Tuesday, Nov 26, 2024

International Finance

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Economy

Menacorp tops dubai financial market’s list of brokers for Q1 2015

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Attributes success to robust business model April 6, 2015: Menacorp, the UAE’s largest financial services firm, has achieved another milestone after it was named the top brokerage firm from among the 49 listed brokers at the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) for the first quarter of 2015. The award-winning investment firm ranked first in terms of...
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Economy

Russia seeks a bite of Latin America

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Renewing and strengthening ties in a bid to alleviate food shortages back home Kamilia Lahrichi April 2, 2015: Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov courted Cuba, Nicaragua, Colombia and Guatemala during a four-day visit to South America in March 2015 to boost bilateral trade, as food shortage is hitting his country hard. Last year, Moscow banned...
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Fintech

US continues to lead ecommerce sales

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The country also appears to be adopting the shift to mobile at a faster rate than other countries April 1,2015: The United States continues to lead e-commerce among the most Internet-friendly markets surveyed in North America and Europe, according to an international study commissioned by RetailMeNot, the world’s largest marketplace for digital offers. The study,...
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Islamic finance and the halal industry

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There is great potential for correlation between the two Camille Paldi March 31, 2015: The word halal is derived from the Arabic verb Halla, which means to be or become lawful, legal, legitimate, permissible, allowed, admissible, un-prohibited, or unforbidden. Halal is simply that which Allah and the Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh) have allowed to be done...
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Economy

ADB sees strong growth for Asia in 2015 and 2016

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“Developing Asia is making a strong contribution to global economic growth”, says ADB Chief Economist Shang-Jin Wei. March 26, 2015: Developing Asia will maintain its strong economic growth in 2015 and 2016 supported by soft commodity prices and recovery in the major industrial economies, says a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) report. ADB’s flagship annual...
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Economy

Impact of Osborne’s budget on business

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DoF Online spoke to KPMG’s head of tax policy Chris Morgan about the impact of Chancellor George Osborne’s proposals March 26, 2015: “On the corporate side of things there wasn’t anything too unexpected included in the budget. The only thing was the restriction on the carrying forwards of losses. This was described as a method...
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Business Leaders

Someone to show the right path

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GrowthEnabler, which mentors startups, wants to look beyond the Valley Suparna Goswami Bhattacharya March 24, 2015: Every year, millions of young minds come up with ideas that they feel can culminate in a startup. However, many fail to see the light of the day. Come to think of it, China sees 1.3 million startups every...
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Singapore’s founding father dies at 91

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Lee Kuan Yew transformed Singapore into a global economic powerhouse March 23, 2015: Lee Kuan Yew, the statesman who transformed Singapore from a small port city into a wealthy global hub, has died at the age of 91. The authoritarian leader dies on Monday following a seven-week struggle with pneumonia. The Cambridge-educated lawyer set Singapore...
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Fintech

Time for a little buzz

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While fans are fawning over Apple’s latest offering, the rest are wondering if the watch is worth the money Suparna Goswami Bhattacharya March 20, 2015: Since its launch, Apple Watch has created enough excitement among bloggers and tech experts around the globe. From hailing the wonder watch as the next big thing in the ever...
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Business Leaders

DWF Partner Andrew Gregory joins Pre-Pack Pool stakeholder group

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Pre-Pack Pool established to assess the viability of pre-pack administrations March 19, 2015: Andrew Gregory, partner and head of the financial services sector group at business law firm DWF, has been appointed as a member of the independent Pre-Pack Pool Stakeholder Group.The purpose of the Pool is to act as an independent committee which will...
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