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International Finance

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Islamic Banking

Scotland –Opening Opportunities For Islamic Finance

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
The Islamic Finance Council UK (IFC), based in Scotland, estimates that an investment of £ 120m and £ 200m could be invested in Scotland for infrastructure products following a successful Islamic Sukuk bond. 24th October 2013 Scotland is emerging itself as a potential hub for Islamic finance following a major conference held by leading Scottish...
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Fintech

Dubai Sets Up First Solar Plant

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
The Supreme Energy Council is trying to reduce Dubai’s dependence on oil and gas, the gulf state aims to produce one percent of its energy needs using solar power by 2020 and five percent by 2030. 24th October 2013 Dubai inaugurated the first phase of a solar energy park on Tuesday and plans to build...
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Fintech

EU Signs Historic Trade Deal With Canada

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
The deal will make Canada the only G8 country to have preferential access to the world’s two largest markets, the EU and the United States. 24th October 2013 The European Union and Canada agreed on a multibillion – trade pact on Friday that will integrate two of the world’s largest economies and paves the way...
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Fintech

DCIM Solutions: Do You Know Where Your Servers Are?

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
by William Bloomstein, Market Strategist for iTRACS. 24th October 2013 Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) means many things to many people, depending on their short-term and long-range goals for the data center. For some, the immediate priority is reducing energy consumption and costs, contributing to the elimination of OPEX. For others, it’s getting a better handle...
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Fintech

Data Center Efficiency: Flirting with Disaster

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
Global demand for datacenter electricity will quadruple by 2020″ . 24th October 2013 Data center inefficiency affects all levels of the corporate hierarchy; from IT asset managers and data center directors, to accounting and finance professionals, right up to the folks sitting in the boardroom.  The combination of skyrocketing energy costs and the ever-increasing business...
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Economy

EU Signs Historic Trade Deal With Canada

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
The deal will make Canada the only G8 country to have preferential access to the world’s two largest markets, the EU and the United States. 24th October 2013 The European Union and Canada agreed on a multibillion – trade pact on Friday that will integrate two of the world’s largest economies and paves the way...
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Fintech

Hacker’s Now Set Their Eyes on “Source Code”

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
Cyber crime is carried out by self styled criminals known as “hacktivists”, to organised crime gangs who have a strong understanding of the hardest networks and also from state sponsored adversaries to target banks, financial centres and state owned. 21st October 2013 Experian Data Breach Resolution and the Ponemon Institute have released a new study...
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Economy

KPN “Poison Pill’s” Slim’s Takeover Bid

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
“The soccer rules in Mexico and Netherlands are the same, but taking over a large company is not soccer. We may have different rules for this here than in Mexico,” said Jacques Schraven, who heads the foundation. 21st October 2013 Mexican Billionaire Carlos Slim’s effort to take over Dutch Telecom Company, Royal KPN NV, was...
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Economy

London Business School Signs Key Deal

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
The programme is designed primarily to offer SAFE’s employees access to London Business School’s Master in Finance (MiF) programme, which is ranked number one in the world. 21st October 2013 London Business School, which has presence in London, New York, Hong Kong and Dubai signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with China’s State Administration...
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FinanceWealth Management

New Zealand: Creating Wealth for Clients

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
New Zealand is well-positioned to continue to provide investors with both a safe-harbour and strong returns relative to other geographies. 19th October 2013 New Zealand – on first impressions think clean, green, beaches, mountains, films like Lord of the Rings, music sensation Lorde, and of course The All Blacks. Few people think about investment opportunities, when perhaps they should....
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