The world today is on the lookout for the next BRICS to take the global economy to the next level, but it has had little or no luck in that regard as yet. While it is really about the growth story, aspiring economies are yet to tap into a growing segment that shows obvious potential, which is the Islamic finance …
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Sanctions & the Dollar: A Fall From Grace? : By Conn M. Hallinan
August 27, 2014 "ICH" – The recent round of sanctions aimed at Moscow over the crisis in the Ukraine could backfire on Washington by accelerating a move away from the dollar as the world’s reserve currency. While in the short run American actions against Russia’s oil and gas industry will inflict economic pain on Moscow, in the long run the …
Read More »Islamic Finance Q & A eBook – Fatwa of Muslim Minorities Series (1)
Download Now The first part of the series "Fatwas of Muslim Minorities" focuses on the financial issues that face Muslim minorities. Many of Muslims' concerns and questions related to banks, loans, mortgage, insurance, business, investment, retirement plans, etc., are answered in this book. Source: http://www.onislam.net
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The Halal Guys: Cashing In on Street Cred – By: ALEX VADUKUL
Some empires are managed from a distance: in corner offices, from cellphones on beaches, under palm fronds while being fanned by servants. The Halal Guys attracting a crowd, and a tourist, Camille Panzera of Brazil.CreditDave Sanders for The New York Times Hesham Hegazy, the general manager of the Midtown street-food empire the Halal Guys, prefers sitting by a window at …
Read More »Russia Is Abandoning The US Dollar : By Michael Snyder
June 11, 2014 "ICH" – The Russians are actually making a move against the petrodollar. It appears that they are quite serious about their de-dollarization strategy. The largest natural gas producer on the planet, Gazprom, has signed agreements with some of their biggest customers to switch payments for natural gas from U.S. dollars to euros. And Gazprom would have never …
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