anti-Sisi
protesters dressed in white boiler
suits, who lay on the pavement
playing dead while blocking the
gates to Downing Street.
One had Freedom written
on his back and another Human Rights, while another wore
a noose around his neck.
The protesters wore T-shirts
with the four-ngered Rabia
logo, which is associated with
those killed in the crackdown on
the Rabaa al-Adawiya protest
camp in Cairo in 2013.
He took the presidency by the
sword, by killing, said a man who
gave his name as Abu Hamza.
Why are protesters being arrested when its Sisi who should
be arrested? said Anne Alexander of the Egypt Solidarity Initiative
He shouldnt be having lunch
with the prime minister. He
should be in jail.
They were opposed by a group
of around 300 Sisi supporters,
who held placards reading: We
love you Sisi and Welcome Sisi.
Egypt was lost, said
50-year-old restaurant owner
Magdi Khalil. We were going on
the path of Syria and Libya. Sisi
and the army rescued Egypt.
Those (anti-Sisi protesters)
are liars and traitors, added an
Egyptian policeman who declined to be named.
Sisi and Cameron later held
talks on security and the Sinai
plane crash, as concerns mount
it could have been caused by a
bomb.
Protesters against the visit of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi are corralled back to their pen by
police as they demonstrate outside Downing Street in central London yesterday.
ondon
Zoos
wealthy
neighbours are infuriated by plans they fear will
make the attraction an outdoor
nightclub.
Zoo Enterprises Ltd has applied to Westminster council
for a licence to serve alcohol and hold concerts, sports
events and film screenings till
2am seven days a week for up to
15,000 revellers.
More than 100 people have
objected in writing, saying the
horrendous proposals would
shatter the tranquility of the
neighbourhood around Regents Park and Primrose Hill.
Police and neighbouring
Camden council have also registered concerns. The Met said
the plans would be likely to increase public nuisance and impact on public safety.
The zoo halted its adult-only
late parties in June after a series of outrages involving row-
The PM remains
committed to the proposal
that EU migrants should
live in the UK for four
years before they can
claim in-work benefits
The former official said: A lot
of advice went to the prime minister on that issue. It was made
clear that that was sailing very,
very close to the wind in terms of
the treaty and in terms of negotiability. Downing Street suggested Cameron would mention
the proposal next week when he
sets out his reform plans in writing for the rst time in a letter to
the European council president,
Donald Tusk.
The prime ministers spokesman said: The story about the
advice the cabinet secretary gave
to the PM is not true. The PM remains committed to the proposal that EU migrants should live
in the UK for four years before
they can claim in-work benets.
Thats what he is negotiating.
But the pro-EU campaign expects that Cameron will water
down the measure when his proposals are negotiated in detail by
EU leaders at a summit in December. The former senior ofcial said of the proposed fouryear ban: That is problematic.
The government will be trying
to get a substantial concession in
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Friday, November 6, 2015
EUROPE
A girl cries during a funeral service for Nina Lushchenko, 60, a victim
of the Russian MetroJet Airbus A321 crash, at a church in Veliky
Novgorod ahead of her burial.
resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to
Saint Petersburg may have been
downed by a bomb.
Shortly after the crash Islamic State (IS) jihadists claimed
they brought down the plane, in
an apparent act of revenge for
Moscows bombing campaign in
Syria.
Russia and Egypt have, however, dismissed the claims.
Lushchenkos friends and relatives said that they wanted to
Tsipras says
Greece cant
cope with
migrants
Reuters
Lesbos, Greece
he alleged ringleaders
of a maa gang whose
criminal
tentacles
reached into almost every department of Romes City Hall
went on trial yesterday, on a
landmark day for Italys battle
against organised crime.
Massimo Carminati, a convicted gangster with a history
of involvement with violent
far-right groups, and 45 others are accused of operating a
maa-style network that used
extortion, fraud and theft to
divert millions of euros destined for public services into
their own pockets.
Carminati and his alleged
right-hand man Salvatore
Buzzi, a convicted murderer,
followed yesterdays opening session in Romes criminal
court by video link from their
Romania appoints
new interim PM
Romanias president has
appointed Education Minister
Sorin Campeanu as interim prime
minister to replace Victor Ponta,
who quit following mass antigovernment protests sparked by
a deadly nightclub fire.
Klaus Iohannis named
Campeanu to lead a temporary
administration ahead of talks
with political parties over forming
a new government.
Ponta quit on Wednesday after
a horrific fire at a Bucharest
nightclub left 32 people dead,
prompting tens of thousands of
people to take to the streets.
Lufthansa cabin
crew to strike
Lufthansas main cabin crew
union said a week-long strike
would start today at the German
carrier, after last-minute talks
between staff and management
over early retirement benefits
and pensions broke down.
Friday will be the first day of
the week of strikes, cabin crew
union UFO said in a statement
yesterday.
Gulf Times
Friday, November 6, 2015
11
INDIA
ihars bitterly-contested
staggered elections ended
yesterday evening, with
exit polls sharply split on who
would get to rule the state: the
Bharatiya Janata Party-led alliance led by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi or Chief Minister
Nitish Kumars grand alliance.
While three of the nine surveys
at the end of ve rounds of polling predicted a clear win for the
BJP and another gave an upper
hand to it, ve exit polls forecast
a narrow or clear majority in the
243-member assembly to the
grand alliance.
Despite the exit poll suspense,
leaders of both the BJP and the
Grand Alliance - the Janata DalUnited (JD-U) of Nitish Kumar
and the Rashtriya Janata Dal
(RJD) of Lalu Prasad Yadav claimed they were sure of victory.
We are hopeful of getting a
clear majority, said BJP spokesman Nalin Kohli. Although the
(exit polls) ranges are close, I
wont arrive at any hasty assessment, he said, indicating cautious optimism in the party.
Former chief minister Lalu
Prasad Yadav, however, insisted
that the grand alliance, which
also includes the Congress, was
poised to win 190 seats.
The entire backward community of Bihar has voted for us, he
told reporters in Patna. We salute them for this.
None of the exit polls, however, gave either alliance such a
huge victory as claimed by Yadav.
While Todays Chanakya gave
155 of the 243 seats to the BJP and
Voters queue to cast their ballots at a booth in the final stage of state assembly elections in the Bihar village of Thakurganj in Kishanganj district yesterday.
Purnea, Araria, Katihar, Saharasa, Madhepura and Supaul.
Despite widespread apprehensions, the staggered election
passed off peacefully, even in areas considered to be the strongholds of Maoists who had called
for an election boycott.
The voter enthusiasm was evident yesterday too, with tens of
thousands queuing up at polling
booths even before they opened
at 7am. A total of 827 candidates
were in the fray.
Hyderabad MP Asaduddin
Owaisis
Majlis-e-Ittehadul
Muslimeen (MIM) contested
from six constituencies, making
its foray into Bihar.
The vote is being viewed as a
referendum on Modis premiership after he addressed at least
30 campaign rallies, a departure
from tradition in state elections,
which usually centre on local issues and leaders.
His reputation is really on
the line, said N Bhaskara Rao, an
n a day 24 lmmakers
and writers - including
Arundhati Roy, Saeed
Mirza and Kundan Shah - announced they would return their
national awards, the Bharatiya
Janata Party blamed the Congress and the Communist Party
of India (Marxist) for misleading the country on the issue of
rising intolerance.
BJP president Amit Shah released a book titled Ideological
Difference to counter the debate
on intolerance and highlight the
partys viewpoint on the current
situation.
The books purpose is to
highlight the other side of the
story. Only one side of the story
was highlighted so far. Now the
truth is coming out. We want the
Indonesian police escort Chhota Rajan from Bali police headquarters to Ngurah Rai Airport during his
deportation from Denpasar on Bali island yesterday.
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Friday, November 6, 2015
INDIA
JUDICIARY
SUICIDE
EVENT
HONOUR
DEFENCE
Indian and Russian armies will conduct a twoweek INDRA-2015 joint military exercise in
Rajasthans Bikaner district, over 350km from
Jaipur, from tomorrow. A 250 member strong
Russian army contingent will arrive in Bikaner for
the joint exercise to be held from November 7 to
November 20, a defence ministry press release
said. INDRA-2015 is the seventh edition in a series
of bilateral exercises and which will also focus on
ensuring a high degree of physical fitness, tactical
drills, techniques and procedures. The exercise,
which will; be conducted in two phases - combat
conditioning/tactical training and validation - will be
witnessed by senior Indian and Russian generals.
Crop residue
burning can
wreak havoc,
say experts
IANS
Bengaluru
escribing Punjab as a
burning food basket,
two renowned earth
scientists warn that the outow of air pollution arising
from burning crop residues
is not only a threat to South
Asian air quality but also can
modify atmospheric chemistry and climate dynamics globally.
Thick
smoke
aerosol
plumes from the burning may
signicantly affect atmospheric circulation, monsoon
and El Nino-Southern Oscillation systems, precipitation
patterns, glaciology and atmospheric heating over the
Tibetan Plateau, says a report
by Ramesh Singh of the School
of Earth and Environmental
Sciences of Chapman University in California and Dimitris
Kaskaoutis of the School of
Natural Sciences of Shiv Nadar University at Dadri in India.
This creates a climatic
imbalance likely centred over
Punjab, Singh, who was earlier a professor at the Indian
Institute of Technology-Kanpur, said.
Traditionally farmers of
Punjab manually harvested
and ploughed the elds. The
leftover crop residues mixed
with soil provided nutrients
for the next crop a month
later. Mechanised harvesting,
adopted since the late 1980s
to save time and increase the
farmers prots, changed all
that. Now machines cut the
harvest and the stalks are
burned to quickly ready the
elds for the next planting,
Singh said. For more than two
decades, farmers in Punjab, a
region spanning northwestern
India and eastern Pakistan,
have continued the practice of
burning the crop residues.
Each year, during October
and November, this extensive
agricultural burning lasts for
more than three weeks, Singh
said, adding that weather patterns, which are typical of the
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inspects a 3D model of new highway projects at Sonepat in Haryana yesterday. Also seen are Haryana Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki,
Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, Minister for Road Transport and Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari and the Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways and
Shipping, P Radhakrishnan.
Malayalam lm to release in
theatres, online on same day
IANS
Kochi
n a pioneering initiative,
National Award winning
Malayalam lm Ottaal,
directed by Jayaraj, will be released online through www.
reelmonk.com, an independent movie platform, on the
same day as its release in cinemas.
Reelmonk.com, created by
Xincoz Labs, is the brainchild
of three 22-year-olds from Kochi - Blaise Crowly, Vivek Paul
and Gautham Vyas, and is promoted by Konglo Ventures.
The lm will hit the theatres today, and it will also be
available on Reelmonk.com for
downloads at prices starting at
Rs180.
Through Reelmonk, producers have started to legally
release Malayalam lms for
foreign audiences. These can
be streamed or downloaded
anywhere anytime within a
few months after the theatre
release. The lms are released
on Reelmonk in full HD quality and can be downloaded to a
laptop or PC or even streamed
to TV via HDMI.
Malayalam movie industry
is rich in diversity of great content. I have noticed great interest for Malayalam movies from
a global community of movie
lovers. Reelmonk.com will
give them the opportunity to
access the Malayalam movies
they love, easily especially with
features like pay per download
and subtitles, said Jayaraj.
Blaise Crowly, CEO of Reelmonk.com, said that till recently, most people were not
ready to pay for something that
was already available through
Torrent network.
But today, there is a market
and producers are recognising
the revenue potential of online
Golden day
Gulf Times
Friday, November 6, 2015
13
LATIN AMERICA
LEGAL
DECISION
ENTERTAINMENT
CRIME
VIOLENCE
Rolling Stones to
tour Latin America
El Salvador murder
rate soars: data
Colombias highest court has ruled that samesex couples can adopt children, lifting the last
restriction on gays raising kids. Until now, such
adoptions were allowed in this traditionally
Roman Catholic country only if one of the
partners in the couple was already the childs
biological parent. Even that limited right was
established only as recently as February. The
restriction was swept away by the new ruling
at the Constitutional Court by a vote of 6-2
after hours of debate. It said gay couples
can adopt children just as heterosexual
ones can, so long as they meet all the legal
requirements.
Cuba to
drill for
oil despite
low prices
Mexico court
opens door to
recreational
marijuana use
Reuters
Camarioca
AFP
Mexico City
Miss Venezuela Edymar Martinez reacts after winning this years Miss International beauty
pageant in Tokyo yesterday. Representatives from 70 countries and regions took part in the
beauty pageant.
Ex-president in court
Extinct amphibians
fossils found in Brazil
AFP
Brasilia
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PAKISTAN/AFGHANISTAN
Internews
Karachi
AFP
Lahore
Pakistani soldiers and rescuers search for victims in the rubble of a collapsed factory on the outskirts of Lahore yesterday.
diately be reached for comment.
Officials fear that dozens more
bodies may be found on the lower oors.
Factory employee Mohamed
Navid said yesterday that up to
50 shift workers may have been
sleeping in a part of the building that rescuers had not yet
reached, and that children as
young as 12 had been working in
the factory.
A list of the injured from one of
the three hospitals the wounded
were shifted to, however, showed
three 15-year-olds as the youngest patients listed.
Another employee, 18-yearold Mohamed Irfan, said from
his hospital bed that the workers
were mostly aged between 14
and 25.
Indian envoy to
help Pakistani
woman meet
son in Bhopal
He assured me that I
can go to India and that
the officials here would
cooperate with me in
the similar way Pakistan
co-operated with India in
getting Geeta back
A Pakistani mother and an
Indian father left their son,
Salman Ahmed, in the custody
of his maternal grandmother
who lives in Nagan Chaurangi
area when he was two-yearold.
Now, he wants to go back to
his parents who live in Aligarh,
India.
According to Shagufta Burney, a representative of Ansar Burney Trust, Salmans
two sisters came to Karachi to
meet him but since the family couldnt bring him back
to India, they thought of approaching the higher authorities.
General Director of Doctors Without Borders, or Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF), Christopher Stokes (right) speaks as head of Kunduz Incident
Management Team, Michiel Hofman (L) looks on during a press conference in Kabul yesterday.
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Friday, November 6, 2015
15
PHILIPPINES
The best dresser
Probe into
bullet scam
at airport
Agencies
Manila
Miss Philippines Janicel Lubina poses during the evening dress contest during the Miss International beauty pagent in Tokyo yesterday. Miss Philippines was elected as Miss
Best Dresser.
Marcos Jr is willing
to take DNA test
Manila Times
Makati
n alleged scam involving planting of bullets in travellers luggage ahead of airport security
checks in the Philippines was
under investigation after the
practice became so widespread the United Nations issued an internal advisory.
Under the scam, bullets are
allegedly dropped in passengers luggage and then found
by security personnel, who
demand a ne or detain and
charge the bags owner with
illegal possession of ammunition.
Staff members are advised
to keep your luggage with you,
lock your luggage, and consider wrapping your luggage as
an extra security measure, the
UN Department of Safety and
Security said this week.
According to government
data, 1,212 travellers have been
caught illegally carrying bullets at Ninoy Aquino International Airport since January,
compared with 1,510 cases for
the whole of 2014.
Filipinos expressed anger
and embarrassment online.
This scam has got to stop,
Twitter user @Aiyamaguchii
posted Thursday. Ridiculous
as hell!
Twitter user @manilyndelarosa cursed before adding,
What a shame. I hate this corrupt country, also yesterday.
Deputy presidential spokeswoman Abigail Valte said the
UN warning, echoed by some
countries, was an unfortunate development.
We hope that moving forward with the new measures
that will be implemented,
there will be no need for such
advisories in the future, she
was quoted as saying by news
reports.
The embattled general manager of the nations premier
airport yesterday continued
to insist that there is no syndicate operating at the Ninoy
Aquino International Airport
(NAIA).
Manila International Airport Authority chief Jose Angel
Honradoa former bodyguard
of president Benigno Aquino
3rdin a televised interview
said they have not found anything solid to validate allegations that a syndicate is behind
the bullet-planting extortion
racket that has generated a
restorm against the government.
So far, we dont have evidence indicating that syndicates are working at the
airport, he added. But opportunists, yes.
Honrados TV interview
came a day after his boss,
transportation
secretary
Joseph Emilio Abaya, said the
alleged incidents, which have
since been infamously called
laglag-bala or tanim-bala,
appear to have been blown
out of proportion.
Abaya earlier said initial
investigation showed that no
syndicate is behind the controversy. So far we have not
established any facts to show
syndicates planting [the bullets but] any personnel involved will be pursued.
Abaya and Honrado and the
chiefs of the office of transport
security and the police aviation security group are facing
an administrative complaint
before the office of the ombudsman for allegedly not
lifting a nger to stop the extortion racket at the countrys
airports.
Typhoon victims
Richel Quiminales, 35, who lost her home during Super Typhoon Haiyan, is pictured outside her home in
a slum in Tacloban, Philippines . The mother of seven is struggling to make a living and is waiting to be
relocated to a safer area.
