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GLOBAL MARKETS-ECB corporate bond buying plans lift stocks, hurt euro

* European shares surge on report ECB to buy corporate bonds* Wall Street to start up, earnings from Coca Cola, McDonalds due* Nikkei slips 2 pct, giving back half of Monday&aposs rally* US Treasury yields back above 2.20 pct as dollar reboundsBy Marc JonesLONDON, Oct 21 (Reuters) - European shares got a major lift while the euro and the region&aposs bond yields fell on Tuesday after European Cent
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Islamic finance body IILM adds Barwa Bank as sukuk primary dealer

The Malaysia-based International Islamic Liquidity Management Corp (IILM) has added Qatar's Barwa Bank IPO-BABK.QA as the tenth primary dealer handling its Islamic bond programme, the organisation said.

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Islamic finance body IILM adds Barwa Bank as sukuk primary dealer

The Malaysia-based International Islamic Liquidity Management Corp (IILM) has added Qatar's Barwa Bank IPO-BABK.QA as the tenth primary dealer handling its Islamic bond programme, the organisation said.
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Morocco's BMCE prepares to launch Islamic unit as Gulf ties grow

Morocco's BMCE Bank is preparing to launch an Islamic subsidiary as a joint venture with a major Islamic financial institution from the Middle East, the bank's managing director said.

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Indonesia sells 1.49 trln rupiah of Islamic bonds, below target

JAKARTA, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Indonesia&aposs finance ministry sold 1.49 trillion rupiah ($124 million) of Islamic bonds at an auction on Tuesday, slightly below an indicative target of 1.5 trillion rupiah, the ministry&aposs debt office said.The weighted average yield for the six-month Islamic T-bill was 6.73637 percent, lower than 6.81782 percent at the previous sale on Oct. 7.The six-year project
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Brighter China data fails to lift stocks, dollar sags

* China growth slows, but economy grew slightly more than expected * Nikkei slips 2 pct, giving back half of Monday's rally * Falling U.S. Treasury yields sap appeal of greenback By Marc Jones LONDON, Oct 21 (Reuters) - A two-day rebound in global...
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