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June 30, 2009

No debt sales, no progress for Islamic finance

By Mohd Johan Lee. Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/8573843 The sale of debt to third parties, especially through multiple securitisations, has been blamed for fueling the worst global […]
June 25, 2009

Boardroom Overhaul in the Middle East

By Bradley Hope, © The National 2009. Available at http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20090624050302/Boardroom%20Overhauls Under pressure from the economic downturn, companies across the country are shaking up their leadership structures […]
June 19, 2009

Does Islamic finance need for an “Islamic Goldman Sachs”?

Originally taken from “Godly but ambitious” featured out in the Economist (Available at: http://www.economist.com/people/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13856281). MOST practitioners of Islamic finance pride themselves on their modesty. But not […]
June 15, 2009

Arab nations ’need to revert to gold dinar’

By Anwar Elshamy (http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=297072&version=1&template_id=48&parent_id=28) A financial expert has called for abolishing the current paper money system and returning to gold currencies instead, saying it was the […]
June 5, 2009

Full Text of Obama’s Speech in Cairo.

CAIRO – Text of President Barack Obama’s speech at Cairo University, as provided by CQ Transcriptions. (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31102929/page/1/) Good afternoon. I am honored to be in the […]
June 5, 2009

Full Text of Obama's Speech in Cairo.

CAIRO – Text of President Barack Obama’s speech at Cairo University, as provided by CQ Transcriptions. (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31102929/page/1/) Good afternoon. I am honored to be in the […]
May 15, 2009

Is Islamic Finance the Answer?

By Robin Brant. (Available at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8025410.stm) Experts in Islamic finance believe their way of doing business has shielded them from the global credit crisis. But how […]
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