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Friday, November 6, 2015
SRI LANKA/BANGLADESH/NEPAL/MALDIVES
Maldives
VP Adeeb
impeached
by MPs
Trooping home
Reuters
Male
Elephants from the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage return from the river in Pinnawala, about 90kms from the capital Colombo yesterday. The Sri Lankan elephant is listed
as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as the population has declined by at least 50% over the last three generations, with the species
threatened by habitat loss, degradation and fragmentation.
IS claims murder of
policeman in Dhaka
The claims of IS involvement are sure
to create a stir
Agencies
Dhaka
Humanitarian crisis
looming in Nepal: US
AFP
Kathmandu
he United States warned yesterday of a looming humanitarian crisis in quakehit Nepal which is facing crippling
shortages of vital supplies as protesters block a key checkpoint bordering
India.
Scores of trucks have been stranded at a crossing in the southern town
of Birgunj for nearly six weeks, cutting off supplies and forcing fuel rationing across the landlocked Himalayan nation.
In a crackdown that dashed hopes
of a compromise between the government and demonstrators, Nepali
security forces on Monday broke up
the blockade for a few hours, sparking violent protests and leading to
the death of an Indian man in police
ring.
In a statement, the US embassy in
Kathmandu said it was deeply con-
Dutch Queen Maxima poses with Sheikh Hasina , the prime minister of Bangladesh, prior to their meeting at
residence Eikenhorst in Wassenaar, on Wednesday.
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Friday, November 6, 2015
17
Footnotes
1 Reported by Muslim - Eng. Trans.
Vol. 4, p.1540, No.7134
2 It must be remembered that Iblis
is a Jinn and not an Angel. The concept of the Devil being a fallen Angel
is from Christianity and not Islam.
3 In fact when The Exorcist was
rst shown on cinema, it was so scary
that many people fainted and one
even died!
4 Authentic Reported by Tirmidhee
5 Whilst Christians invoke the
name of Jesus, many Muslims invoke
the name of pious Muslim saints! The
rituals which are conducted by many
Muslims are more akin to voodoo
than the exorcism practised by the
Prophet and his companions!!
6 The ship which was recovered was more than 50 years old. It
subsequently caught alight and was
conveniently destroyed.
7 Authentic Reported by Tirmidhee
8 Reported by Bukhari Eng.
Trans. Vol.7, p.439, No.657
9 Michel de Nostradamus was a
famous French soothsayer of the 16th
century.
10 Reported by Muslim - Eng.
Trans. Vol.4, p.1472, No.6757
11 The classic example of how
fortune-tellers can be wrong is the
case of Diana, Princess of Wales
and Dodi Fayed. Both went to see a
fortune-teller who told Diana that
she would live a long and happy
life. A few weeks later, Diana and
Dodi Fayed were dead. After this the
fortune-tellers ew for cover, as their
evil art showed its decadence.
12 Reported by Muslim Eng.
Trans. Vol.4, p.1211, No.5540
13 Authentic Reported by Ahmed
14 Ouija boards are so misleading,
that people have even managed to get
in touch with the spirit of Jack the
Ripper!!
Ruling on
smoking
Smoking did not exist in the time of the
Prophet (sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam)
yet we know that Islam forbids all things
that are harmful to the body in general,
along with anything that harms ones
neighbours or wastes money. We put
before you the following evidence
regarding the ruling on smoking so that
you can discern for yourself whether or
not it is halaal (permissible) or haraam
(forbidden).
We do not advocate each individual
making Islamic rulings on their own.
Our aim in taking this approach is to
give the reader an opportunity to reflect
and consider the evidence for themselves, especially if they are smokers,
because nothing is more convincing at
times than ones own rationale.
1. Allah (subhanahu wa taala) states
in Surah Al-Araaf Aayah 157: He has
allowed for them all good and lawful
things [at-tayyibaat] and forbids for
them all evil and unlawful things [alkhabaa-ith]... Smoking is of the harmful
and evil and unlawful things.
2. Allah states in Surah Al-Baqarah
Aayah 195: And do not throw yourselves
into destruction... Smoking causes or
contributes to a host of illnesses such as
throat, mouth and lung cancer, tuberculosis, emphysema, respiratory ailments,
high blood pressure, heart disease, and
the list goes on...
3. Allah states in Surah Al-Israa Aayah
26-27: But spend not wastefully of your
wealth in the manner of a spendthrift.
Verily, the spendthrifts are brothers of
the shayaateen (devils). Smoking is a
waste of money and of the deeds of
Shaitaan (Satan).
4. The Prophet (sallallaahu alaihi wa
sallam) said in an authentic hadith: Laa
darara wa laa diraar Let there be neither
harm nor reciprocating harm. Smoking
harms the smoker and the one who is
next to him and it is a waste of money.
5. The Prophet (sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam) said in a hadith (mutafaqun alaihi)
agreed upon by both Al-Bukhari and
Muslim: Allah hates that you squander
wealth. Smoking is a waste of wealth
that is hated by Allah.
6. The Prophet (sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam) said in another hadith (mutafaqun
alaihi): The example of a righteous
companion and the evil companion is
analogous to the seller of perfumes and
the blacksmith... The smoker is an evil
companion who blows fire.
7. The Prophet (sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam) said in a third hadith (mutafaqun
alaihi): My entire ummah (nation) is
excused except the mujaahireen (open
public sinner). The smoker is an open
sinner whose sin is inexcusable unless
he abandons his open sinful display.
8. If a person was to burn money we
would say to him or her Are you nuts!
Haraam! So how about the one who
spends hundreds of riyals on smoking?!
9. Is it really a part of good religion or
morals or plain sensitivity and good
taste to disturb and harass people with
your cigarette or pipe smoke and pollute their clean air?! You must know that
polluting the air is as bad as polluting
drinking water. 10. Have you ever asked
yourself if smoking will be put on your
scale of good deeds or the scale of
wrong and evil deeds?!
So what do you think the ruling on
smoking is?
Halaal or haraam?
Brother or Sister Muslim Smoker...
Ask Allah for help and be determined to
quit smoking. Whatever someone drops
for the sake of Allah, He will surely help
him. Be patient and remember that
Allah is with the patient. Make supplication (duaa) to Allah with the utmost
sincerity especially after the adhaan
and the salaat and any other time.
Say: O Allah make it clear to me that
smoking is useless and wrong and give
me the strength to shun it and make it
loathsome and hateful to me, Aameen.
The Islamic Ruling:
Smoking in all its forms [i.e. cigars,
cigarettes, pipes, water pipes, etc.)
is haraam (forbidden) and working
in a factory that produces cigars or
cigarettes and the like is also forbidden
and therefore any earnings from such
work are also haraam and constitute
unlawful provisions. Buying, and selling
cigarettes, cigars, pipes, etc. is also
forbidden as is renting retail space to
someone who will sell cigarettes from
that place is also forbidden (haraam).
All of this is co-operation in sin and
enmity which is expressly forbidden in
the Quran and the authentic sunnah.
All forms of smoking are clearly filth
and the one who is afflicted with it must
struggle to the utmost to rid themselves
of this filthy habit.
The above is a summarisation of the
Islamic ruling related by Shaykh Abdul
Aziz Ibn Abdullah Ibn Abdur-Rahman
Ibn Baz and Shaykh Muhammad AsSaaleh al-Uthaimeen (rahimahullah)
and the Permanent Council of Fiqh in
Saudi Arabia and is agreed upon by the
majority of Islamic scholars worldwide.
A small minority of scholars say that
smoking is allowable while some have
ruled it as detestable. The evidence of
the harmfulness of smoking and the
clear principles of Islam based upon the
absolute proofs within the Quran and
the authentic Sunnah, some of which
was related above, clearly support the
position of tahreem (being haraam) as
the strongest and correct ruling.
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Rapprochement or
sell-out? Taiwanese
mistrust China
There is a thin line between rapprochement and
selling out. The rst meeting between the presidents of
China and Taiwan in six decades represents an historic
breakthrough with the potential to reduce tensions
between the two nations.
But there are many Taiwanese who fear that each
step the governments in Taipei and Beijing take
towards each other will increasingly jeopardise their
democracy, freedom and independence.
The announcement of tomorrows planned meeting
between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Taiwanese
President Ma Ying-jeou on neutral ground in
Singapore promptly led to objections in Taipei.
Depose Ma Ying-jeou! and No Ma-Xi meeting!
were the demands issued by Huang Kuo-chang, leader
of the Sunower Student Movement, whose protests
against trade with the mainland reached a peak last
year.
Low economic growth and stagnating wages are
causing many among Taiwans population of 23mn to
doubt whether the rapidly increasing co-operation
between the two sides really has generated the
promised benets.
Mistrust within Taiwans democratic society of the
powerful communist dictatorship on the mainland
remains strong. There continue to be around 1,000
missiles aimed at the island from the mainland less
than 200km away.
Many Taiwanese also mistrust their president, drawn
from the Kuomintang Chinese Nationalist Party,
accusing him of conducting secret diplomacy aimed
at betraying Taiwan to
the communists.
Mas popularity is at
a low. Following two
periods in office, he is
not permitted to stand
again, but his party is in
deep crisis. Elections in
January are predicted
to bring the opposition
Democratic Progressive
Party (DPP) to power.
While the DPP derives its power from the
independence movement and backs greater Taiwanese
self-reliance, the Kuomintang - like the Communist
Party on the mainland - still backs reunication.
Many on the island no longer see themselves as
Chinese, but rather as proud Taiwanese who have
fought for and secured their own democratic system.
They reject the Hong Kong model of one country,
two systems as they fear for their freedoms, based on
experience in the former British colony since it was
returned to China in 1997.
Ma Ying-jeou has long sought a formal meeting with
Xi Jinping. Beijings change of heart in conceding this
honour to him as head of a renegade province of
China could be interpreted as part of a more exible
foreign policy.
It could also be seen as boosting the Kuomintangs
electoral prospects as a guarantor of stable relations.
If the Kuomintang wins, the future is more secure,
and if the DPP is victorious, it is rather insecure, says
Jia Qingguo, a professor at Peking University.
If we can help the Kuomintang to win the election,
this will be advantageous to mainland China, he says.
Nevertheless, the support could backre, if the
Taiwanese electorate decides it does not wish to fall in
line with Beijings wishes and votes instead for the DPP
candidate, Tsai Ing-wen.
Many on the
island no longer
see themselves
as Chinese, but
rather as proud
Taiwanese
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COMMENT
Two Syrian children in Tarlabasi neighbourhood, where poor and marginalised Syrian families live together with mostly Kurdish and Roma people.
children still arent in school.
Unfortunately, despite this new
regulation, in Istanbul only 20,000
out of 80,000 [Syrian] children
have access to school and amongst
them less than 30% are enrolled in
free Turkish schools, said Suleiman
Alaaraj, a Syrian staff member of the
Syrian Commission for Education
(SCE), which provides education
services both in Free Syrian Armycontrolled areas of Syria and in Turkey,
with funding from Qatar Charity and
the Islamic Bank.
Some of the Turkish schools
simply dont have space to admit
more children while the language
difference and Syrians lack of the
required documents or information
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QATAR
Harald Mikkelsen receiving a memento from Dr Hassan al-Derham as Esben Lunde Larsen and
Merete Juhl look on.
engage faculty and students on
lifelong learning and professional development, which will
enhance their skills, knowledge
Expansion plans in US
As part of its expansion programme, LuLu Group plans to
make a foray into the US market
by setting up a logistics facility for initiating procurement,
consolidation and export of food,
non-food, chilled and frozen
products of US origin, the
company has said in a statement.
Recently, the company has
identified a few projects in New
Jersey and Houston and the necessary spadework is under way.
The facility is expected to
be operational within a couple
Officials and dignitaries at the inaugural ceremony at LuLu Hypermarket, Al Gharafa. PICTURE: Jayaram
Toyota 6-mth
profit jumps
to $10.35bn
BoE shows no
urgency on rate
increase signal
GULF TIMES
US LNG a game
changer in Asia
as supply is freed
from constraints
BUSINESS
Qatar realty prices seen to
continue strong growth
Q
QNB expects bank lending in Qatar to grow by 10.5% in 2015, increasingly driven by project financing and the expanding population. PICTURE: Nasar TK
Growth in bank loans slowed to
12% year-on-year in September
from 17.3% in August, the monthly
monitor showed.
Loans to the public sector contracted by 6.6% year-on-year, while
Al-Attiyah
to speak on
lower crude
price impact
at Doha
symposium
HE the former Deputy Prime Minister and
Minister of Energy and Industry, Abdullah
bin Hamad al-Attiyah will speak at a one-day
academic symposium here tomorrow on
the likely impact of a long-term drop in the
global crude price on exporters.
Al-Attiyahs presentation titled The Price of
Oil: Opec Policies and Reactions will take
place at the Ritz-Carlton at 11am. He was a
former president of Opec.
Organised by the Arab Centre for Research
and Policy Studies (ACRPS), the meeting will
allow policy makers, business leaders and
researchers to discuss consequences of the
decline in energy prices on the future of
oil-exporting nations. The participants represent several countries such as Qatar, Kuwait,
Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Algeria.
Commenting on the significance of the
meeting, Samir Seifan, ACRPS researcher
and event organiser said, The meeting will
provide an opportunity to discuss the task
ahead for oil exporting nations: they will
have to balance shrinking state revenues
from oil with the need to finance economic
development and social protection infrastructures.
The participants include Dr Ibrahim B
Ibrahim , Economic Advisor to HH the Emir;
Mamdouh Salameh, World Bank consultant;
Hassan Aly, dean, School of Public Administration and Development Economics, Doha
Institute for Graduate Studies; Mohamed
al-Shatti, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation
and Khaled al-Khater, administrative director (Research and Monetary Policy) Qatar
Central Bank.
nternational air travel on Middle Eastern carriers rose 9.9% in September year-on-year,
shows IATAs latest passenger market analy-
sis.
This, according to IATA, was a slowdown on
August, but it said the near double-digit growth
is still very strong and it is premature to conclude
that growth is slowing.
Major economies in the Middle East, including
Saudi Arabia and the UAE, have seen slowdowns
in non-oil sectors in the second quarter, but the
rates of growth remain robust and this should
help sustain solid expansion in air passenger demand for local carriers, it said.
Global air travel rose 7.3% in September compared to a year ago, the IATA report said.
The mid-year data showed some distortion
from holiday impacts, but the last couple of
months conrmed that the strong demand trend
was continuing, despite some softening in global
economic growth, mostly in emerging markets.
Growth in air travel, particularly the more
price sensitive economy class leisure travel, has
received some support from lower fares. After a
brief moderation in volumes in mid-2015, the
industry expanded throughout the third quarter,
resuming the robust growth trend seen earlier in
the year.
Air travel growth for carriers in major regions
remains robust. Asia Pacic, Europe and North
America recorded gains of 6.8%, 7.1% and 4.1%,
respectively year-on-year.
Despite weakness in trade activity in Emerging
Asia, as well as slower than expected growth in
Industry load factors dipped slightly in September, after reaching an all-time high in August.
The decline in seasonally adjusted load factors
resulted from a stronger pick-up in capacity that
outstripped growth in demand. However, levels
are still very high and indicative of the strong demand growth in most regions.
Despite the recent moderation in economic
activity in a number of emerging markets, particularly China, improved conditions in developed economies, combined with the fall in oil
prices since mid-2014, is expected to support
growth in demand for passenger travel throughout the remainder of 2015 and into the New Year,
IATA said.
Gulf Times
Friday, November 6, 2015
BUSINESS
Saudi stocks
slip; real
estate firms
boost Dubai
and Egypt
Reuters
Dubai
Saudi Arabias stock market
fell yesterday after oil prices
slipped again, as real estate
developers boosted the Dubai
and Egyptian bourses.
Brent crude tumbled nearly
4% overnight, to back below
$50 a barrel. This undermined
petrochemical stocks including Saudi Basic Industries,
which lost 1.5%.
Saudi International Petrochemical Co (Sipchem)
dropped 2.9% after saying
it might not pay a dividend
for the second half of 2015,
despite seeing results from
a restructuring intended to
cope with cheap oil.
The Saudi stock index fell 1.1%
to 6,961 points, near technical
support at the August low of
6,921 points.
Saudi Printing and Packaging
Co, a focus of the market as it
soared 59% over the past five
trading days, showed signs of
peaking. It rose in early trade
but heavy selling pushed it
down 10% by the close.
Other Gulf markets performed
better. Dubais index rose
0.7% as real estate blue chips
climbed 2.2%, though trade
was thin.
Abu Dhabis index was almost
flat while Qatar dropped
0.6%, as petrochemical maker
Industries Qatar slid 1.6%.
Egypts index rose 1.2% as
real estate developer Talaat
Mostafa surged 5.9% and
Palm Hills Development
added 6.1%.
Elsewhere in the Gulf, Kuwaits
index edged down 0.1% to
5,771 points; Omans index fell
0.4% to 5,919 points, while
Bahrains index edged down
0.1% to 1,250 points.
