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  • proper noun An ancient province of Japan.

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  • Examples of more modest transactions include Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, or Dewa, in August saying it said it paid 379 million U.A.E. dirhams $103 million to take over local utility Palm Water, while IFC Capitalization Fund in April said it invested $125 million to shore up Bahrain's Ahli United Bank.

    Mideast's Unrest Hits Investment Banks Nicolas Parasie 2011

  • They promised us they would establish a network aggregator, but that hasn't happened as Indonesia has expected, said Gatot Dewa Broto, chief of public relations at the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology.

    RIM Threatened in Indonesia Eric Bellman 2011

  • In April, the Dubai Electricity & Water Authority, or Dewa, sold $1 billion worth of bonds with a yield of 8.5%.

    Dubai Taps Banks for Possible Bond Market Re-entry Tim Falconer 2010

  • The growing list of what Indonesia expects from RIM is not politically driven, said Gatot Dewa Broto , chief of public relations at the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, through which many of the demands have come.

    RIM Official Told to Stay for Inquiry Eric Bellman 2011

  • The interest rate for the Dewa bond is much better than Dubai World's recent offer to creditors of the conglomerate and of Nakheel, its property subsidiary.

    Dewa Pricing Pressures Dubai World Debt Talks 2010

  • The utility, or Dewa, earlier this month sold a $1 billion bond to yield 1.05 percentage point over comparable Dubai sovereign debt.

    Dewa Pricing Pressures Dubai World Debt Talks 2010

  • Dewa, wholly owned by the Dubai government, is rated Ba2 by Moody's and triple-B-minus by Fitch Ratings.

    Dewa Pricing Pressures Dubai World Debt Talks 2010

  • "If Dewa is the pricing benchmark for a Dubai quasi-government security, then Nakheel and Dubai World have to pay much more considering the risk attached," said a Dubai-based banker familiar with the matter.

    Dewa Pricing Pressures Dubai World Debt Talks 2010

  • "The aim is to minimise the misuse of the Internet, including for criminal activities," Gatot Dewa Broto, a spokesman for the country's telecommunications regulator.

    New State of Matter? And other scientific press releases 2007

  • And state-owned Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, or Dewa, could revive its efforts to sell as much as $1 billion in Islamic bonds this summer after it shelved similar plans late last year due to high borrowing costs.

    Islamic-Bond Issuance Slumps 2008

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