<?xml version="1.0"?><?xml-stylesheet title="XSL_formatting" type="text/xsl" href="/rss/rss.xsl"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Zawya.com - Amman SE News</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/middle-east/financial-markets/amman/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2010 ABQ Zawya Ltd. All rights reserved.</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:22:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><ttl>18</ttl><image><title>Zawya.com | Middle East Business News and Company Directory</title><width>144</width><height>76</height><link>http://www.zawya.com/middle-east/financial-markets/amman/</link><url>http://www.zawya.com/images/newsletter_zawya_logo.gif</url></image><item><title>Hikma delivers record sales and 36% earnings growth in 2009</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20100317082216/Hikma delivers record sales and 36% earnings growth in 2009</link><description>Hikma Pharmaceuticals, the fast growing multinational pharmaceutical group, today reports its preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2009.</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:01:39 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zawya.com">Press Release </source><guid isPermaLink="false">ZAWYA20100317082216</guid><category>Open</category></item><item><title>ASE opens on a lower note </title><link>http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20100316111020/ASE opens on a lower note </link><description> Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) on Tuesday, opened its trading with a drop reaching 2494 pts compared to 2497 pts of Monday&apos;s closure price index, according to the market sources.</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:20:08 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zawya.com">Jordan News Agency - Petra </source><guid isPermaLink="false">ZAWYA20100316111020</guid><category>Open</category></item><item><title>Middle East Insurance Co. Long-Term Ratings Lowered To &apos;BBB-&apos; </title><link>http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20100316055820/Middle East Insurance Co. Long-Term Ratings Lowered To &apos;BBB-&apos; </link><description>Standard &amp; Poor&apos;s Ratings Services said today that it lowered its long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on Jordan-based Middle East Insurance Company (MEICO) to &apos;BBB-&apos; from &apos;BBB&apos;. The outlook is stable.</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:59:50 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zawya.com">Press Release </source><guid isPermaLink="false">ZAWYA20100316055820</guid><category>Open</category></item><item><title>Jordan&apos;s Arab Bank PLC Long-Term Rating Cut To &apos;BBB-&apos; On Sovereign Downgrade</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20100316060020/Jordan&apos;s Arab Bank PLC Long-Term Rating Cut To &apos;BBB-&apos; On Sovereign Downgrade</link><description>Standard &amp; Poor&apos;s Ratings Services said that it lowered the long-term counterparty credit rating on Arab Bank PLC (AB PLC) to &apos;BBB-&apos; from &apos;BBB&apos;. At the same time, we affirmed the &apos;A-3&apos; short-term rating on the bank. The outlook is stable. </description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:58:55 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zawya.com">Press Release </source><guid isPermaLink="false">ZAWYA20100316060020</guid><category>Open</category></item><item><title>Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC - Blocklisting of Shares</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20100315122837/Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC - Blocklisting of Shares</link><description>The Board of Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (&quot;Hikma&quot;) (LSE: HIK) (NASDAQ: HIK), announces that it has made a block listing application to the Financial Services Authority and the London Stock Exchange plc for a total of 700,000 ordinary shares of 10p each in the capital of the Company to be admitted to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority.</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:44:34 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zawya.com">Press Release </source><guid isPermaLink="false">ZAWYA20100315122837</guid><category>Open</category></item><item><title>Amman Stock Exchange rose 0.32%</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20100310052835/Amman Stock Exchange rose 0.32%</link><description>Tuesday&apos;s trading value on the Amman Stock Exchange amounted to JD28.9 million spread over 34.1 million shares traded through 8,387 transactions.</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:10:23 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zawya.com">Jordan Times </source><guid isPermaLink="false">ZAWYA20100310052835</guid><category>Open</category></item><item><title>NBK Capital: MENA in Focus (08-Mar-10)</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidpdf_090310151000/NBK Capital: MENA in Focus (08-Mar-10)</link><description>This is a PDF report. </description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:01:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zawya.com">NBK Capital </source><guid isPermaLink="false">pdf_090310151000</guid><category>Subscription</category></item><item><title>BMI: Jordan Commercial Banking Report (Jan-10)</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidpdf_090310081104/BMI: Jordan Commercial Banking Report (Jan-10)</link><description>&lt;A href=&quot;http://www.zawya.com/viewpdfStory.cfm/sidpdf_090310080717/lok1&quot;&gt;Read Abstract&lt;/A&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:53:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zawya.com">Business Monitor International Limited </source><guid isPermaLink="false">pdf_090310081104</guid><category>Subscription</category></item><item><title>Investors hope economic upturn, higher liquidity to invigorate ASE</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20100309061314/Investors hope economic upturn, higher liquidity to invigorate ASE</link><description>Investors on the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) will be hoping that the projected growth in the Jordanian economy and a long sought after increase in liquidity will see the bourse reverse its downward slide of recent months.