DOHA (Reuters) – Qatar First Investment Bank (QFIB) could spend around 45 percent of the firm’s 1. The bank is also eyeing a deal in the healthcare sector in the Levant region (Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Palestinian territories), which could be announced by the end of this year or early 2010, Marri said. For the first two years of operation, Marri said the bank will focus on the Gulf Arab, Middle East and North Africa regions as well as Turkey, which could serve as a gateway into central Asia. Thomson Reuters is the world’s largest international multimedia news agency, providing investing news, world news, business news, technology news, headline news, small business news, news alerts, personal finance, stock market, and mutual funds information available on Reuters. read more

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