An Emirates plane is seen beside the terminal dedicated for A380 aircraft at the concourse in Dubai International Airport (file). Dubais flagship airline Emirates posted
a 65% surge in first-half net profit yesterday after its decision not to hedge against changes in fuel costs paid off when oil prices plunged. The worlds fourth-largest
carrier of international passengers posted a profit of 3.1bn dirhams ($844mn) for the six months ending September 30, it said in a statement, up from 1.9bn dirhams a
year earlier. Emirates said fuel costs dropped to 28% of operating costs from 38% as fuel prices fell 41% year on year. Some savings were passed on to customers. We
made a calculated decision not to hedge our fuel purchases, which paid off as fuel prices continued to soften, Emirates chairman Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed al-Maktoum
said. Airlines use fuel hedging contracts to reduce exposure to potential rises in fuel costs. Without hedging, airlines are exposed to fuel cost fluctuations but can benefit
almost immediately if prices fall. The number of passengers carried by Emirates rose 10% to 25.7mn in the period, while capacity climbed 14% as the airline expanded its
fleet with nine new planes.
Gulf Times
Friday, November 6, 2015
BUSINESS
Iran getting
back in game
already puts
pressure on
oil futures
Turkey bulls
need more
than a poll to
keep the lira
rally going
Bloomberg
Istanbul
Banque Du
Caire sees
45% rise
in prots
Reuters
Cairo
Bloomberg Businessweek
London
A currency exchange shop worker counts stacks of Turkish Lira in the Taksim district of Istanbul (file).
While options protecting against a weaker lira cost the least in five months, traders are more
pessimistic on Turkeys currency than any of its European and Middle Eastern peers except Russias
rouble. Forecasters see it tumbling more than any currency outside Latin America by the first quarter
of next year, setting a new all-time low.
t is essential that Lebanons parliament meets soon to pass laws for development loans, debt issuance and
banks, the central bank governor said on
Tuesday, urging politicians to break political deadlock harming the economy.
Lebanon is expected to record zero
growth in 2015 and the central bank currently has no intention to change interest
rates, Governor Riad Salameh told the
Reuters Middle East Investment Summit
in an interview.
Political conict has brought policymaking to a standstill in Lebanon,
which has been without a president for 17
months. Politicians have failed to agree
on even basic decisions such as garbage
disposal, leaving rubbish to accumulate
on Beiruts streets.
Salameh said there were efforts to hold
at least one parliament session soon to
pass legislation for public nances and
the private sector.
It is very important, we hope the
meeting will take place because there are
laws touching on nancing infrastructure and nancing government activity
in foreign currencies, he said.
It is important also from a monetary
point of view that the government funds
itself in foreign currency to cover its liabilities ... and does not revert to the central bank to buy these currencies.
Lebanon, which issued a $1.3bn Eu-
Gulf Times
Friday, November 6, 2015
BUSINESS
CORPORATE RESULTS
Singapore Airlines
Toyota yesterday reported a half-year jump in profits even as car sales declined in most regions, as it
moves to cut costs and squeeze more productivity
out of its plants worldwide.
The worlds top automaker said its net profit rose
nearly 12% to 1.258tn ($10.35bn) in the fiscal first
half through September, with a weak yen also helping boost the bottom line.
The Corolla sedan and Prius hybrid makers revenue for the period rose almost 9% from a year ago
to 14.09tn.
Toyota, however, sold slightly fewer cars globally at
4.98mn units, and trimmed its full fiscal year sales
target.
North America stood out as the one key region
where demand was strong, after rivals Honda and
Nissan also cited the giant market as a bright spot
that helped offset a sluggish Japanese market.
Japanese automakers have benefited from healthy
growth seen in the US market with low interest
rates, although the Federal Reserves plans to raise
rates, possibly next month, could dent consumers
appetite for new cars.
Meanwhile, the weaker yen has made them relatively more competitive overseas and inflated the
value of repatriated overseas profits.
Sales have been sluggish in their home market,
however, after a sales tax rise last year dented consumer spending and as younger urban residents
delayed buying a vehicle.
The steady performance in North America is
offsetting stagnant sales in emerging economies
in Asia, especially Indonesia and Thailand, said
Yasuo Imanaka, analyst at Rakuten Securities. The
weak yen is also helping Toyota and other Japanese
automakers generate profits.
Toyota is locked in a neck-and-neck race with
crisis-hit Volkswagen to again claim title of worlds
biggest automakera crown it has held for several
years.
The Japanese firm took a slight lead in the first nine
months of 2015, as its German rival battles a huge
emissions cheating scandal.
Volkswagen is in a serious situationJapanese
automakers can take advantage of the slump by
trying to win VW customers, Imanaka said.
Toyota has been focusing on squeezing out productivity gains and better using existing plantsit put
on hold building new factories for several years.
The company began operating a new Thai plant
in 2013, but then halted investment as the global
car market struggled with oversupply and weak
demand.
In April the company announced it was ending the
construction freeze as it unveiled plans for a $1.0bn
plant in Mexico, while it is overhauling its operations in China, the worlds biggest vehicle market.
The company is also overhauling its production
methods, vowing to slash development costs to try
to offset any downturn in the market.
Celgene
Celgene Corp posted its smallest revenue growth
in five quarters due to slower sales of its two key
cancer drugs.
The drugmakers shares fell as much as 6.7% to
$118.61, wiping out $6.77bn from the companys
market value.
Lower-than-expected sales growth of Revlimid and
Abraxane pushed the companys revenue below
the average analyst estimate and profit to just
above expectations.
Celgenes total revenue rose 17.7% to $2.33bn in
the third quarter, but still fell short of the average
analyst estimate of $2.40bn, according to Thomson
Reuters I/B/E/S.
Revlimid sales grew 11.8% to $1.45bn in the quarter
ended September 30, slower than the 15% sales
growth it registered in each of the last four quarters. Revlimid appears to suffer a bit from adverse
seasonality, and possibly also (foreign exchange) in
ex-US geographies, Cowen and Co analysts wrote
in a note.
The drugs international sales rose 3.4% to
$558.3mn, which analysts said were below their
expectations.
Celgene cut its full-year sales forecast for Abraxane
to a range of $950mn-$1.25bn, down from $1.00bn$1.25bn three months ago.
Celgene posted net loss of $34.1mn, or 4 cents per
share in the quarter, compared with a net profit of
$508.5mn, or 61 cents per share, a year earlier.
Net loss for the quarter included $751.8mn in
collaboration costs and $231.6mn in costs related
to the companys acquisition of Receptos Inc announced in July.
New Jersey-based Celgene earned $1.23 per share
in the quarter, excluding items, marginally beating
the average analysts estimate of $1.22 per share.
While the company kept its adjusted profit forecast
Time Inc
Time Inc, the publisher of Sports Illustrated,
People and Time magazine, lowered its full-year
revenue and profit forecast, saying trends in print
advertising and circulation were worse than it had
expected.
The companys shares fell as much as 8.6% in early
trading to a record-low of $17.39.
To cope with a relentless decline in the print
industry, Time Inc has been slashing costs, tapping
revenue sources with higher margins and beefing
up its digital offerings.
The company made two acquisitions last month:
UK-based ICHF Events - to boost its events business; and womens lifestyle website HelloGiggles
- to increase its digital presence.
The company revised its full-year sales forecast to a
5%-6% decline from an earlier view of a 3-6% drop.
It also forecast 2015 adjusted OIBDA, a measure of
profitability, of $440-$470mn, compared with its
prior forecast of $440-$490mn.
Print and other advertising revenue fell 12% to
$319mn, while digital advertising revenue jumped
22% to $79mn in the third quarter ended September 30. Total revenue fell 5.8% to $773mn.
The company, however, reported better-than-expected adjusted profit and revenue as cost-cutting
boosted margins and digital advertising revenue
increased.
Time Inc reported net loss of $913mn, or $8.30
per share, due to a $952mn goodwill impairment
charge related to a fall in its share price and trends
in advertising and circulation revenue.
On an adjusted basis, the company earned 32 cents
per share.
Analysts on average were expecting a profit of 27
cents per share on revenue of $769.3mn, according
to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Time Inc, which also announced a share buyback
of up to $300mn, said operating costs fell 1.4% to
$669mn in the quarter.
Symantec
Symantec Corp, best known for its Norton antivirus
software, reported a quarterly profit above market
estimates yesterday, helped by cost controls as it
focuses on life after the pending sale of its data
management business.
The company also said it would buy back $500mn
of shares, accelerating a plan to return of $2bn
to shareholders from the $8bn sale of its Veritas
business.
The sale of Veritas to a consortium led by Carlyle
Group is on track to close by the end the year,
Symantec said.
The security business seems to be showing signs
of stabilization with some potential for growth,
while now they are finally unloading the Veritas
black cloud off of the Symantec story, FBR Capital
Markets & Co analyst Daniel Ives said.
Mountain View, California-based Symantec, which
has fired two chief executives since 2012, has
lagged the financial performance of many other
software makers in the past year.
I think the biggest opportunity is on enterprise
security, that is where the core growth and biggest
opportunity is, said Ives, who attributed the betterthan-expected profit to tight controls on expenses.
Symantec forecast an adjusted profit of 22-25 cents
per share and revenue of $890mn-$920mn for the
current quarter, excluding Veritas.
Net income fell to $156mn, or 23 cents per share, in
the second quarter ended Oct. 2, from $244mn, or
35 cents per share, a year earlier.
Revenue fell 7.4% to $1.5bn.
Excluding items, the company earned 44 cents per
share.
Analysts on average had expected a profit of 42
cents per share on revenue of $1.50bn.
Up to Wednesdays close of $20.90, Symantec
shares had fallen 18.5% this year.
Duke Energy
Duke Energy Corp, the largest US power company
by generation capacity, cut the top end of its 2015
adjusted earnings forecast, citing a drought and a
slowing economy in Brazil and a strong dollar.
The international business, which spans Brazil,
Argentina and Chile, had earned only half of what
the company had expected through September,
Duke said yesterday.
Adjusted income from international business,
which accounts for about 12% of revenue, fell nearly
14% to $69mn in the quarter ended September 30.
In a bid to cut exposure to unregulated markets at
home and overseas, Duke said last month it would
Tata Steel
Tata Steel Ltd, Europes second-largest steel
producer, said yesterday it will press ahead with
cost cuts and restructuring to cope with a surge in
cheap Chinese exports to Europe and India, its two
key markets.
Tata, which posted a surprise 22% rise in secondquarter net profit after selling some non-essential
holdings, is trying to revive its struggling British
operation and has cut thousands of jobs since buying Anglo-Dutch Corus in 2007.
We have seen huge pressure on (steel) prices
ongoing and the strong pound has exasperated the
point, Karl-Ulrich Koehler, CEO of Tata Steel in Europe, told reporters. Our focus on cost reductions
and restructuring will have to continue.
Net profit at Tata Steel, a division of a hotels-toautomobiles conglomerate, rose to 15.29bn rupees
($232.9mn) on a consolidated basis in the quarter
ended September 30 from 12.54bn rupees a year
earlier.
Analysts had forecast a net profit of 11.8bn rupees,
according to data compiled by Thomson Reuters.
Tatas profit was boosted by 28bn rupees earned
from the sale of quoted investments during the
quarter, including part of its stake in Tata Motors.
Tata also said the rapid and sharp deterioration
in the British business environment had forced
it to take a non-cash charge in the period which,
together with restructuring charges and other
provisions, totalled 87bn rupees.
China makes nearly half the worlds 1.6bn tonnes of
steel. With growth slowing at home, it is expected
to export a record 100mn tonnes to world markets
this year to help address its spare steel making
capacity.
India imposed a 20% import tax on some steel
products in September to mitigate the damage to
domestic companies.
Generali
Italian insurer Generali said yesterday it was positive on prospects for its business this year after
third-quarter profits fell short of market expectations due to the impact of volatile markets.
Europes third-largest insurer by market value said
net profit in the three months to September fell 18%
to 420mn ($456.12mn), below an analyst poll of
535mn.
It said market turbulence in the quarter had
prompted it to forego the sale of some securities
with lower realised operating gains on the previous
year as well as take asset impairments.
But net profit for the first nine months of the year
was already above the whole of last years, it said.
Generali, under the helmsmanship of CEO Mario
Greco, wrapped up a three-year turnaround plan
last year that involved trimming costs and selling
assets to bolster its balance sheet.
But like its rivals, the Italian insurer has been faced
with weak economic growth in its domestic market
and persistently low interest rates that have eaten
away at investment returns.
Chief finance officer Alberto Minali said he was confident profits this year would be significantly higher
than in 2014, with solid margins in life and non-life
business boosting performance.
Clearly if this also becomes a growing net profit in
the future it will give us room to increase returns
for our shareholders, Minali told reporters.
Euronext
European exchange group Euronext reported a
42 jump in third-quarter core earnings, thanks to
sustained listing activity and strong turnover from
cash trading.
Euronext, which operates exchanges in Paris,
Amsterdam, Brussels, London and Lisbon, said its
third-quarter earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) rose to 77.1mn
Munich Re
German reinsurer Munich Re stuck to its full-year
earnings forecast after posting a worse than expected 30% drop in third quarter net profit due to
writedowns on equities and derivatives.
The worlds largest insurer is targeting full year net
profit of at least 3bn ($3.3bn) and has racked up
2.4bn in the first nine months, helped by unusually
low damage claims from natural catastrophes.
However, third-quarter net profit of 520mn was
well below analysts average forecast of 670mn in
a Reuters poll, as volatile financial markets crimped
gains from asset sales and prompted writedowns
on equities and derivatives.
Chief financial officer Joerg Schneider said he was
confident of reaching the groups full year profit
target, despite the setback.
We only need a normal (fourth) quarter, he told a
conference call with journalists.
The first month of the fourth quarter doesnt give
us any indication that it will be worse (than normal)
and thats why we expect to come out slightly
above 3bn, Schneider said.
Reinsurers such as Munich Re, Hannover Re and
Swiss Re act as a financial backstop for insurance
companies, helping them pay for large damage
claims from hurricanes or earthquakes in exchange
for part of the premiums.
We think the full-year 2015 goal is certainly reachable but also not extremely conservative, DZ Bank
analyst Thorsten Wenzel said in a note to clients.
Schneider declined to give an earnings forecast for
2016 but said he expected sideways movement in
insurance markets, with stabilisation in reinsurance
prices and a more mixed picture among insurance
business lines.
Qualcomm
Qualcomm Inc has reported higher-than-expected
quarterly profit and revenue, helped by lower costs
and strong demand for the new version of its Snapdragon mobile chips.
The company, however, forecast first-quarter profit
below analysts expectations, sending its shares
down nearly 4% in extended trading on Wednesday.
Qualcomm, which has been facing fierce competition from Taiwanese and Chinese rivals, said in
July that it planned to slash costs by about $1.4bn
and lay off about 4,500 full-time staff, or 15% of its
workforce.
The companys total costs fell more than 8% to
Chesapeake
Chesapeake Energy Corp cut its 2015 capital budget for the second time this year to cope with low oil
and gas prices and swung to a large quarterly net
loss as the second largest US producer of natural
gas wrote down the value of assets.
US oil and gas producers are slashing budgets,
costs and streamlining operations as a near 60%
drop in global oil prices since June last year saps
profitability.
In response, Chesapeake has so far cut about 15% of
its workforce and suspended its dividend. Now, the
company cut its 2015 capital expenditure target by
$100mn to $3.4bn to $3.9bn. And further reductions
are on the way.
We intend to meaningfully reduce our capital
spending next year, Chesapeake chief executive
Doug Lawler told investors on a conference call.
We are not designing this business around increasing prices.
Chesapeake said on Wednesday it wrote down the
value of some oil and gas assets by $5.42bn, adding
to the $10bn in impairment charges it has already
booked this year.
Excluding the impairment charge and other items,
Chesapeake reported a loss of 5 cents per share,
compared with the loss of 13 cents estimated by
analysts, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Net loss was $4.69bn or $7.08 per share in the third
quarter, compared with a year-ago profit of $169mn
or 26 cents per share a year earlier.
Chesapeake had cash flow from operations of
$219mn in the third quarter, well below the consensus estimate of $369mn, according to analysts at
Simmons & Company International in Houston.
Facebook
Facebook Inc posted surprisingly strong profit
and revenue growth as the worlds largest social
network grew even larger, with a spike in mobile
users and advertising that lifted its stock to an
all-time high.
The company on Wednesday reported audience
numbers that suggest it is poised to take on
mainstream media as an advertising force, helping
investors to overlook Facebooks huge spending on
hiring and building data centers.
Facebook now has 8bn video views per day from
500mn people, compared with 4bn views in April.
And Facebooks website and Instagram photosharing app, which opened up its platform to
all advertisers in the third quarter, account
for more than 1 in 5 minutes spent on mobile
devices in the US, Chief Operating Officer Sheryl
Sandberg said.
In the medium to long run, we believe that were
not competing between Facebook and Instagram.
Were competing with other forms of media,
Sandberg told analysts on a conference call after
the earnings report.
Facebook had 1.55bn monthly active users as of
September 30, up 14% from a year earlier. Of these,
1.39bn used the service on mobile devices.
Growth is happening across the board and were
of course looking for a lot of growth in the future in
emerging markets, Sandberg said in an interview.
Were also pretty focused on helping bring the
next set of people who are not online, online.
