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Sharia-Compliant Bonds, Also Known As Sukuk Or Islamic Bonds, On The Rise Thanks To Malaysia, Gulf States and Africa
IBTimes - 8 Feb 2014 04:21
Islamic finance, which includes a proscription against borrowers paying interest to lenders, will grow internationally to more than $100 billion this year, after a difficult 2013. The issuance of sukuk, or shariah-compli...
The Most Powerful Pivot Level
Forbes - 8 Feb 2014 23:22
Currently if you ask any audience of traders if they have heard of or use pivot levels almost every hand will go up, however that wasn?t always the case. I first remember hearing about pivot point analysis from the late ...
Share Sales Off to Strong Start
Wall Street Journal - 8 Feb 2014 03:51
Seventy-one public companies tapped the U.S. stock market last month, a record start to the year and a sign of investors' healthy appetite for growth sectors despite the recent tumult.
Kenya Plays A High Stakes Game With Its New Mining Industry
Forbes - 8 Feb 2014 18:30
Kenya’s main port of Mombasa is a curious place for a game of “high stakes chicken” but that’s how it looks to an outsider as the country’s first big mining venture races towards a head-on collision with the ...
Gold tumbles on profit-selling, lack of demand
livemint.com - 8 Feb 2014 12:52
Gold of 99.9 and 99.5% purity dropped by Rs340 each to Rs30,200 and Rs30,000 per ten grams, respectively
Woody Allen: "Of Course I Did Not Molest Dylan"
IBTimes - 8 Feb 2014 07:21
In a piece that will appear in the New York Times' Sunday Review, Woody Allen vehemently denies all allegations he molested his then 4-year-old daughter Dylan in 1992. Allen's primary reaction to the accusations are that...
The Week Ahead: Back to the Future -- Hoping for 1954
Forbes - 8 Feb 2014 02:21
Last week started off with fears of Armageddon as the contagion from the emerging markets hit the developed stock markets quite hard. The S&P 500 futures lost 44 points by mid-afternoon, Monday, with little in the way of...
Hybrid Of Western Investment And Shariah Law Promises Big Returns In 2014
IBTimes - 8 Feb 2014 01:21
Eric Meyer, a hedge fund manager, finds himself flying from Connecticut to the Persian Gulf at least once every four to six weeks. His favorite city there is Dubai, where he's had an office in the Jumeirah Lakes district...