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By Elite Wealth Management: For institutional investors, keeping secrets for long is an impossible task. The Securities and Exchange Commission requires these entities to file a 13F, a quarterly filing required of investment managers of assets of $100 million or more, which contains information regarding the asset manager’s investment style and potentially even a list of equities owned. It’s a good gauge of what an investment company […]

|By TAP Staff|The global Sukuk industry is expected to be one of the fastest growing segments of the Islamic finance industry with huge growth potential in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, according to a report by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry. This is particularly true of Dubai where Sukuks are expected to play an important role over the next decade in securing funds for […]

By Dividend Yield: A good example how debt destroys the dreams of dividend growth investors is Tesco (OTCPK:TSCDY). The company cut its dividend payments yesterday by 75 percent. The major reasons for the trigger were worsening earnings as well as a high debt burden. Warren Buffett also bought a small stake in Tesco a few years ago and most of us thought it was a safe haven […]

By Lior Cohen: Silver’s downward trend reached an impasse last week. Let’s examine the relation between silver and U.S. equities and gold. Also, will the upcoming non-farm payroll report adversely impact the price of silver? Last week, silver inched up 0.2%. The silver ETF, iShares Silver Trust (NYSEARCA:SLV), also edged up by 0.1%. Moreover, companies, including Silver Wheaton (NYSE:SLW) and Pan American Silver (NASDAQ:PAAS), also slightly recovered […]

Thirty-two United Nations peacekeepers have been rescued after heavy fighting in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. The U.N. said Saturday that 40 of its soldiers remain under fire near the Syria-Israel border. A gunfight erupted between Philippine peacekeepers and Syrian rebels in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Philippine Defense Chief Voltaire Gazmin said the militants attacked one of the two camps Saturday manned by the peacekeepers. There were no […]

By Regarded Solutions: While Brain Moynihan has done a good job of projecting Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) as a small, hometown, people friendly bank, as opposed to the “too big to fail” ominous mortgage lending fiasco it had been, the best move he has made was to settle the issue with the Department of Justice. The article noted made these two distinct achievements to support its opinion: […]

By Dividend Yield: These are tough times for investors who look for cheap companies. The Dow and S&P 500 jump from high to high, but this boom is credit-driven; it’s the result of the monetary easing policy of the world’s major government banks. The good thing is that we can buy stocks in every market situation, whether the market has a P/E level of 30 or 10. […]

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“We have to be honest, we weren’t able to finish it the way we wanted,” said Kassem Eid, a Syrian rebel who has joined the opposition in exile. By ANNE BARNARD August 29, 2014 BEIRUT, Lebanon — As he rode onto the base of the Fourth Division, the formidable Syrian Army unit that had been starving and bombarding his town near Damascus for months, Kassem Eid prepared for a […]

DP World Jebel Ali, UAE. DP World After posting a decent set of numbers in the first half, a company can be excused if it sounds optimistic about its growth outlook. In DP World’s case – the numbers are more than decent. The Dubai-based ports operator, one of the largest globally, reported a solid 26% jump in six-month earnings as it added new capacity amid a pick […]

By Kalyani Shankar   Just a week before the Modi government competes its 100 days, the by-election results have come as a jolt to the BJP. The saffron party, which witnessed a spectacular victory in the Lok Sabha polls, has faced a setback too soon.   No doubt by- elections are fought and won mostly on local factors, but the results have certainly punctured the feel good factor […]

Two months ago, the U.K. became the first Western nation to sell Islamic bonds. But missing from the list of advisers and arrangers on the £200 million transaction were any of the country’s six shariah-compliant banks. One of them, Bank of London and the Middle East, doesn’t appear to have any hard feelings about it and applauds the rise in sovereign sukuks as they will help accelerate […]

UAE. With its oil wealth, population growth and strong demand for all manner of industrial and consumer goods, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is an attractive market for many manufacturers. There are, however, potential pitfalls in doing business in the region, particularly when it comes to appointing local agents to distribute products in the region. Many states in the MENA region have enacted commercial […]