Market research firm FactSet StreetAccount had
predicted 1.53bn monthly active users, with 1.36bn
on mobile.
Ad revenue grew 45.4% to $4.30bn, with 78% of
that coming from mobile versus 66% in the yearago quarter.
Facebook did not disclose Instagrams ad sales
figures. But the app is expected to bring in $595mn
in mobile ad revenues this year, research firm
eMarketer said. Its ad revenue is projected to grow
to $2.8bn by 2017.
Facebooks huge $3.0bn spending, up 68% from
the third quarter last year, did not seem to worry
investors or analysts.
Total revenue jumped to $4.50bn in the third
quarter, from $3.20bn a year earlier. Analysts had
expected revenue of $4.37bn, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Net income attributable to stockholders rose to
$891mn, or 31 cents per share, from $802mn, or 30
cents per share.
Excluding items, the Menlo Park, California-based
company earned 57 cents per share, ahead of analysts average estimate of 52 cents per share.
Gulf Times
Friday, November 6, 2015
BUSINESS
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Medicare Group
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Masraf Al Rayan
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Industries Qatar
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Dlala Holding
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51.90
13.85
24.20
12.57
13.51
99.10
107.30
181.30
73.50
42.50
74.00
44.25
119.80
24.94
57.50
15.93
161.00
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76.00
16.70
16.34
20.50
231.60
158.00
98.00
42.35
21.00
119.00
101.00
62.00
60.40
18.97
24.98
49.15
21.60
52.80
44.40
33.25
13.93
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-0.38
-1.77
-0.21
-0.40
-0.59
0.71
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-0.38
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Volume
95,491
331,045
112,233
161,037
25,569
16,854
234
57,806
670
9,348
77,377
18,068
34,791
375,627
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26,721
125,046
22,106
63,666
32,491
738,875
155,100
2,967
6,731
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991,233
3,648
104,249
2,256
508,425
324,696
32,505
43,250
87,458
101,691
75,482
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Mohammad Al Mojil Group Co
Red Sea Housing Services Co
Takween Advanced Industries
Sabb Takaful
Saudi Arabian Fertilizer Co
National Gypsum
Saudi Ceramic Co
National Gas & Industrializa
Saudi Pharmaceutical Industr
Thimar
National Industrialization C
Saudi Transport And Investme
Saudi Electricity Co
Saudi Arabia Refineries Co
Arriyadh Development Company
Al-Baha Development & Invest
Saudi Research And Marketing
Aldrees Petroleum And Transp
Saudi Vitrified Clay Pipe Co
Jarir Marketing Co
Arab National Bank
Yanbu National Petrochemical
Arabian Cement
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Al Khaleej Training And Educ
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Saudi Chemical Company
Fawaz Abdulaziz Alhokair & C
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Wafa Insurance
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Etihad Atheeb Telecommunicat
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Buruj Cooperative Insurance
Mouwasat Medical Services Co
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Maadaniyah
Yamama Cement Co
Jazan Development Co
Zamil Industrial Investment
Alujain Corporation (Alco)
Tabuk Agricultural Developme
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Qassim Cement/The
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Al Qassim Agricultural Co
Filing & Packing Materials M
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Tihama Advertising & Public
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Astra Industrial Group
Saudi Public Transport Co
Taiba Holding Co
Saudi Industrial Export Co
Saudi Real Estate Co
Saudia Dairy & Foodstuff Co
National Shipping Co Of/The
Methanol Chemicals Co
Ace Arabia Cooperative Insur
Mobile Telecommunications Co
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Axa Cooperative Insurance
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28.42
6.43
29.50
14.42
27.57
16.40
25.56
25.90
12.55
22.55
39.48
37.71
80.17
17.11
53.27
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34.55
39.64
12.03
59.44
15.86
41.94
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26.67
46.91
83.49
156.05
25.36
41.31
47.78
9.36
42.61
28.51
20.92
8.69
56.03
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216.05
14.88
55.77
81.29
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5.45
78.21
21.11
12.69
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17.87
116.50
72.25
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13.94
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17.23
14.46
12.16
72.75
13.10
16.58
10.47
39.62
11.40
69.75
12.66
32.00
75.75
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34.77
13.70
37.90
8.13
32.07
18.04
21.04
19.73
33.39
37.03
21.97
138.21
43.58
8.85
55.45
8.94
18.21
16.20
14.59
19.39
22.63
31.33
63.59
85.92
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-0.07
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-1.01
-0.35
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5.91
-0.60
2.01
0.42
-0.73
-2.02
-0.33
-0.80
-1.35
-0.63
-0.35
0.92
0.70
0.88
-1.12
0.43
-0.67
-0.16
-0.98
5.19
0.00
1.66
-0.89
-1.13
-2.35
0.00
Volume
168,208
1,535,328
13,551,890
429,566
456,659
102,454
986,233
947,886
95,705
369,981
776,461
1,154,410
192,937
1,486,546
375,133
67,546
97,668
176,443
1,580,715
729,181
2,044,204
263,350
1,828,225
2,215,620
487,888
25,086
66,393
460,311
270,473
226,687
574,074
857,509
541,788
957,632
820,649
240,689
68,077
44,333
3,389,687
361,170
6,069,596
3,614,177
3,958,588
72,534
226,824
198,301
404,104
173,241
489,874
421,185
6,765
17,388
480,673
717,126
1,362,527
251,475
475,617
1,377,467
128,044
29,594
1,291,304
226,332
586,030
139,124
1,552,421
455,322
63,167
18,330
2,706,070
26,961
1,252,960
421,747
656,562
2,198,921
207,250
264,059
2,083,506
78,603
362,088
659,773
49,902
2,073,980
2,111,911
159,973
2,155,462
253,430
563,596
1,258,872
839,859
398,265
107,306
49,071
217,656
KUWAIT
Lt Price
7.54
8.27
8.68
30.50
22.50
15.23
18.45
14.49
73.39
25.00
48.84
30.10
16.67
23.50
11.45
17.59
50.76
22.31
47.57
17.78
21.22
16.95
30.09
50.51
24.50
16.87
34.93
11.80
100.93
% Chg
-1.57
-3.16
-3.13
-0.72
-10.00
0.00
2.50
-1.76
-1.90
0.40
-1.73
0.00
-2.57
0.00
-1.89
-0.11
-1.65
-0.45
-1.49
0.00
-2.08
-0.41
-1.92
-1.90
-0.69
-0.53
-1.38
-1.09
-0.07
Volume
756,431
936,485
785,937
7,864
5,571,697
5,365,245
52,829,987
60,287
179,868
37,241
1,519,949
536,916
1,199,096
1,654,337
143,642
355,923
1,272,153
1,110,073
614,448
445,546
161,710
337,019
242,446
219,215
1,732,519
31,742
KUWAIT
Company Name
Securities Group Co
Sultan Center Food Products
Kuwait Foundry Co Sak
Kuwait Financial Centre Sak
Ajial Real Estate Entmt
Gulf Glass Manuf Co -Kscc
Kuwait Finance & Investment
National Industries Co Ksc
Kuwait Real Estate Holding C
Securities House/The
Boubyan Petrochemicals Co
Al Ahli Bank Of Kuwait
Ahli United Bank (Almutahed)
National Bank Of Kuwait
Commercial Bank Of Kuwait
Kuwait International Bank
Gulf Bank
Al-Massaleh Real Estate Co
Al Arabiya Real Estate Co
Kuwait Remal Real Estate Co
Alkout Industrial Projects C
Aayan Real Estate Co Sak
Investors Holding Group Co.K
Al-Mazaya Holding Co
Al-Madar Finance & Invt Co
Gulf Petroleum Investment
Mabanee Co Sakc
City Group
Inovest Co Bsc
Kuwait Gypsum Manufacturing
Al-Deera Holding Co
Alshamel International Hold
Mena Real Estate Co
National Slaughter House
Amar Finance & Leasing Co
United Projects Group Kscc
National Consumer Holding Co
Amwal International Investme
Jeeran Holdings
Equipment Holding Co K.S.C.C
Nafais Holding
Safwan Trading & Contracting
Arkan Al Kuwait Real Estate
Gfh Financial Group Bsc
Energy House Holding Co Kscp
Kuwait Slaughter House Co
Kuwait Co For Process Plant
Al Maidan Dental Clinic Co K
National Ranges Company
Al-Themar Real International
Al Ahleia Insurance Co Sak
Wethaq Takaful Insurance Co
Salbookh Trading Co Kscp
Aqar Real Estate Investments
Hayat Communications
Kuwait Packing Materials Mfg
Soor Fuel Marketing Co Ksc
Alargan International Real
Burgan Co For Well Drilling
Kuwait Resorts Co Kscc
Oula Fuel Marketing Co
Palms Agro Production Co
Ikarus Petroleum Industries
Mubarrad Transport Co
Al Mowasat Health Care Co
Shuaiba Industrial Co
Hits Telecom Holding
First Takaful Insurance Co
Kuwaiti Syrian Holding Co
National Cleaning Company
Eyas For High & Technical Ed
United Real Estate Company
Agility
Kuwait & Middle East Fin Inv
Fujairah Cement Industries
Livestock Transport & Tradng
International Resorts Co
National Industries Grp Hold
Marine Services Co
Warba Insurance Co
Kuwait United Poultry Co
First Dubai Real Estate Deve
Al Arabi Group Holding Co
Kuwait Hotels Sak
Mobile Telecommunications Co
Al Safat Real Estate Co
Tamdeen Real Estate Co Ksc
Al Mudon Intl Real Estate Co
Kuwait Cement Co Ksc
Sharjah Cement & Indus Devel
Kuwait Portland Cement Co
Educational Holding Group
Bahrain Kuwait Insurance
Asiya Capital Investments Co
Kuwait Investment Co
Burgan Bank
Kuwait Projects Co Holdings
Al Madina For Finance And In
Kuwait Insurance Co
Al Masaken Intl Real Estate
Intl Financial Advisors
First Investment Co Kscc
Al Mal Investment Company
Bayan Investment Co Kscc
Egypt Kuwait Holding Co Sae
Coast Investment Development
Privatization Holding Compan
Kuwait Medical Services Co
Injazzat Real State Company
Kuwait Cable Vision Sak
Sanam Real Estate Co Kscc
Ithmaar Bank Bsc
Aviation Lease And Finance C
Arzan Financial Group For Fi
Ajwan Gulf Real Estate Co
Manafae Investment Co Ksc
Kuwait Business Town Real Es
Future Kid Entertainment And
Specialities Group Holding C
Abyaar Real Eastate Developm
Dar Al Thuraya Real Estate C
Al-Dar National Real Estate
Kgl Logistics Company Kscc
Combined Group Contracting
Zima Holding Co Ksc
Lt Price
120.00
72.00
232.00
108.00
182.00
495.00
46.50
208.00
27.50
54.00
550.00
370.00
540.00
830.00
520.00
230.00
265.00
48.50
34.00
41.50
0.00
80.00
29.00
106.00
0.00
54.00
890.00
410.00
58.00
0.00
37.50
0.00
26.00
62.00
0.00
700.00
0.00
0.00
63.00
68.00
162.00
330.00
110.00
42.50
46.50
0.00
206.00
0.00
25.50
90.00
410.00
38.50
87.00
80.00
47.50
390.00
108.00
170.00
99.00
102.00
120.00
0.00
100.00
83.00
0.00
415.00
31.50
65.00
28.00
46.50
310.00
96.00
510.00
31.50
75.00
134.00
34.00
144.00
104.00
110.00
176.00
56.00
84.00
0.00
365.00
0.00
520.00
37.50
375.00
88.00
1,160.00
216.00
0.00
38.50
110.00
400.00
600.00
53.00
300.00
51.00
34.50
66.00
35.00
39.00
190.00
35.00
54.00
22.00
76.00
28.50
42.00
47.00
224.00
42.00
28.00
59.00
41.50
0.00
87.00
31.50
0.00
30.50
79.00
780.00
94.00
% Chg
0.00
-1.37
-0.85
0.00
0.00
0.00
-4.12
0.00
0.00
3.85
1.85
0.00
0.00
1.22
0.00
0.00
-1.85
0.00
0.00
-1.19
0.00
-1.23
0.00
0.00
0.00
-3.57
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
-1.32
0.00
-5.45
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
-4.55
-2.86
3.85
0.00
0.00
-3.41
-2.11
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
-1.04
0.00
-1.82
0.00
-4.81
2.00
7.14
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
3.28
0.00
-1.75
-2.11
0.00
0.00
2.00
-1.56
0.00
-2.90
1.49
1.41
0.00
0.00
0.00
1.82
-1.18
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
-1.28
-1.79
0.00
3.45
0.00
0.00
0.00
-2.82
0.00
1.45
0.00
0.00
0.00
1.89
0.00
1.33
1.79
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
-1.75
0.00
-1.19
0.00
6.10
-1.56
0.00
0.00
3.95
0.00
2.17
Volume
158
86,562
30,000
60,000
1,005
10,012
38,000
2,119
16,500
5,730,019
46,413
8,841
35,490
88,547
250
89,662
26,761
171,895
429,354
812,350
102,997
2,219,139
524,500
4,331,493
25,000
3,110
70,000
68,510
230,250
35,000
571
120,915
1,170,500
54,713
9,750
30,000
4,078,358
4,000
50
1,425,000
6,750
2
11,950
10,100
40,000
216,772
20,554
623,276
1,334,371
300
3,631,966
95,211
18,097
632,914
2,005
1,977,724
8,010
313,500
5,041,892
40,000
2,166
2,391,799
279,385
1,500
4,566
532,509
142,936
995
11,018
6,800
267,510
80,000
1,270,435
144,102
2,998,263
3,645
1,105,664
5,150
5,000
465,204
12,660
23,584
635,000
992,393
49,630
10,642
2,637,700
1,150,250
518,350
665,370
100
4,136,476
88,496
5,000
6,000
3,000
5,133
1,164,752
10,626
10,004
375,010
25,000
2,845,868
150
1,980,000
20,699,482
16,554,472
81,000
1,682,306
Company Name
Qurain Holding Co
Boubyan Intl Industries Hold
Gulf Investment House Ksc
Boubyan Bank K.S.C
Ahli United Bank B.S.C
Osos Holding Group Co
Al-Eid Food Ksc
Qurain Petrochemical Industr
Advanced Technology Co
Ekttitab Holding Co Sak
Kout Food Group Ksc
Real Estate Trade Centers Co
Acico Industries Co Kscc
Kipco Asset Management Co
National Petroleum Services
Alimtiaz Investment Co Kscc
Ras Al Khaimah White Cement
Kuwait Reinsurance Co Ksc
Kuwait & Gulf Link Transport
Human Soft Holding Co Ksc
Automated Systems Co Kscc
Metal & Recycling Co
Gulf Franchising Holding Co
Al-Enmaa Real Estate Co
National Mobile Telecommuni
Al Bareeq Holding Co Kscc
Housing Finance Co Sak
Al Salam Group Holding Co
United Foodstuff Industries
Al Aman Investment Company
Mashaer Holdings Co Ksc
Manazel Holding
Mushrif Trading & Contractin
Tijara And Real Estate Inves
Kuwait Building Materials
Jazeera Airways Co Ksc
Commercial Real Estate Co
Future Communications Co
National International Co
Taameer Real Estate Invest C
Gulf Cement Co
Heavy Engineering And Ship B
Refrigeration Industries & S
National Real Estate Co
Al Safat Energy Holding Comp
Kuwait National Cinema Co
Danah Alsafat Foodstuff Co
Independent Petroleum Group
Kuwait Real Estate Co Ksc
Salhia Real Estate Co Ksc
Gulf Cable & Electrical Ind
Al Nawadi Holding Co Ksc
Kuwait Finance House
Gulf North Africa Holding Co
Hilal Cement Co
Osoul Investment Kscc
Gulf Insurance Group Ksc
Kuwait Food Co (Americana)
Umm Al Qaiwain Cement Indust
OMAN
Lt Price
7.50
36.50
37.00
430.00
212.00
80.00
0.00
188.00
0.00
38.00
580.00
26.50
275.00
102.00
610.00
74.00
102.00
0.00
48.00
940.00
325.00
65.00
100.00
64.00
1,100.00
104.00
33.00
44.00
140.00
63.00
110.00
33.50
70.00
42.50
200.00
475.00
84.00
108.00
65.00
28.50
82.00
142.00
325.00
81.00
14.00
970.00
87.00
265.00
61.00
325.00
410.00
80.00
570.00
34.50
144.00
38.50
600.00
2,260.00
81.00
% Chg
0.00
-1.35
4.23
-1.15
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
7.04
0.00
0.00
-1.79
0.00
-1.61
0.00
-7.27
0.00
-5.88
-5.05
0.00
-7.14
0.00
0.00
5.77
-5.45
-1.49
2.33
0.00
3.28
0.00
-1.47
-2.78
0.00
0.00
1.06
1.20
0.00
0.00
0.00
1.23
0.00
0.00
0.00
3.70
0.00
0.00
0.00
-1.61
1.56
0.00
0.00
1.79
-1.43
0.00
-2.53
0.00
0.00
0.00
Volume
859,500
1,093,400
2,603,713
626,954
28,500
256,022
143,805
5,027,388
4,800
12,501
10
117,835
2,050
3,336,054
13,000
2,560,038
247
5,000
1,000
48,000
24,379
144,830
40,000
2,292,720
6,556,407
30,000
608,005
54,915
524,011
2,099,391
100,000
2
31,039
116,050
46,650
205,020
455,000
199
10,000
19,750
1,562,144
55,100
3,400
404,500
794
13,715
15,000
5,736
170,000
110,128
1,151,145
1
3,477
49
9,127
2,740
OMAN
Company Name
Voltamp Energy Saog
United Power/Energy Co- Pref
United Power Co Saog
United Finance Co
Ubar Hotels & Resorts
Takaful Oman
Taageer Finance
Sweets Of Oman
Sohar Power Co
Sohar Poultry
Smn Power Holding Saog
Shell Oman Marketing - Pref
Shell Oman Marketing
Sharqiyah Desalination Co Sa
Sembcorp Salalah Power & Wat
Salalah Port Services
Salalah Mills Co
Salalah Beach Resort Saog
Sahara Hospitality
Renaissance Services Saog
Raysut Cement Co
Port Service Corporation
Phoenix Power Co Saoc
Packaging Co Ltd
Ooredoo
Ominvest
Oman United Insurance Co
Oman Textile Holding Co Saog
Oman Telecommunications Co
Oman Refreshment Co
Oman Packaging
Oman Orix Leasing Co.
