Tuesday news bullets

• Dubai repays the $1 billion Dubai Civil Aviation Authority sukuk that matured on November 4th with proceeds from the $1.93 billion sukuk issued last week.
  
• A report from Moody's says that sukuk issuance in the first 10 months of 2009 exceeded the same period in 2008 by 40%, although the sukuk market is dominated by government-related entities.
  
• The Investment Dar's Bahrain unit extended its standstill agreement according to a statement by the Investment Dar Sukuk Co on the Bahrain stock exchange. It is unclear whether the Investment Dar's standstill agreement was also extended.
  
• Al Baraka Bank Syria's IPO was heavily oversubscribed
  
• Two applications from foreign banks to receive Islamic banking licenses in Malaysia are being processed according to the Deputy Finance Minister. It is part of a liberalization planned that will expand the opportunities for foreign investors in Islamic financial institutions.
  
• Malaysia's Securities Commission signed an agreement about cooperation with the regulators in Hong Kong and Singapore.
  
• A conference in New Jersey focused on how corporate America can market to the Muslim market in the country.
  
• Uganda's regulators are learning more about Islamic finance in preparation of a review of the country's laws and how Islamic finance could fit into them.
  
• In the wake of a successful $2 billion sukuk issuance, the 'shut-up' heard round the world. The Emirate's leader Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum expects the second tranche of $10 billion in bonds to be 'well received' and dismissed critics who wonder whether Dubai will be supported by the rest of the UAE, and particularly Abu Dhabi.