NEW DELHI: The government has decided to put its weight behind a handful of key programmes and focus on their implementation as it believes that delivering on these high-profile projects will validate its mantra of effective governance.   The top priorities being monitored closely by Prime Minister Narendra Modi are financial inclusion, the Digital India campaign, rural sanitation, implementation of the goods & services tax (GST) and […]

QATAR. International food prices have been declining in recent months, reflecting record harvests and weak global demand. Declining food prices have in turn contributed to lower inflation in the Eurozone, the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US). This trend, coupled with a weak Eurozone recovery and mixed economic data in the US, suggests that the risk of global deflation remains high. As such, we expect […]

By George Acs: For two consecutive summers back in 1981 and 1982, I found myself in Jackson Hole. Although both times were in August, I don’t recall having run across any Federal Reserve types at the time. However, if they were there, they certainly weren’t staying in the same campground, but I’m guessing that their table was set much the same as mine, when big decisions in […]

|By TAP Staff| Abu Dhabi, along with London, Shanghai, San Fransisco, Mumbai and other global cities, will be the venue for the meeting of Global Opportunity Network panels to discuss how the pressure for change can be used to create more resilient and sustainable societies. Global Opportunity Network has presented five risks that will inspire this year’s opportunity panels. The Abu Dhabi meeting will take place on […]

Tim Vine: king of the one-liners Photo: Geoof Pugh/The Telegraph ‘What makes a one-liner work?” Tim Vine was asked on BBC News last week. “Er .  . .” blinked the 47-year-old comedian. “It can only be one line and it has to be funny.” Thus are trade secrets preserved, and we are left to figure out for ourselves why Mr Vine’s latest effort won the prize for the funniest joke […]

Most of the rest of the world is horrified that so much British ice cream is made up of vegetable fat and air Photo: REX FEATURES The Ice Cream War was one of Scotland’s most notorious criminal cases. It involved two rival Glasgow families using ice cream vans to sell drugs and stolen goods in the Eighties. The vicious turf war culminated in arson and murder. Now, a […]

By Surojit Mahalanobis   India’s search for quality power seems destined to be stunted. The power ministry and public sector units are all gaga about thermal power capacity addition year-on-year to the current figure of 53,000 MW. Of this, NTPC’s contribution to capacity is 44,128 MW including the latest dedication of Mouda Super Thermal power project Stage I for 1,000 MW capacity.   With Lanco Infratech’s plant […]

Brokerages in the United Arab Emirates, where the market regulator last month vowed it may create new rules to control so-called margin trading, are increasingly offering Shariah-compliant versions of the service. The practice contributed to stock market volatility in the country this year that sent Dubai’s benchmark index from a bull market into a bear and back again in less than a month. The U.A.E. said it […]

OPEC is not worried about a slide in oil prices towards $100 a barrel, delegates from the producer group said, with current levels seen as acceptable for producers while higher seasonal demand in the coming weeks was expected to support the market. Brent crude fell to a 14-month low of $101.11 a barrel on Monday as investor concerns over conflict in Ukraine and Iraq eased and Libyan […]

A year after a $920 million payment default at a spot commodities bourse cut trading from gold to soybeans futures, jolting India’s biggest brokerages, investors are returning as newer regulations buoy confidence. The volume of commodities traded on the Multi Commodity Exchange Ltd. (MCX), India’s biggest commodity bourse, has rebounded from a five-year low after the regulator tightened warehousing and shareholding norms in response to the payment […]

|By TAP Staff| Aldar Properties has reported a strong wave of demand for long-term, bulk lease deals from corporate clients. The lease agreements signed with corporate clients range from two to 30 years, providing Aldar with long-term security of income. Both local and international companies have signed bulk leases at Al Rayyana, The Gates Towers, The Arc, Sun and Sky Towers and Al Murjan Tower over the […]

Sanctions on Russia over the crisis with Ukraine are leading banks to call for the development of Islamic finance as they seek alternatives to European and U.S. pools of funding. The expansion of the Shariah-compliant industry would let the country attract fresh capital from the Middle East and Asia, the Association of Russian Banks said this week in response to an inquiry from the state bank. The […]

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