Oman Oil Marketing Company
Oman National Engineering An
Oman Investment & Finance
Oman Intl Marketing
Oman Hotels & Tourism Co
Oman Foods International Soa
Oman Flour Mills
Oman Fisheries Co
Oman Fiber Optics
Oman Europe Foods Industries
Oman Education & Training In
Oman Chromite
Oman Chlorine
Oman Ceramic Com
Oman Cement Co
Oman Cables Industry
Oman Agricultural Dev
Oman & Emirates Inv(Om)50%
Natl Aluminium Products
National Securities
National Real Estate Develop
National Pharmaceutical
National Mineral Water
National Hospitality Institu
National Gas Co
National Finance Co
National Detergent Co Saog
National Biscuit Industries
National Bank Of Oman Saog
Muscat Thread Mills Co
Muscat National Holding
Muscat Gases Company Saog
Muscat Finance
Majan Glass Company
Majan College
Hsbc Bank Oman
Hotels Management Co Interna
Gulf Stone
Gulf Plastic Industries Co
Gulf Mushroom Company
Gulf Investments Services
Gulf Invest. Serv. Pref-Shar
Gulf International Chemicals
Gulf Hotels (Oman) Co Ltd
Global Fin Investment
Galfar Engineering&Contract
Galfar Engineering -Prefer
Financial Services Co.
Financial Corp/The
Dhofar University
Dhofar Tourism
Dhofar Poultry
Dhofar Intl Development
Dhofar Insurance
Dhofar Fisheries & Food Indu
Dhofar Cattlefeed
Dhofar Beverages Co
Construction Materials Ind
Computer Stationery Inds
Bankmuscat Saog
Bank Sohar
Bank Nizwa
Bank Dhofar Saog
Lt Price
0.43
1.00
2.77
0.13
0.13
0.11
0.13
1.34
0.38
0.21
0.76
1.05
2.00
4.59
2.72
0.65
1.49
1.38
2.50
0.17
1.12
0.16
0.15
0.48
0.77
0.50
0.25
0.38
1.63
2.48
0.28
0.14
2.00
0.26
0.19
0.52
0.24
0.48
0.47
0.06
5.26
1.00
0.19
3.64
0.53
0.45
0.45
1.94
1.45
0.11
0.23
0.17
5.00
0.10
0.06
2.05
0.33
0.15
0.70
3.75
0.32
0.13
1.86
0.83
0.14
0.22
0.52
0.12
1.25
0.11
0.39
0.39
0.10
0.12
0.28
10.50
0.10
0.09
0.39
0.17
0.11
1.47
0.49
0.18
0.40
0.21
1.28
0.22
0.26
0.04
0.26
0.54
0.18
0.08
0.24
% Chg
-1.36
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.74
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.59
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
-1.19
-1.19
-1.05
0.31
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
-0.54
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
-1.86
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
-1.39
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
5.66
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
-0.56
1.30
0.00
Volume
5,181
5,956
6,002
86
6,015
2,000
298,975
12,500
62,556
98,000
100,000
479,978
43,456
208,760
20,000
172,300
3,250
20,575
285,145
31,000
9,000
5,000
30,000
565,708
30,000
97,268
123,000
35,000
29,276
1,665,120
123,000
4,796,908
201,004
Company Name
Areej Vegetable Oils
Aloula Co
Al-Omaniya Financial Service
Al-Hassan Engineering Co
Al-Fajar Al-Alamia Co
Al-Anwar Ceramic Tiles Co
Al Suwadi Power
Al Shurooq Inv Ser
Al Sharqiya Invest Holding
Al Maha Petroleum Products M
Al Maha Ceramics Co Saoc
Al Madina Takaful Insurance
Al Madina Investment Co
Al Kamil Power Co
Al Jazerah Services -Pfd
Al Jazeera Steel Products Co
Al Jazeera Services
Al Izz Islamic Bank
Al Buraimi Hotel
Al Batinah Power
Al Batinah Hotels
Al Batinah Dev & Inv
Al Anwar Holdings Saog
Ahli Bank
Acwa Power Barka Saog
Abrasives Manufacturing Co S
Asaffa Foods Saog
0Man Oil Marketing Co-Pref
#N/A Invalid Security
#N/A Invalid Security
#N/A Invalid Security
#N/A Invalid Security
#N/A Invalid Security
#N/A Invalid Security
#N/A Invalid Security
Lt Price
5.51
0.53
0.31
0.09
0.75
0.34
0.21
1.04
0.12
1.96
0.45
0.09
0.06
0.31
0.55
0.18
0.41
0.07
0.88
0.21
1.13
0.10
0.19
0.20
0.81
0.05
0.86
0.25
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
% Chg
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
-1.40
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
6.67
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
-1.40
0.00
0.00
-1.04
-1.96
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Volume
5,000
39,801
11,263
242,343
2,280,502
941,804
483,540
36,459
15,000
823,227
124,122
-
UAE
Company Name
Waha Capital Pjsc
United Insurance Company
United Arab Bank Pjsc
Union National Bank/Abu Dhab
Union Insurance Co
Union Cement Co
Umm Al Qaiwain Cement Indust
Sharjah Islamic Bank
Sharjah Insurance Company
Sharjah Group
Sharjah Cement & Indus Devel
Ras Al-Khaimah National Insu
Ras Al Khaimah White Cement
Ras Al Khaimah Ceramics
Ras Al Khaimah Cement Co Psc
Ras Al Khaima Poultry
Rak Properties
Ooredoo Qsc
Oman & Emirates Inv(Emir)50%
Nbad Oneshare Msci Uae Etf
National Takaful Company
National Marine Dredging Co
National Investor Co/The
National Corp Tourism & Hote
National Bank Of Umm Al Qaiw
National Bank Of Ras Al-Khai
National Bank Of Fujairah
National Bank Of Abu Dhabi
Methaq Takaful Insurance
Manazel Real Estate Pjsc
Invest Bank
Intl Fish Farming Co Pjsc
Insurance House
Gulf Pharmaceutical Industri
Gulf Medical Projects
Gulf Cement Co
Green Crescent Insurance Co
Fujairah Cement Industries
Fujairah Building Industries
Foodco Holding
First Gulf Bank
Finance House
Eshraq Properties Co Pjsc
Emirates Telecom Group Co
Emirates Insurance Co. (Psc)
Emirates Driving Company
Dana Gas
Commercial Bank Internationa
Bank Of Sharjah
Arkan Building Materials Co
Alkhaleej Investment
Aldar Properties Pjsc
Al Wathba National Insurance
Al Khazna Insurance Co
Al Fujairah National Insuran
Al Dhafra Insurance Co. P.S.
Al Buhaira National Insuranc
Al Ain Ahlia Ins. Co.
Agthia Group Pjsc
Abu Dhabi Ship Building Co
Abu Dhabi Natl Co For Buildi
Abu Dhabi National Takaful C
Abu Dhabi National Insurance
Abu Dhabi National Hotels
Abu Dhabi National Energy Co
Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank
Lt Price
2.15
2.00
5.38
5.40
1.20
1.14
1.08
1.52
3.85
1.35
1.01
4.10
1.30
3.50
0.88
1.60
0.55
74.00
1.38
6.26
1.08
4.51
0.72
4.50
3.10
6.65
3.05
8.60
0.82
0.61
2.25
6.95
0.81
2.50
2.50
1.12
0.73
1.35
1.90
4.00
12.15
2.22
0.60
15.20
6.72
5.00
0.45
1.55
1.55
0.83
2.45
2.42
4.50
0.30
300.00
4.80
2.50
60.00
7.80
2.80
0.51
4.73
3.15
2.75
0.47
4.21
% Chg
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
-1.13
0.00
0.00
1.85
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
1.22
0.00
-1.15
-1.20
-1.61
0.00
0.00
0.00
-0.40
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
-1.64
0.00
0.00
0.00
-2.17
0.00
0.00
-2.35
0.00
0.83
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
1.45
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.72
Volume
91,752
171,195
198,929
503,636
140,399
374,205
1,400,529
1,222,831
1,155
1,488,398
24,000
4,179,354
1,808,785
33,228,957
18,000
7,759,087
262,811
20,729
469,000
306,989
BAHRAIN
Company Name
Zain Bahrain Bscc
United Paper Industries Bsc
United Gulf Investment Corp
United Gulf Bank
Trafco Group Bsc
Takaful International Co
Taib Bank -$Us
Seef Properties
Securities & Investment Co
National Hotels Co
National Bank Of Bahrain Bsc
Nass Corp Bsc
Khaleeji Commercial Bank
Ithmaar Bank Bsc
Investcorp Bank -$Us
Inovest Co Bsc
Gulf Monetary Group
Gulf Hotel Group B.S.C
Global Investment House Kpsc
Gfh Financial Group Bsc
Esterad Investment Co B.S.C.
Delmon Poultry Co
Bmmi Bsc
Bmb Investment Bank
Bbk Bsc
Bankmuscat Saog
Banader Hotels Co
Bahrain Tourism Co
Bahrain Telecom Co
Bahrain Ship Repair & Engin
Bahrain National Holding
Bahrain Kuwait Insurance
Bahrain Islamic Bank
Bahrain Flour Mills Co
Bahrain Family Leisure Co
Bahrain Duty Free Complex
Bahrain Commercial Facilitie
Bahrain Cinema Co
Bahrain Car Park Co
Arab Insurance Group(Bsc)-$
Arab Banking Corp Bsc-$Us
Aluminium Bahrain Bsc
Albaraka Banking Group
Al-Salam Bank
Al-Ahlia Insurance Co
Lt Price
0.18
0.00
0.00
0.39
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.20
0.00
0.00
0.70
0.15
0.06
0.15
650.00
0.17
0.00
0.83
0.00
0.17
0.21
0.00
0.86
0.00
0.43
0.00
`
0.00
0.32
0.00
0.42
0.59
0.10
0.00
0.00
0.85
0.70
1.40
0.00
0.42
0.50
0.43
0.62
0.11
0.30
% Chg
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
4.29
0.00
0.00
1.56
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
-1.38
0.00
0.00
0.00
Volume
10,000
12,457,235
210,000
18,170
16,300
3,382,569
105,000
100
37,782
100,000
50,000
200,000
5,000
5,000
25,119
4,000
10,000
102,958
30,000
3,555
50,000
25,000
20,000
109,000
11,752
138,000
22,748
Gulf Times
Friday, November 6, 2015
BUSINESS
DJIA
WORLD INDICES
Company Name
Apple Inc
Microsoft Corp
Exxon Mobil Corp
General Electric Co
Johnson & Johnson
Jpmorgan Chase & Co
Pfizer Inc
Procter & Gamble Co/The
Walt Disney Co/The
Visa Inc-Class A Shares
Verizon Communications Inc
Wal-Mart Stores Inc
Coca-Cola Co/The
Chevron Corp
Intel Corp
Home Depot Inc
Merck & Co. Inc.
Cisco Systems Inc
Intl Business Machines Corp
Nike Inc -Cl B
Unitedhealth Group Inc
Mcdonalds Corp
Boeing Co/The
3M Co
United Technologies Corp
Goldman Sachs Group Inc
American Express Co
Du Pont (E.I.) De Nemours
Caterpillar Inc
Travelers Cos Inc/The
Lt Price
121.06
54.18
85.09
29.44
101.79
66.14
34.23
76.07
112.51
79.25
46.38
58.70
42.10
95.06
33.83
125.41
54.94
28.38
139.65
131.19
115.36
112.27
147.10
159.01
100.08
191.38
73.83
64.12
73.72
114.13
% Chg
-0.77
-0.41
-1.04
-0.35
-0.15
0.44
0.26
-1.28
-0.65
1.15
0.52
0.57
0.31
-1.77
-0.95
0.02
-1.06
-0.33
-1.40
0.64
0.63
-0.12
-0.74
0.06
-0.25
-0.14
-0.32
-0.23
-1.11
0.04
16,977,235
10,931,072
4,451,552
37,746,183
2,051,976
4,063,608
7,544,659
2,699,158
4,190,157
3,430,906
3,498,564
3,160,906
3,197,061
4,524,904
4,881,116
912,837
3,274,532
5,443,243
1,417,894
864,854
1,283,488
2,201,070
992,053
603,126
749,253
689,381
2,142,314
1,160,566
2,858,553
525,925
FTSE 100
Company Name
Wpp Plc
Wolseley Plc
Wm Morrison Supermarkets
Whitbread Plc
Vodafone Group Plc
United Utilities Group Plc
Unilever Plc
Tui Ag-Di
Travis Perkins Plc
Tesco Plc
Taylor Wimpey Plc
Standard Life Plc
Standard Chartered Plc
St Jamess Place Plc
Sse Plc
Sports Direct International
Smiths Group Plc
Smith & Nephew Plc
Sky Plc
Shire Plc
Severn Trent Plc
Schroders Plc
Sainsbury (J) Plc
Sage Group Plc/The
Sabmiller Plc
Rsa Insurance Group Plc
Royal Mail Plc
Royal Dutch Shell Plc-B Shs
Royal Dutch Shell Plc-A Shs
Royal Bank Of Scotland Group
Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc
Rio Tinto Plc
Relx Plc
Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc
Randgold Resources Ltd
Prudential Plc
Persimmon Plc
Pearson Plc
Old Mutual Plc
Next Plc
National Grid Plc
Mondi Plc
Merlin Entertainment
Meggitt Plc
Marks & Spencer Group Plc
London Stock Exchange Group
Lloyds Banking Group Plc
Legal & General Group Plc
Land Securities Group Plc
Kingfisher Plc
Johnson Matthey Plc
Itv Plc
Intu Properties Plc
Intl Consolidated Airline-Di
Intertek Group Plc
Intercontinental Hotels Grou
Inmarsat Plc
Imperial Tobacco Group Plc
Hsbc Holdings Plc
Hikma Pharmaceuticals Plc
Hargreaves Lansdown Plc
Hammerson Plc
Glencore Plc
Glaxosmithkline Plc
Gkn Plc
G4s Plc
Fresnillo Plc
Experian Plc
Easyjet Plc
Dixons Carphone Plc
Direct Line Insurance Group
Diageo Plc
Crh Plc
Compass Group Plc
Coca-Cola Hbc Ag-Di
Centrica Plc
Carnival Plc
Capita Plc
Burberry Group Plc
Bunzl Plc
Bt Group Plc
British Land Co Plc
British American Tobacco Plc
Bp Plc
Bhp Billiton Plc
Bg Group Plc
Berkeley Group Holdings
Barratt Developments Plc
Barclays Plc
Bae Systems Plc
Babcock Intl Group Plc
Aviva Plc
Astrazeneca Plc
Associated British Foods Plc
Ashtead Group Plc
Arm Holdings Plc
Antofagasta Plc
Anglo American Plc
Admiral Group Plc
Aberdeen Asset Mgmt Plc
3I Group Plc
#N/A!
