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    <title>First Islamic changes name to Arcapita</title>
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        First Islamic Investment Bank B.S.C.(c), a leading Bahrain-based investment bank, announced today that the bank and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Crescent Capital Investments Inc. in the US and Crescent Capital Investments (Europe) Limited in the UK, are changing their names to Arcapita.
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    <title>First Islamic announces record results for 2004</title>
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        First Islamic Investment Bank B.S.C.(c), a leading Bahrain-based investment bank, announced today that the Bank generated a net income of USD70.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2004, which represents a 57 percent increase over the USD44.8 million achieved in 2003.
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        First Islamic Investment Bank E.C., the Bahrain-based investment bank, announced that its offer to acquire South Staffordshire Plc, a UK-based publicly-traded water supply company, has been declared unconditional.
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        First Islamic Investment Bank E.C. ('First Islamic'), a leading Bahrain-based investment bank, and Bahrain International Golf Course Company ('BIGCC') announced today a USD300 million project to develop a uniquely themed residential community around the Riffa Golf Course in Bahrain.
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    <pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2004 09:09:46 +0400</pubDate>
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        First Islamic Investment Bank E.C., the Bahrain-based investment bank, announced today that it and its co-investors have acquired a substantial interest in VGC S.A. ('Vogica' or the 'Company'), a leading retailer and wholesaler of kitchens and bathrooms in France.
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