Islamic financial products soak up growing share of Gulf money
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Lebanon Daily Star - DUBAI: The market for Islamic finance and banking is growing rapidly in the oil-rich Gulf thanks to burgeoning wealth and attractive financial instruments. Studies have put the total value of Islamic equity funds in the Gulf at around $30 billion
Credicorp shares dip on Citi downgrade
MSN MoneyCentral - The biggest finance company in Peru, Credicorp lends money to companies, sells insurance, runs a brokerage and manages investments. Abut said Credicorp “remains a compelling growth story.
Wage increases falling further behind soaring cost of living
Times Online - Alec Chrystal, head of the finance faculty at Cass Business School, said: “Rising costs paired with the impact of slow wage increases will certainly lead to less disposeable income for many consumers and this will make them feel worse off.
Mayor’s pal got inside scoop on contracts
Detroit Free Press - Those kinds of details are not handled by the mayor’s chief of staff, but by someone in finance, someone in another administrative role. “I would be concerned about any kind of involvement that the chief of staff would have related to contracts
South Korean government targets 6 percent economic growth for 2008
PR Inside - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea plans to reach economic growth of about 6 percent this year through measures including corporate tax cuts, the Ministry of Strategy and Finance stated Monday. The country’s economy grew 4.9 percent last year
Schweitzer, Brown must give back cash if no challengers file
Montana Standard - However, those totals likely will rise; new campaign finance reports are due Monday. The law setting up the campaign finance limit was part of a voter initiative passed by Montanans in 1994.
Next challenge: second season syndrome
Guardian Unlimited - It was quite a stressful time for me as I had borrowed a big sum of money, £30,000, in order to finance my drive with March the previous year,” he said.
Babcock works to clear margin loans
News.com.au - The company has received commitments for new term finance to replace the remaining outstanding margin loans. “Today’s announcement removes all short term debt secured against marketable securities in Babcock & Brown managed funds and reconfirms our
List of judicial candidates who filed for office through Friday
Pine Bluff Commercial - HASKELL, Ark. - Officials in the Harmony Grove School District are asking voters to raise their property taxes to finance a new football program. The measure, which would raise about $1 million, will be on Tuesday’s ballot. Voters in the district in
Sarkozy suffers backlash in France’s local elections
Guardian Unlimited - Some were elected straight away last night, but others, such as the finance minister Christine Lagarde, face tough battles. Early results showed the right trailing the Socialists in her Paris district.
TriCo Bancshares to Present at the Sandler O’Neill 2008 West Coast
Forbes - Tri Counties Bank offers financial services and provides a diversified line of products and services to consumers and businesses, which include demand, savings and time deposits, consumer finance, on the web banking, mortgage lending, and commercial
On the fast track to citizenship
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Pfc. Moses Nyumah, a member of the 247th Finance Detachment, walked with his mom, Louise Tamba, after a welcome home ceremony at the Roseville Armory following the unit’s return from a 12-month tour near Tikrit. Nyumah, originally from Liberia
Overtime is hurting quality of life: Trades Hall
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