Lt Price
1,489.00
3,797.00
167.80
4,747.00
217.05
978.00
2,883.00
1,149.00
1,950.00
184.25
184.20
415.80
625.00
949.00
1,536.00
692.00
989.00
1,100.00
1,087.00
4,742.00
2,224.00
3,002.00
274.40
545.00
3,985.50
429.10
438.00
1,722.00
1,714.50
311.40
700.50
2,294.50
1,173.00
6,351.00
4,120.00
1,538.00
1,908.00
849.00
206.90
7,975.00
930.20
1,509.00
409.30
380.30
541.00
2,553.00
72.96
269.10
1,322.00
352.90
2,602.00
254.50
338.60
579.00
2,615.00
2,608.00
976.00
3,504.00
516.30
2,039.00
1,467.00
621.50
121.55
1,381.50
290.30
249.50
724.50
1,116.00
1,771.00
465.20
391.80
1,896.50
1,787.00
1,072.00
1,538.00
228.50
3,540.00
1,295.00
1,388.00
1,871.00
466.85
851.50
3,867.00
390.60
1,031.50
1,030.00
3,165.00
588.50
228.30
437.50
970.50
485.10
4,259.50
3,485.00
1,018.00
1,046.00
516.00
533.60
1,631.00
350.40
500.00
0.00
% Chg
-0.40
-0.60
-5.46
0.13
-0.09
-0.46
0.35
-0.95
-0.15
-2.36
2.16
-0.86
-6.60
-1.09
-0.19
1.10
-2.85
-0.36
0.18
0.70
-0.54
-0.07
-0.94
0.00
-0.31
3.37
0.05
-2.60
-2.42
-4.27
-1.27
-3.21
0.86
0.52
-4.45
-1.91
2.64
-2.13
-2.86
0.19
0.81
0.60
-0.49
0.29
1.12
1.51
-1.21
0.56
1.69
0.77
-1.10
-0.24
0.27
-0.09
-3.04
-0.53
-0.31
-0.31
-0.54
-0.44
0.76
2.05
-3.42
-0.50
-0.58
-1.03
-2.09
-2.45
2.25
0.69
-0.76
0.13
-0.72
0.19
-3.21
-1.51
1.26
0.23
0.95
-0.37
0.28
1.98
0.26
-2.85
-3.55
-2.60
2.36
2.71
-1.74
-2.28
-1.47
-0.82
3.20
1.46
-1.64
-0.29
-4.00
-7.86
-0.12
-3.87
-0.60
0.00
Volume
1,838,442
669,634
7,559,455
249,162
17,862,704
1,106,208
1,841,606
434,225
388,098
13,501,597
16,461,952
1,671,994
9,375,278
1,251,533
1,567,765
753,697
760,889
1,111,240
1,849,401
977,134
382,774
220,650
3,945,214
1,164,381
1,389,366
4,657,070
2,091,756
6,288,647
6,081,858
13,863,332
4,268,386
4,671,728
3,090,906
499,692
355,989
2,063,266
1,522,552
2,176,664
7,069,882
177,966
3,613,370
662,317
483,003
2,610,162
3,765,601
381,775
90,581,187
12,085,866
1,320,437
2,072,566
220,046
4,985,370
1,064,237
4,668,656
324,479
705,331
468,428
1,095,160
14,186,316
335,704
639,531
1,543,887
64,803,469
4,465,374
1,602,036
2,184,627
887,176
1,440,819
1,325,341
1,050,493
3,380,768
2,376,793
2,055,601
1,878,314
303,183
11,765,218
650,501
1,724,948
1,016,379
191,527
8,451,543
3,714,752
1,023,933
21,710,725
7,039,254
7,593,011
423,877
4,519,311
28,428,448
5,235,866
560,358
2,862,953
2,208,142
659,267
1,197,451
2,442,142
2,379,320
9,723,339
439,026
2,626,044
418,862
-
TOKYO
Company Name
East Japan Railway Co
Itochu Corp
Fujifilm Holdings Corp
Yamato Holdings Co Ltd
Chubu Electric Power Co Inc
Mitsubishi Estate Co Ltd
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Toshiba Corp
Shiseido Co Ltd
Shionogi & Co Ltd
Tokyo Gas Co Ltd
Tokyo Electron Ltd
Panasonic Corp
Fujitsu Ltd
Central Japan Railway Co
T&D Holdings Inc
Toyota Motor Corp
Kddi Corp
Nitto Denko Corp
Lt Price
11,510.00
1,517.00
4,882.00
2,293.00
1,779.50
2,514.50
599.00
331.40
2,696.00
5,069.00
590.10
7,524.00
1,392.00
577.20
21,910.00
1,699.00
7,495.00
2,926.00
8,556.00
% Chg
1.05
1.68
1.08
0.95
0.94
0.86
0.47
-3.38
0.95
3.09
0.99
0.91
-1.42
1.67
1.60
3.35
0.52
1.19
1.30
Indices
Volume
Volume
798,000
9,231,900
1,552,000
1,416,500
2,933,700
4,727,000
16,893,000
42,197,000
3,060,700
2,988,600
8,085,000
1,049,600
9,465,500
13,470,000
293,900
6,506,400
6,985,700
3,870,700
1,311,200
Lt Price
Change
17,814.06
2,093.71
5,115.68
13,570.00
45,317.54
47,644.16
6,365.59
4,977.84
10,873.40
10,429.70
-53.52
-8.60
-26.80
-91.82
-55.63
-65.94
-47.29
+29.55
+28.16
-43.80
Nikkei 225
Japan Topix
Hang Seng Index
All Ordinaries Indx
Nzx All Index
Bse Sensex 30 Index
Nse S&P Cnx Nifty Index
Straits Times Index
Karachi All Share Index
Jakarta Composite Index
19,116.41
1,555.10
23,051.04
5,247.88
1,171.53
26,304.20
7,955.45
3,023.65
24,067.34
4,577.23
+189.50
+14.67
-2.53
-46.94
+0.51
-248.72
-84.75
-16.83
-16.27
-35.33
TOKYO
Company Name
Rakuten Inc
Kyocera Corp
Nissan Motor Co Ltd
Hitachi Ltd
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd
Jfe Holdings Inc
Ana Holdings Inc
Mitsubishi Electric Corp
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Gr
Honda Motor Co Ltd
Fast Retailing Co Ltd
Ms&Ad Insurance Group Holdin
Kubota Corp
Seven & I Holdings Co Ltd
Inpex Corp
Resona Holdings Inc
Asahi Kasei Corp
Kirin Holdings Co Ltd
Marubeni Corp
Mitsubishi Ufj Financial Gro
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings
Fanuc Corp
Daito Trust Construct Co Ltd
Otsuka Holdings Co Ltd
Oriental Land Co Ltd
Sekisui House Ltd
Secom Co Ltd
Tokio Marine Holdings Inc
Aeon Co Ltd
Mitsui & Co Ltd
Kao Corp
Dai-Ichi Life Insurance
Mazda Motor Corp
Komatsu Ltd
West Japan Railway Co
Murata Manufacturing Co Ltd
Kansai Electric Power Co Inc
Denso Corp
Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Holdin
Daiwa House Industry Co Ltd
Jx Holdings Inc
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Meta
Suzuki Motor Corp
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone
Ajinomoto Co Inc
Mitsui Fudosan Co Ltd
Ono Pharmaceutical Co Ltd
Daikin Industries Ltd
Bank Of Yokohama Ltd/The
Toray Industries Inc
Astellas Pharma Inc
Bridgestone Corp
Sony Corp
Hoya Corp
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdin
Japan Tobacco Inc
Osaka Gas Co Ltd
Sumitomo Electric Industries
Daiwa Securities Group Inc
Softbank Group Corp
Mizuho Financial Group Inc
Nomura Holdings Inc
Daiichi Sankyo Co Ltd
Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd
Ntt Docomo Inc
Sumitomo Realty & Developmen
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co Ltd
Orix Corp
Asahi Group Holdings Ltd
Keyence Corp
Nidec Corp
Isuzu Motors Ltd
Unicharm Corp
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co Ltd
Smc Corp
Mitsubishi Corp
Nintendo Co Ltd
Eisai Co Ltd
Sumitomo Corp
Canon Inc
Japan Airlines Co Ltd
Lt Price
1,613.50
5,667.00
1,280.00
712.20
6,033.00
1,876.00
369.40
1,270.00
4,893.00
3,956.00
44,770.00
3,648.00
1,871.00
5,653.00
1,193.50
641.80
732.30
1,663.00
686.20
783.60
768.60
21,565.00
12,680.00
4,090.00
7,461.00
1,930.00
8,065.00
4,817.00
1,793.00
1,512.00
6,093.00
2,221.00
2,410.00
2,017.00
8,051.00
19,120.00
1,494.00
5,659.00
3,860.00
2,990.00
480.10
2,450.00
3,971.00
4,637.00
2,804.00
3,127.00
16,840.00
7,872.00
743.30
1,049.00
1,768.00
4,562.00
3,440.00
5,008.00
476.90
4,442.00
452.10
1,652.50
854.60
6,857.00
248.20
781.80
2,347.50
4,840.00
2,460.00
3,759.00
1,515.00
1,794.00
3,827.00
63,950.00
9,285.00
1,419.00
2,590.00
7,220.00
31,070.00
2,034.50
19,925.00
7,497.00
1,324.50
3,654.00
4,584.00
% Chg
-0.49
1.43
0.59
0.65
1.31
2.18
2.44
1.28
1.85
-1.79
0.95
1.16
0.38
0.05
1.06
1.68
3.00
0.97
-1.86
0.80
3.33
0.09
1.48
0.29
-0.52
1.15
0.59
0.63
1.24
-1.05
-1.65
1.83
-0.68
0.47
0.99
2.60
-0.47
0.62
1.05
-0.76
-2.48
0.84
0.51
3.02
5.53
1.23
-1.12
0.49
1.99
0.62
0.97
1.58
0.09
-0.73
3.25
6.83
0.38
0.67
2.58
0.50
1.39
0.88
-0.23
1.96
1.59
1.16
1.00
1.36
4.28
0.35
1.34
0.11
0.95
1.66
-0.58
-6.20
1.27
1.70
1.61
1.36
0.24
Volume
6,141,400
918,100
16,983,700
25,016,000
2,075,000
3,300,900
21,430,000
6,685,000
5,956,700
5,770,100
482,000
1,303,900
2,700,000
2,531,400
7,635,300
6,947,600
22,319,000
4,342,100
16,214,200
49,814,200
9,900,500
980,500
582,100
1,500,000
1,152,900
3,689,100
789,700
1,914,100
3,057,700
10,421,800
2,458,600
6,926,900
9,281,300
2,460,700
877,300
1,419,500
3,009,600
2,270,800
1,054,500
3,359,900
16,237,600
3,453,900
2,364,300
4,192,300
4,561,000
6,053,000
698,300
1,175,200
3,886,000
3,987,000
7,400,400
2,807,100
4,512,500
2,159,300
17,766,000
7,112,500
7,314,000
2,890,200
11,490,000
8,027,400
132,929,300
15,186,600
3,421,200
6,971,300
5,952,300
3,854,000
2,359,000
5,376,200
2,282,400
233,000
1,210,900
3,657,500
2,667,900
1,004,300
153,900
15,371,000
1,040,900
875,400
5,456,800
3,485,800
1,751,100
SENSEX
Company Name
Zee Entertainment Enterprise
Yes Bank Ltd
Wipro Ltd
Vedanta Ltd
Ultratech Cement Ltd
Tech Mahindra Ltd
Tata Steel Ltd
Tata Power Co Ltd
Tata Motors Ltd
Tata Consultancy Svcs Ltd
Sun Pharmaceutical Indus
State Bank Of India
Reliance Industries Ltd
Punjab National Bank
Power Grid Corp Of India Ltd
Oil & Natural Gas Corp Ltd
Ntpc Ltd
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd
Lupin Ltd
Larsen & Toubro Ltd
Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd
Itc Ltd
Infosys Ltd
Indusind Bank Ltd
Idea Cellular Ltd
Icici Bank Ltd
Housing Development Finance
Hindustan Unilever Ltd
Hindalco Industries Ltd
Hero Motocorp Ltd
Hdfc Bank Limited
Hcl Technologies Ltd
Grasim Industries Ltd
Gail India Ltd
Dr. Reddys Laboratories
Coal India Ltd
Cipla Ltd
Cairn India Ltd
Bosch Ltd
Bharti Airtel Ltd
Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd
Bharat Heavy Electricals
Bank Of Baroda
Bajaj Auto Ltd
Axis Bank Ltd
Asian Paints Ltd
Ambuja Cements Ltd
Adani Ports And Special Econ
Acc Ltd
Lt Price
406.05
762.00
570.85
94.05
2,834.90
534.95
225.40
68.50
404.00
2,482.65
815.95
233.90
936.60
129.60
130.95
250.65
136.00
4,526.60
1,259.75
1,838.25
1,368.95
650.60
337.15
1,122.90
907.45
139.10
270.05
1,205.85
802.65
81.05
2,638.70
1,079.85
877.50
3,696.85
294.80
4,249.40
337.10
658.05
150.35
19,892.60
336.55
889.00
194.40
159.40
2,414.30
463.80
805.85
208.15
284.10
1,388.75
% Chg
-2.19
-2.78
-0.38
-4.71
-1.97
-1.46
-4.25
-0.15
-0.21
-2.02
-4.29
-2.13
-1.55
-1.14
-0.19
-0.58
0.70
0.13
0.43
-1.02
0.06
-3.31
0.43
-1.22
-0.68
-1.42
-1.21
-1.17
0.21
-0.98
0.67
-0.17
-0.47
-0.02
-1.96
-1.70
2.01
-1.89
-1.80
-1.83
-2.84
0.34
-3.31
-2.48
-1.42
-1.84
0.45
-0.43
-1.85
-1.21
Volume
1,089,598
2,672,029
724,041
9,759,345
356,513
1,203,064
10,310,408
2,342,578
14,240,739
924,444
4,449,127
10,134,348
2,704,987
2,277,968
5,421,981
3,824,887
6,766,711
436,058
958,313
738,510
2,795,027
997,453
4,112,228
1,318,035
1,383,563
3,844,533
10,964,068
2,690,133
636,351
4,827,611
258,462
927,444
1,300,617
33,094
906,523
317,202
4,075,090
2,122,986
1,584,142
25,759
3,403,649
889,306
3,028,944
3,877,757
225,237
9,013,032
1,154,694
1,418,918
2,660,178
150,721
The Adidas logo is pictured in a pop-up store in Berlin. Germanys Adidas, the worlds second-biggest sportswear firm, rose 8.6%
yesterday, having raised its full-year outlook for sales and profits after third-quarter sales growth beat market expectations.
Brand Adidas has seen a turnaround with new initiatives and products. It is back to gaining market share
even in the US, said Kelper Cheuvreux
analyst Jurgen Kolb.
Vestas Wind Systems rose more than
5% after reporting a stronger-thanexpected third-quarter operating
prot before special items and raising
its 2015 prot outlook.
Overall, however, earnings were
mixed. In Europe, about 60% of companies have reported results so far, and
about half have met or beaten analysts
earnings predictions, according to
Thomson Reuters StarMine data.
We nd that investors have differentiated more between winners and
losers during the Q3 reporting season
compared to recent quarters, said JP
Morgan analyst Emmanuel Cau.
The stock prices of the companies
beating estimates have been strongly
rewarded on the day, while the stocks
missing estimates have underperformed signicantly.
Adecco, the worlds biggest staffing group, slumped 10.6% after posting a surprise half billion euro net loss
in the third quarter due to a 740mn
HONG KONG
HONG KONG
Company Name
Aluminum Corp Of China Ltd-H
Bank Of East Asia
Bank Of China Ltd-H
Bank Of Communications Co-H
Belle International Holdings
Boc Hong Kong Holdings Ltd
Cathay Pacific Airways
Ck Hutchison Holdings Ltd
China Coal Energy Co-H
China Construction Bank-H
China Life Insurance Co-H
China Merchants Hldgs Intl
China Mobile Ltd
China Overseas Land & Invest
China Petroleum & Chemical-H
China Resources Beer Holdin
China Resources Land Ltd
China Resources Power Holdin
China Shenhua Energy Co-H
China Unicom Hong Kong Ltd
Citic Ltd
Clp Holdings Ltd
Cnooc Ltd
Cosco Pacific Ltd
Esprit Holdings Ltd
Fih Mobile Ltd
Hang Lung Properties Ltd
Hang Seng Bank Ltd
Henderson Land Development
Lt Price
2.50
29.15
3.65
5.77
7.57
25.40
15.42
104.80
3.61
5.72
28.90
26.25
95.25
26.70
5.67
14.60
22.15
17.18
13.44
10.12
14.62
67.30
9.20
10.03
8.82
3.66
18.88
143.40
50.15
% Chg
-3.85
-0.85
0.55
0.17
0.26
-0.20
0.52
-0.95
-0.55
-0.17
0.87
-1.50
0.26
-0.56
-0.35
-0.54
-1.34
0.70
-1.61
5.97
0.00
-0.74
-0.54
0.00
3.64
-1.35
-1.26
-1.04
0.00
Volume
23,276,691
1,313,930
257,847,300
25,374,465
14,658,612
8,045,913
1,736,879
4,235,506
20,722,000
222,658,467
46,491,713
2,451,281
13,394,304
18,519,712
65,108,564
4,260,580
8,823,277
5,047,146
22,468,018
141,579,592
22,287,050
1,951,439
66,531,401
6,802,073
7,207,898
2,461,866
1,468,773
2,818,337
Company Name
Hong Kong & China Gas
Hong Kong Exchanges & Clear
Hsbc Holdings Plc
Hutchison Whampoa Ltd
Ind & Comm Bk Of China-H
Li & Fung Ltd
Mtr Corp
New World Development
Petrochina Co Ltd-H
Ping An Insurance Group Co-H
Power Assets Holdings Ltd
Sino Land Co
Sun Hung Kai Properties
Swire Pacific Ltd - Cl A
Tencent Holdings Ltd
Wharf Holdings Ltd
Lt Price
15.84
209.80
61.95
0.00
4.97
6.23
35.55
8.22
6.19
45.40
76.10
11.72
100.70
89.50
152.30
47.90
% Chg
-1.12
0.29
1.89
0.00
-0.20
-1.27
-0.97
-0.60
-0.80
2.83
-0.39
-2.66
0.00
-0.22
-0.46
-0.62
Volume
6,663,622
6,823,428
19,249,024
162,828,554
22,312,632
1,776,739
17,082,281
58,588,682
78,603,408
2,753,801
5,797,734
4,646,811
1,505,913
15,731,517
2,333,835
GCC INDICES
Indices
Doha Securities Market
Saudi Tadawul
Kuwait Stocks Exchange
Bahrain Stock Exchage
Oman Stock Market
Abudhabi Stock Market
Dubai Financial Market
Lt Price
11,439.30
6,961.23
5,770.78
1,250.48
5,918.61
4,262.80
3,450.89
Change
-72.87
-74.23
-4.08
-0.71
-22.97
-0.83
+24.15
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Friday, November 6, 2015
BUSINESS
A man looks at his smartphone while standing across from a liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker berthed at Tokyo Electric Power Cos (Tepco) Futtsu gas-fired thermal power plant in Futtsu, Chiba
Prefecture, Japan. The cost of most American LNG shipments will be linked to the natural gas benchmark at Henry Hub, Louisiana, potentially making them cheaper than deliveries tied to crude
prices, according to Cheniere Energy Inc, the company scheduled to ship the first US LNG cargo in January.
