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Al Mal Downgrades Union Properties

DUBAI — Union Properties’ shares on Monday plunged by 9.6 per cent to Dh0.94, bringing its losses this week to more than 18 per cent after the company posted a second quarter loss of Dh227.95 million, with investors getting jittery about the developer’s fragile financial health.

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DUBAI — Dana Gas, an Abu Dhabi-listed firm, declared a second quarter net profit of Dh392 million, an over 11-times increase compared to the Dh34 million in 2008, after making a stake sale of its Iraqi unit. The company, which has a cash balance of about Dh1.1 billion, said it would “pursue” asset and corporate acquisitions in the second half of 2009 in the Gulf Arab region and North Africa.

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SAS to Support Green Initiatives

DUBAI — SAS, a leading provider of business intelligence and analytic software and services, has announced that it will continuously support the ‘green’ momentum in the Middle East, through its ‘SAS for Sustainability Management’ solution — a powerful tool that is based on the SAS Business Analytics Framework.

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Maktoum Foundation Training

DUBAI — The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation has launched a training programme in Bahrain to develop the entrepreneurship skills of young Bahrainis and help them identify market needs, acquire an understanding of best business practices, and plan and draw strategies in line with market evolution.

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