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:30:10 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zawya.com">Jordan Times </source><guid isPermaLink="false">ZAWYA20100309061314</guid><category>Open</category></item><item><title>Amman Stock Exchange down 0.51%</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20100309061340/Amman Stock Exchange down 0.51%</link><description>Monday&apos;s trading value on the Amman Stock Exchange amounted to JD17.7 million spread over 15.8 million shares traded through 6,429 transactions.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:28:59 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zawya.com">Jordan Times </source><guid isPermaLink="false">ZAWYA20100309061340</guid><category>Open</category></item><item><title>BMI: Jordan Defence and Security Report (Jan-10)</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidpdf_080310084419/BMI: Jordan Defence and Security Report (Jan-10)</link><description>&lt;P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none&quot;&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = &quot;urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags&quot; /&gt;&lt;st1:country-region w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;&gt;Jordan&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;&gt; continues to maintain a neutral foreign policy position, but its stabilised relationship with &lt;st1:country-region w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;Israel&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = &quot;urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office&quot; /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none&quot;&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;&gt;grew shaky in 2009. In August, &lt;st1:City w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;Amman&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt; rejected US appeals for Arab states to improve relations with&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none&quot;&gt;&lt;st1:country-region w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;&gt;Israel&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;&gt; to help restart the flagging &lt;st1:place w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;Middle East&lt;/st1:place&gt; peace negotiations. The stability of the &lt;st1:place w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;West Bank&lt;/st1:place&gt; is vital to&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none&quot;&gt;&lt;st1:country-region w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;&gt;Jordan&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;&gt;?s security and stability ? and even if a peace agreement is reached, &lt;st1:country-region w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;Jordan&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; will have to cope with&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none&quot;&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;&gt;much of the &lt;st1:place w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;West Bank&lt;/st1:place&gt;?s Palestinian population</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:37:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zawya.com">Business Monitor International Limited </source><guid isPermaLink="false">pdf_080310084419</guid><category>Subscription</category></item><item><title>Board of Jordan Islamic Bank proposes dividends at a rate of 12%</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20100308054550/Board of Jordan Islamic Bank proposes dividends at a rate of 12%</link><description>The Jordan Islamic Bank posted JD39 million in pre-tax net profit and JD28 million in after tax profit for the 2009 fiscal year. The board endorsed the bank&apos;s financial statement for last year and recommended the distribution of dividends at a rate of 12 per cent.</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:14:01 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zawya.com">Jordan Times </source><guid isPermaLink="false">ZAWYA20100308054550</guid><category>Open</category></item><item><title>Amman Stock Exchange drops 0.14%</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20100308054740/Amman Stock Exchange drops 0.14%</link><description>Sunday&apos;s trading value on the Amman Stock Exchange amounted to JD36.1 million spread over 42.2 million shares traded through 9,891 transactions.</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:11:51 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zawya.com">Jordan Times </source><guid isPermaLink="false">ZAWYA20100308054740</guid><category>Open</category></item><item><title>EFG: Regional Monthly (07-Mar-10)</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidpdf_080310071956/EFG: Regional Monthly (07-Mar-10)</link><description>This is a PDF report. </description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 06:50:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zawya.com">EFG Hermes </source><guid isPermaLink="false">pdf_080310071956</guid><category>Subscription</category></item><item><title>Amman Stock Exchange rose 0.01%</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20100304041711/Amman Stock Exchange rose 0.01%</link><description>Trading value for Wednesday on the bAmman Stock Exchange reached JD34.2 million spread over 39.4 million shares were traded through 9004 transactions.</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:08:37 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zawya.com">Jordan Times </source><guid isPermaLink="false">ZAWYA20100304041711</guid><category>Open</category></item><item><title>Markaz: Markaz Funds Fact Sheet (Feb-10)</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidpdf_100310100448/Markaz: Markaz Funds Fact Sheet (Feb-10)</link><description>This is a PDF report.&lt;br&gt;</description><pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 10:03:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zawya.com">Kuwait Financial Centre </source><guid isPermaLink="false">pdf_100310100448</guid><category>Subscription</category></item></channel></rss>