Engineering Solutions. In order to realise the
demand, we need a competitive price.
The share of US LNG in Tokyo Gas future
purchases will probably rise to as much as
30% by around 2020, compared with about
12%-13% currently contracted, Nohata said. The
Gulf Times
Friday, November 6, 2015
BUSINESS
China
Oct data
expected
to show
economy
steadying
Reuters
Beijing
Construction workers build a new office in Jakarta. Indonesias struggling economy grew 4.73% in July-September from a year earlier, the statistics bureau
said yesterday.
Widodo emphasized social programmes in his
2014 campaign and pledged to lift growth to an average 7% annually during his ve-year term.
In an attempt to improve Indonesias investment climate and boost sagging growth, Widodo
Bloomberg
Beijing
Investigations into Volkswagens Jetta, Vento, Polo and Audi A4 marques showed diesel-fuel emissions exceeding permissible
limits, and variations in results between on-road tests and those done in laboratories.
widening a scandal that so far had centred on diesel engines. Volkswagens
India unit sold 23,224 units in the coun-
try in the six months through September, giving it a 1.7% share of the market
and ranking it eighth in Asias third-
Regulator to
investigate
ompetition
claims against
Alibaba
10
Gulf Times
Friday, November 6, 2015
BUSINESS
While China growth slows, cash-hungry firms steer Asia IPOs into fast lane
Reuters
Hong Kong
As the world absorbs life with a
slowing Chinese economy, business is
brisk for one group Asias bankers,
handling a burst of stock listings by
mainland firms that need funds now
and are resigned to their shares being
worth less than before.
Though initial public offering
valuations may be cheaper, the pace
of deals is accelerating. A Reuters
review of upcoming deals showed
an estimated $17bn for IPOs due for
the last two months of the year in
Asia, with a near-doubling of Hong
Kong deals after China growth jitters
Chinese
chipmaker
to raise
$13bn to
bankroll
plants
Bloomberg
Beijing
A Chinese chip-making affiliate
of Tsinghua Unigroup plans to
raise as much as 80bn yuan
($12.6bn) in a private placement
of shares to fund a new semiconductor plant, the latest in a
series of deals intended to build
the state-backed group into a
technology powerhouse.
Tongfang Guoxin Electronics Co will sell 2.96bn shares
at 27.04 yuan each to eight
companies and employees, the
company said in a filing to the
Shenzhen Stock Exchange yesterday. Of the proceeds, 60bn
yuan will go towards a memory
chip plant. Its shares closed
at 32.69 yuan in Shenzhen on
October 9, before they were
suspended from trading, giving
it a market capitalization of
19.8bn yuan, data compiled by
Bloomberg show.
Unigroup, the business arm
of Chinas famed Tsinghua University that announced plans in
September to buy a $3.8bn stake
in US storage maker Western
Digital Corp, is emerging as one
of the industrys most acquisitive
companies. The company is
among those helping fulfill the
countrys ambitions of building
domestic capabilities to wean
itself off a reliance on foreign
technology. If the Western Digital deal is completed, it would
be Chinas biggest acquisition in
the technology sector.
Takata chief executive and president Shigehisa Takada bows as he leaves a news
conference in Tokyo. Shares in the company yesterday slumped 25%, or by their
daily limit of 300 to close at a 6-1/2-year low.
Traders at the Shanghai Stock Exchange. The benchmark index closed yesterday at a 10-week high, extending gains from the previous day when the market
rallied more than 4% on hopes for economic reforms.
declined 0.16% on concerns of the possible Fed
rate hike.
The US dollar continued to strengthen yesterday after Yellens comments that if the economy
was performing well and, if conditions warrant, a rate hike in December would be a live
possibility.
After days of gains for emerging market currencies, the Malaysian ringgit, Chinese yuan, Thai
baht, South Korean won and Indonesian rupiah
were all down against the greenback.
The yen changed hands at 121.64 to the dollar
around 0825 GMT, slightly down from 121.55 in
late US trade.
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Friday, November 6, 2015
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BUSINESS
Eurozone
recovery
struggling,
forecast
shows
DPA
Brussels
Reuters
London
Bank of England governor Mark Carney speaks during an inflation report news conference in London. The bank gave no sign that it was in any more of a
hurry to raise interest rates yesterday, predicting near-zero inflation would pick up only slowly even if borrowing costs stay on hold all of next year.
decade, according to the Banks latest forecasts.
The BoE message surprised many investors
who had started to price in a rate move earlier
than in recent weeks.
Sterling fell more than a cent against the dollar and government bond yields dropped sharply.
The MPC is not at all clear on when rates
should begin to rise. But that point is unlikely to
be over the next few months, Investec economist Philip Shaw said.
Financial markets have been betting on a rate
hike further out than most economists, and in
recent days most money was on a first rate increase at the end of 2016.
A gas turbine at the Siemens manufacturing plant in Berlin. German factories received 2.4% fewer
bookings from abroad, driven by a 6.7% slide in demand from eurozone countries, while domestic
orders fell by 0.6% in September.
III that increased the amount of capital banks must hold, as well as curbs on
bonuses, risk-taking and trading.
Regulators say the G20 summit represents a milestone that will allow them
to shift focus away from rule-making,
to implementation.
But bankers are not calling the turn
yet.
Many say another wave of capital demands is coming down the tracks from
precisely that review and standardisation phase.
We are now looking at capital increases that are signicant across the
industry - potentially larger than earlier capital rule changes that were specically designed to increase capital
levels, said Wilson Ervin, vice-chairman in Credit Suisses executive office.
The drive to keep up close bank supervision was illustrated on Thursday
when regulators said Europes lenders
would be tested to measure their nancial resilience next year, although there
will be no minimum capital hurdle. It
came a day after the European Central
Banks chief supervisor said some still
faced a signicant credit risk.
G20 leaders, meeting in Turkey on
November 15-16, are due to endorse the
reform that requires the worlds 30 biggest banks including HSBC, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan to
hold bonds that can be bailed in.
But Ervin said a separate review of
banks trading books, coupled with
how the bail-in bonds plan is structured, means the 30 top banks face having to collectively issue $1tn more of the
bonds than they originally thought.
Banks also say they need to increase
capital due to moves by the Basel Committee and other regulators to standardise how the riskiness of loans is calculated.
BUSINESS
GULF TIMES
US jobless
claims
rise to
8-month
high
Reuters
Washington
ew US applications for
unemployment benets
last week recorded their
largest increase in eight months,
but remained at levels consistent with a fairly healthy labour
market.
Other data yesterday showed
a surprise rise in productivity in
the third quarter after a drop in
self-employment led to overall
hours worked falling for the rst
time in six years, restraining labour-related production costs.
Initial claims for state unemployment benets increased
16,000 to a seasonally adjusted
276,000 for the week ended Oct.
31, the Labor Department said.
It was the largest weekly increase since late February.
Still, last week marked the
35th straight week that claims
were below the 300,000 threshold normally associated with a
strong jobs market. Claims had
hovered near 42-year lows for
much of October.
There is no evidence that
there has been a pickup in involuntary job separations and we
continue to expect an increase
of 200,000 in private payrolls
in October, said John Ryding,
chief economist at RDQ Economics in New York.
The four-week moving average of claims, considered a better measure of labour market
trends as it strips out week-toweek volatility, rose 3,500 to
262,750 last week.
Last weeks claims report has
no bearing on the October employment report due for release
on Friday. According to a Reuters survey of economists, nonfarm payrolls rose 180,000 in
October, well above the average
gain of 139,000 jobs for August
and September. The unemployment rate is forecast at 5.1%.
Solid payroll gains in October
could seal the case for a December interest rate increase from
the Federal Reserve.
The claims report showed the
number of people still receiving
benets after an initial week of
aid increased 17,000 to 2.16mn
in the week ended Oct. 24. The
four-week moving average of
continuing claims, however, fell
to the lowest level since November 2000.
The trend in continuing
claims suggests more long-term
unemployed are nding work,
consistent with a low jobless
rate.
The dollar was little changed
against a basket of currencies,
while price for US Treasuries
fell. Stocks on Wall Street were
trading lower.
In a second report, the Labor
Department said productivity,
which measures hourly output
per worker, increased at a 1.6 %
annual rate after advancing at
an upwardly revised 3.5% rate in
the second quarter.
Manufacturing productivity
grew at its fastest pace in four
years, led by the durable goods
sector. Economists had expected productivity to contract at a
0.2% rate in the July-September quarter after expanding at
a previously reported 3.3% pace
in the second quarter.
Despite the surprise rise in
the third quarter, the trend in
productivity remained weak.
Productivity increased only
0.4% from the same period last
year
S
technology
companies,
banks and farmers are among
the biggest beneficiaries of
falling tariffs that are part of the trade
deal designed to liberate commerce
among 12 Pacific Rim nations, according to a text of the agreement released
yesterday.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership,
which will affect almost 40% of the
global economy, maintains protection
for a handful of politically sensitive
US industries by keeping existing tariffs in place for as long as 30 years for
pickup trucks and 13 years for some
types of footwear.
The text released yesterday, after
negotiations wrapped up last month,
includes thousands of tariffs that affect a broad variety of US-made products from Harley Davidson motorcycles sold in Malaysia, to toilet seats
shipped to Vietnam to General Electric Co turbines.
We do see pretty widespread benefits across the economy, US Trade
Representative Michael Froman said
in an interview.
Release of the TPP text starts the
clock ticking for ratification by the 12
Pacific Rim nations involved. In the
US, that means a 90-day notice to
Congress and at least a 60- day public
review period before a vote by lawmakers, which probably will come no
sooner than March. With the publication, supporters and critics now have
fodder for their arguments.
The Trans-Pacific pact is the biggest trade deal the US has negotiated
since the North American Free Trade
Agreement and stands as a significant
achievement for President Barack
Obama, who has been working to reassert US influence in the Pacific region. Although China is not among
the signatories, the accord reflects
one of the main points of friction between the worlds two biggest economies by requiring the participating
countries to outlaw theft of trade
secrets, explicitly including thefts
through computer hacking. After
massive breaches of commercial and
government databases in recent years,
US trade officials say they hope the
rules will not only deter hacking from
within the 12 TPP countries, but also
set an international precedent that
becomes a norm in agreements with
other nations countries, eventually
including China.
The trade deal is a central part of
Obamas strategy for balancing Chinas expanding economic influence
and will bolster his diplomatic position when he travels to Asia less than
two weeks for meetings with regional
leaders. Along with Canada, Mexico
and Chile, the other countries joining
with the US are Australia, New Zealand Brunei, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam.
Froman and the rest of the admin-
A fruit farmer stands near grape vines at a fruit farm in Fuefuki, Japan. The impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership pact will be greatest in Japan, Malaysia and Vietnam
because the US already has free-trade agreements with most of the countries and the others have such small economies that more trade isnt likely to boost the bottom
lines of US companies.
istration now must try to win over
Democrats who are wary of the impact
on US jobs and Republicans who are
reluctant to back a Democratic White
House in an election year.
Obamas toughest task may be lobbying members of his party.
Only 28 of 188 Democrats in the
House voted to give the president
fast-track negotiating authority to
push the trade talks along. Former
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,
the Democrat frontrunner to succeed
Obama, has announced her objections
to the TPP after having called it central to the US pivot toward Asia while
she served in the administration.
Froman plans to sell the deal to Congress and trade sceptics by arguing
that if the US doesnt ratify the agreement, it will lose out on more trade in
the future because Asian countries,
including China, are negotiating freetrade pacts with each other that could
put the US at a disadvantage.
If we dont get TPP, then were
just going to see a smaller and smaller
market share, he said. Its not like
were going to maintain a status quo.
Were going to lose out in these markets. The TPP will eventually lower
all tariffs among its member countries
The total surplus of refined products over prioryear levels has remained steady at around 95mn
barrels since August.
The increase in product stocks is concentrated
in propane (22mn barrels) and distillate fuel
oil (21mn barrels) with smaller rises in finished
gasoline (14mn barrels) and gasoline blending
components (13mn barrels).
Proportionately, the surplus is much larger in
propane, where stocks are up 28%, and distillates,
up 18%, than gasoline, up just 6%, and blending
components, up 7%.
The result has been a big counter-seasonal shift in
the relative prices of distillates and gasoline.
With winter approaching, distillates, would
normally command a premium of around 36 cents
per gallon, $15 per barrel, over gasoline, and the
premium would normally rise through year-end
and into January.
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Pakistan
thump
England for
series win
Isner topples
Federer;
Djokovic
keeps winning
MOTOGP
GULF TIMES
SPORT
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Egyptian number sixth seed Nour El Sherbini (right) is ecstatic after coming through an epic five-game-thriller to beat defending champion Nicol David in the semi-final of the Qatar Classic.
egged me on. But its not over yet, I have anoter
big match coming up, but this win denitely has
boosted my condence.
A gracious David was all praise for the rising
star. I had my chances but I think she played
too well. I made some errors at crucial moments
and she took full advantage of those mistakes.
Its nice to see so many young talents coming up
and it augurs well for the game, said the Malaysian. The other womens semi-nal played
earlier was an anti-climax, as Englands Massaro needed just 20 minutes to dismiss Omneya
Abdel Kawy of Egypt to make what will be her
second World Series nal on the trot after last
months US Open in Philadelphia where she
won the title.
Yeah, it was too short, as I was expecting
to be on court for at least 40-50 minutes. Perhaps she was a little tired after that ve-gamer
against Joshna yesterday as she made a lot of
Gaultier came through 3-1 in an entertaining and hard-hitting 59-minute clash against
Mazen Hesham, another rising youngster from
Egypt, ghting back admirably after losing
the opening game. This is after his epic vegame escape, after being two games down, in
Wednesday nights quarter-nal against another talented youngster from Egypt, Karim
Abdel Gawad.
Elshorbagy earlier continued his love affair
with Doha by making his fourth straight nal
in Qatar since 2012. The world No. 1 from Egypt
had too many tricks up his sleeves for Australian qualier Ryan Cuskelly, who nally saw his
giant-killing run end in a 7-11, 4-11, 9-11 defeat
that lasted just 35 minutes.
The Aussie held his own, albeit briey, at
the start of the match, but once Shorbagy got
into his groove it was virtually one-way traffic.
Cuskelly staged a late comeback in the third,
Gulf Times
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CRICKET
SPOTLIGHT
FOCUS
Rising Pakistan
thump England for
2-0 series win
England, set 284 to win, were always on the back foot on a turning pitch as only
skipper Alastair Cook showed some resistance, scoring 63 with four boundaries
AFP
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Pakistani players pose with the trophy as they celebrate their series win against England in Sharjah yesterday.
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Sharjah
ings, a spot which they previously attained only for a few days in August 2006.
Pakistan won the second Test by 178
runs in Dubai.
Pakistan skipper Misbah-ul-Haq attributed teamwork for the win.
We nally managed to win and credit
to England for ghting well, said Misbah, who praised man-of-the-series
Shah.
If you look back at the series everyone
contributed, especially Shah, who won
us both the games and was outstanding,
said Misbah.
Shah nished with 15 wickets in two
matches after missing the rst through
injury. Misbah said he will take time before making a decision on retirement.
I will think (about retiring from Tests)
because our next series is seven months
away so I will decide whether I want to
continue or not.
Alastair Cooks team fought well
throughout the three Tests and was unlucky not to win the rst Test in Abu
Dhabi, forced into a draw due to bad light
with just 24 needed for victory.
England are now pushed to sixth from
their pre-series third in the Test rankings.
Cook said playing Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates was always tough.
SCORECARD
Pakistan 1st innings 234 (Misbah-ulHaq 71; J. Anderson 4-17)
England 1st innings 306 (J. Taylor 76;
Shoaib Malik 4-33, Yasir Shah 3-99)
Pakistan 2nd innings 355 (Mohammad Hafeez 151, Asad Shafiq 46; S.
Broad 3-44)
England 2nd innings (overnight 46-2)
Moeen Ali lbw b Malik...........................22
A. Cook st Ahmed b Malik ...................63
I. Bell b Malik................................................0
J. Root lbw b Shah.....................................6
J. Taylor c Younis b Babar ..................... 2
J. Bairstow lbw b Shah ............................0
S. Patel lbw b Babar..................................0
Adil Rashid b Rahat ................................22
S. Broad c Malik b Shah ....................... 20
B. Stokes st Ahmed b Shah ..................12
J. Anderson not out..................................0
Extras: (b7, nb1, w1) ..................................9
Total: (all out; 60.3 overs) ............. 156
Fall of wickets: 1-34 (Ali), 2-34 (Bell),
3-48 (Root), 4-57 (Taylor), 5-58
(Bairstow), 6-59 (Patel), 7-108 (Rashid),
8-138 (Broad), 9-150 (Cook)
Bowling: Rahat 5-1-23-1, Riaz 5-0-25-0
(1nb), Babar 18-5-31-2, Malik 15-4-26-3,
Shah 17.3-2-44-4
Result: Pakistan win by 127 runs.
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CRICKET
REPORT
SPOTLIGHT
Warner, Khawaja
hit tons as Aussies
batter Black Caps
With Warner plundering 163 runs off 224 balls, the Australians pounded the ragged Black
Caps to go to stumps at 389 for twotheir highest first-day score at the Brisbane ground
SCORECARD
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MOHALI SCORECARD
Australian batsman Usman Khawaja celebrates his maiden Test century during the first Test
match against New Zealand in Brisbane yesterday.
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Australian batsmen David Warner (R) and teammate Usman Khawaja take a run
in Brisbane yesterday.
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GOLF
WGC-HSBC CHAMPIONS
FOCUS
AFP
Shanghai
Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland plays a shot during the WGC-HSBC Champions golf tournament in Shanghai yesterday. (AFP)
ditch (AUS), Kevin Kisner (USA)
65 - Dustin Johnson (USA), Danny Willett
(ENG), Patrick Reed (USA)
66 - Li Haotong (CHN)
67 - Tommy Fleetwood (ENG), Trevor
Fisher Jnr (RSA), Russell Knox (SCO), Harris English (USA), Thomas Pieters (BEL),
Paul Casey (ENG), Zhang Xinjun (CHN)
68 - Charl Schwartzel (RSA), Hunter
Mahan (USA), Chris Wood (ENG), Richard
T Lee (CAN), Scott Hend (AUS), Louis
Oosthuizen (RSA), Soren Kjeldsen (DEN),
Jordan Spieth (USA), Bubba Watson (USA),
Daniel Berger (USA), Rory McIlroy (NIR),
Rickie Fowler (USA), Sergio Garcia (ESP),
Daniel Summerhays (USA), Matthew
Fitzpatrick (ENG)
69 - S.S.P. Chawrasia (IND), James Morrison (ENG), Martin Kaymer (GER), Ross
Fisher (ENG), Marc Leishman (AUS),
Emiliano Grillo (ARG), Wu Ashun (CHN),
An Byeong-Hun (KOR), Gary Woodland
(USA), Kiradech Aphibarnrat (THA), Henrik Stenson (SWE)
South Africas Branden Grace leads after round one with a nine-under 63. (AFP)
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Local boy Li
shines among
the WGC stars
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MOTORSPORT
MOTOGP
FOCUS
Alex Cudlin (left) and Mishal al-Naimi in action during the QSBK race at
the Losail International Circuit on October 17, 2015.
One of the participants of the FIA Women Cross Country Selection attempts to get out a rally car stuck in sand
during a practical session on day three of the five day programme in Sealine. The 18 participants of the programme,
being hosted by the Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation, were also trained for safety in dunes and working on
mechanical hits among other things.
QMMF president and FIA vice president Nasser Khalifa al-Attiyah with Lebanese rally driver Abdo Feghali ahead of
the Red Bull Car Park Drifting Championship, which will run today at the Losail International Circuit. The event, which
returns after a break of five years, will run from 19:30 to 22:00 and a total of 25 drivers will show their drifting abilities,
with the winner joining the best drifters on November 20 in Dubai. The event is open to public with free entrance.
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SPORT
NBA
NHL
By Jason Mackey
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Ondrej Pavelec of the Winnipeg Jets makes a save against the Toronto Maple Leafs during their NHL game on Wednesday.
RESULTS
Winnipeg
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
ANAHEIM
4
6
3
3
TORONTO 2
CHICAGO 5 (OT)
VANCOUVER 2
Florida 2 (SO)
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SPORT
OBITUARY
cially among Gloucestershire members, he began a new career with Worcestershire, which
he was to serve for 10 summers, the last three as
captain. His achievement of playing more than
200 rst-class matches for two counties remains unmatched.
By the time of his move to Worcestershire,
Graveneys Test career had seemed to be over
until he was recalled in 1962, just before his
35th birthday. He showed his gratitude with 97
against Pakistan at Edgbaston, 153 at Lords, and
114 at Trent Bridge, but did little in the middle order for England in Australia in the turgid
1962-63 series, and a further period of international exclusion followed.
Then he was surprisingly recalled for the
1966 home series against West Indies. It was a
popular and dramatic comeback: he returned in
style with 96 at Lords and 109 at Trent Bridge
in the third Test.
England took a pounding that summer, but
in the nal encounter at The Oval Graveney was
again at his lyrical best, making 165 and sharing an amazing eighth-wicket stand of 217 with
John Murray (112). When Ken Higgs and John
Snow put on an unlikely 128 for the 10th wicket,
lifting the total to 527, England were on their
way to a consolation victory by an innings under
Brian Closes bulldog leadership.
Next summer saw another beguiling performance by Graveney, 151 at Lords against Indias trio of master spin bowlers, Erapalli Pras-
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SPORT
PARIS TENNIS MASTERS
FOCUS
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Paris
Tomas Berdych for a place in the seminals of a tournament he has won three
times previously, including the last two
years. The 10-time major tournament
winner said his struggles on serve had
been frustrating.
I can assure you, losing four service
games in a set, I dont think that has happened, you know, to me, he said. Im
not a serve specialist, but I think I have
a solid serve and it hasnt happened for a
long time.
It wasnt pleasant, but I knew that I
have a good return. I was feeling the ball
very well from the back of the court. So
that kind of was a positive to that, knowing that I can break him most of the time.
That was the kind of mindset.
In earlier action, British second seed
Andy Murray set up a quarter-nal
clash with Richard Gasquet of France by
pounding Belgiums David Goffin 6-1,
6-0 in just 53 minutes. T
he match had extra signicance in that
the two will lead their respective countries at the Davis Cup nal in Ghent from
November 27-29.
The Paris match was played on indoor
hardcourt over best of three sets, while
the Davis Cup nal will be on clay over
Rolf-Goran Bengtsson is an
Olympic silver medallist
and European Champion.
interesting future.
What Jan [Tops] has done for
showjumping is really something special and what he has achieved so far is
just incredible. I think what makes him
so good is that he is always looking forwards and how everything is progressing and evolving.
Teams will consist of a squad of ve
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FOOTBALL
SPOTLIGHT
FOCUS
he corruption scandal
engulng soccers world
governing body FIFA is
not tarnishing the image of its long-standing sponsor
Adidas, the chief executive of the
German sportswear company
said yesterday.
Adidas said its sales of soccer products rose 19 percent in
the third quarter, helped by the
launch of new ACE and X
soccer boots and kits for new
partners Manchester United and
Italian champions Juventus.
The image for our products
have never been better so I am
denitely convinced that the
consumers clearly differentiates
between us as a company and
the brand and whats going on
in FIFA, Herbert Hainer told a
conference call for journalists.
Adidas has provided the World
Cup match ball since 1970 and
extended its partnership with
FIFA until 2030 two years ago.
The company faced criticism
last month after declining to join
other major sponsors and demand the immediate departure
of FIFA President Sepp Blatter
INVESTIGATION
T
Real Madrids French striker Karim Benzema leaves the court house in Versailles, near Paris, yesterday.
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Paris
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AGREEMENT
Palestine-Saudi
WC qualifier to be
played in Jordan
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10
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FOOTBALL
SPOTLIGHT
ANALYSIS
Bayern Munich
rout exposes
Arsenals frailties
You cannot give a team so much width and not expect them to create so many
chances. Against the top teams, you cannot have one weakness
Arsenal players react after their UEFA Champions League Group F match against Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany.
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Munich
Arsenal werent at
races in Munich,
says Wenger
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Munich
Group E
Barcelona (ESP) 3 (Neymar
30-pen, 83, Suarez 60) BATE
Borisov (BLR) 0
Roma (ITA) 3 (Salah 2
Dzeko 29, Pjanic 81-pen) Bayer
Leverkusen (GER) 2 (Mehmedi
46, Hernandez 51)
Group F
Bayern Munich (GER) 5
(Lewandowski 10, Mueller
29, 89, Alaba 44, Robben 55)
Arsenal (ENG) 1 (Giroud 69)
Olympiakos (GRE) 2 (Pardo 65,
90) Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) 1
(Hodzic 21)
Group G
BOTTOMLINE
(Podolski 58)
Group D
Borussia Moenchengladbach
(GER) 1 (Johnson 18) Juventus
(ITA) 1 (Lichtsteiner 44)
Sevilla (ESP) 1 (Tremoulinas
25) Manchester City (ENG) 3
(Sterling 8, Fernandinho 11,
Bony 36)
TABLES (P, W, D, L, goals for,
goals against, points)
Group A
Real Madrid
4 3 1 0 7 0 10
PSG
421151 7
Shakhtar
410348 3
Malm
410318 3
Group B
Man United
PSV
VfL Wolfsburg
CSKA Moscow
4211547
4202666
4202446
4112454
Group C
Benfica
Atletico Madrid
Galatasaray
Astana
4301749
4211727
4112574
4022282
Group D
Manchester City
Juventus
Sevilla
Mgladbach
4301859
4220528
4103573
4022262
Group E
Barcelona
Roma
Leverkusen
BATE
4 3 1 0 8 2 10
4 1 2 1 10 10 5
4 1 1 2 11 10 4
4 1 0 3 4 11 3
Group F
Bayern Munich 4 3 0 1 13 3 9
Olympiakos
4301 6 69
Dinamo Zagreb 4 1 0 3 3 9 3
Arsenal
4 1 0 3 6 10 3
Group G
FC Porto
4 3 1 0 9 4 10
Chelsea
42117 3 7
Dynamo Kiev
41215 4 5
Maccabi Tel Aviv 4 0 0 4 1 11 0
Group H
Zenit
Valencia
Ghent
Lyon
4 4 0 0 10 4 12
4202 55 6
4112 45 4
4013 27 1
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FOOTBALL
SPOTLIGHT
FOCUS
Injury-hit Barca
and Real warm up
for El Clasico
Barcelona and Real Madrid want to shrug off injury worries and warm up for their
November 21 Clasico by beating Villarreal and Sevilla
Barcelonas coach Luis Enrique reacts during the match against AS Roma in their Champions League Group E match at the Olympic stadium in Rome, Italy.
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Madrid
Real go to Seville without injury victims Dani Carvajal, Marcelo, James Rodriguez and Karim Benzema - though
Gareth Bale might be t.
To add intrigue to injury, Benzema was
reportedly arrested in France Wednesday
for his alleged role in the murky affair
of the possible blackmailing of France
team-mate Mathieu Valbuena.
Youngster Jese will again stand in for
Benzema.
Sevilla, who have injury problems of
their own, are 11th in La Liga - and struggling in the Champions League after
Tuesdays 3-1 defeat at home to Manchester City. It is true that dont seem
to be in good form, but there is never a
good time to visit Sevilla, to be honest,
Real captain - and former Sevilla product
- Sergio Ramos said.
Also on Sunday, fourth-placed Atletico Madrid welcome Sporting Gijon, and
Athletic Bilbao host Espanyol.
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HORSE RACING
'Last week, I wasnt happy because I hate to see this horse lose''
By Mikhil Bhat
Doha
Alberto Sanna rides Al Hareth to victory in the Ain Khaled Cup at the QREC yesterday.
Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club chairman Sheikh Mohamed bin Faleh al-Thani (sixth from right), general manager Nasser Sherida al-Kaabi (fourth from right), Racing
manager Abdullah Rashid al-Kubaisi (right) with the winners of the Ain Khaled Cup yesterday. Al Hareth, owned by Mishal bin Ali al-Attiyah and trained by
Jassim al-Ghazali (third from right), won the event with jockey Alberto Sanna (fourth from left) at the helm. PICTURES: Juhaim
in four starts at the QREC Turf when
the Abdulhadi Mana al-Hajri-owned
Gelding won a race for three-year-old
Thoroughbreds only.
Marco Monterisos mount made a
slow start off Gate 1 but stayed on the
Al-Ghazali-trained
Al
Dallah,
owned by Sheail bin Khalifa al-Kuwari,
won the Thoroughbreds Class 1 race
for two-year-old llies pipping Secret
Tale by a length.
This was the second straight win
for the Footstepsinthesand lly, halfsister of Footprintinthesand, winner
of Local Thoroughbred Handicap earlier in the day. Ladjadj, who was at the
helm yesterday, had guided Al Dallah
to her rst victory a week ago at the
QREC turf.
Umm Qarn duo Rasheed and Ibn
Ibn Djel Bon ensured an exciting nish to the Purebred Arabian race for
three-year-olds with Rasheed pipping
his half-brother from Amer by half a
length to win the QAR100,000 event.
The two debutants left Majd Al Arab
colt Majdan four lengths behind in
third.
The Alban de Mieulle charges stayed
in the top ve next to the rails, before
jockey J. Baptiste Hamel moved Rasheed on the outside with two furlongs to
go. Even as Gaeton Faucon led the race
on his mount Ibn Ibn Djel Bon, Hamel
got his colt just galloping past his stable mate for a ne win.
RESULTS
1st Race: 1. Qatar Falcon (Pier Convertino); 2. Silent Thunder (Stephan Ladjadj); 3. Franchisco (Marco Monteriso);
4. Tayish (J. Baptiste Hamel). Won by:
Sh Hd, Sh Hd, . Time: 1:56.47. Owner:
Rashid Mubarak Aljafali al-Naimi.
Trainer: Majed Seifeddine.
2nd Race: 1. Footprintinthesand
(Darren Williams); 2. Zahrah (Gaeton
Faucon); 3. Absher (Marco Monteriso).
Won by: 3, 3 . Time: 2:04.34. Owner:
Mohamed Kazim al-Ansari & Sons.
Trainer: Ahmed Kobeissi.
3rd Race: 1. Al Bateel (Stephan Ladjadj);
2. Al Mansab (Harry Bentley); 3. Ostorah
Dukhan (Gaetan Faucon); 4. Sanayed
(Alberto Sanna). Won by: 1 , 2 , 1 .
Time: 1:32.94. Owner: Sheail bin Khalifa
al-Kuwari. Trainer: Jassim al-Ghazali.
4th Race: 1. Skate (Marco Monteriso);
2. Bronze Maquette (J Marcialis); 3.
Beach Samba (Gaeton Faucon); 4.
Intenser (Marvin Suerland). Won by: ,
1 , . Time: 1:21.82. Owner: Abdulhadi
Mana al-Hajri. Trainer: S Ibido.
5th Race: 1. Al Dallah (Stephan Ladjadj); 2. Secret Tale (Darren Williams);
3. Angel Of The Night (Alberto Sanna);
4. Reem Seattle (Evert Pheiffer). Won
by: 1, 8, 27. Time: 1:23.71. Owner: Sheail
bin Khalifa al-Kuwari. Trainer: Jassim
al-Ghazali.
6th Race: 1. Rasheed (J Baptiste
Hamel); 2. Ibn Ibn Djel Bon (Gaetan
Faucon); 3. Majdan (Pier Convertino);
4. Almuheet (Adrie de Vries). Won by:
, 4, 1 . Time: 1:30.88. Owner: Umm
Qarn. Trainer: Alban de Mieulle.
7th Race: 1. Al Hareth (Alberto Sanna);
2. Yasmeen (Gaetan Faucon); 3. Al
Mazrooah (Marco Monteriso); 4. Al
Mansoor (JP Guillambert). Won by:
2, 1 , 5. Time: 1:09.97. Owner: Mishal
bin Ali al-Attiyah. Trainer: Jassim alGhazali.
FOOTBALL/QSL
Lekhwiya's Ismael Mohamed and Umm Salal's Andranik Samarain battle for the ball during their
QSL clash yesterday.
clinical nishing deserted them at crucial moments.
Then in the 73rd minute Lekhwiya were
awarded a penalty when Jawad Ahnash brought