Tagged: Mohamad Nedal Alchaar

AAOIFI’s Alchaar to Resign After Being Appointed Syrian Minister

Islamic Finance

2011-04-18

AAOIFI’s Alchaar to Resign After Being Appointed Syrian Minister

Mohamad Nedal Alchaar, the head of the Accounting and Auditing Organisation for Islamic Financial Institutions, was appointed Syria’s Minister of Economy and Trade. This leads to his leaving the post at the regulator.
Syria, where Syrian President Ba…

Women Scholars Struggle for a Place in Islamic Finance Sector

Islamic Finance

2011-03-17

Women Scholars Struggle for a Place in Islamic Finance Sector

Engku Rabiah Adawiah Engku Ali says she became the first female Islamic finance scholar after failing to progress in her preferred field of juvenile law.
Malaysia’s Shariah Advisory Council has two female scholars on its 11-member board and Indonesia…

No Shariah Rules for Breaking Deals Gets Regulator Review: Islamic Finance

Islamic Finance

2010-10-04

No Shariah Rules for Breaking Deals Gets Regulator Review: Islamic Finance

The leading global Islamic Finance accounting regulator is introducing conditions for contracts that comply with religious laws, seeking to standardize an industry with $1 trillion in assets under management.
The Bahrain-based Accounting & Auditing…

: ‘A job is not just a job’: Why some unemployed people aren’t jumping at job openings
Last month, just 194,000 jobs were created, while there are close to 11 million job openings in the U.S. and 7.7 million unemployed Americans.
The Moneyist: My father coerced me into giving him $100K for a ‘lucrative’ cryptocurrency pyramid scheme. How do I get my money back?
‘He chose to keep several aspects of this investment opportunity secret because he must have known I would have rather put my husband and kids first.’
: Apple seeks to avoid allowing developers to link out to other payment options in Epic appeal
Apple Inc. appealed a federal judge's ruling in Epic Games Inc.'s antitrust lawsuit against the proprietor of the App Store on Friday, and is seeking to avoid allowing app developers to guide consumers to other payment options as the judge commanded.
Mark Hulbert: Buying bitcoin or any other crypto is a huge leap of faith and you don’t want to be the ‘greater fool’
Cryptocurrencies aren't regulated and their valuations are not tied to investing fundamentals.
Personal Finance Daily: Tesla’s move to Texas for cheap housing could come up short and how to avoid decision fatigue when remodeling
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: Disney is eliminating a beloved free perk at its U.S. theme parks
Disney Genie will start Oct. 19 at Walt Disney World to help visitors avoid spending too much time in lines.
Market Extra: Wall Street gets ready for the Federal Reserve to pull trigger on tapering, despite ‘unusual situation’ in U.S. economy
The labor market recovery may be slowing, but the Federal Reserve probably will --- and should --- taper 'excessive liquidity-accommodation in the very near future,' says BlackRock's Rick Rieder, CIO of global-fixed income at the investment giant.
Market Extra: U.S. jobs data triggers debate by investors over whether the labor market has suffered permanent pandemic-linked scarring
The U.S. labor-force participation rate has yet to bounce back to pre-COVID levels more than a year-and-a-half after the pandemic started, despite the expiration of unemployment benefits for millions of Americans last month.
NewsWatch: Tesla’s moving to Texas for cheap housing — and could come up short
The pandemic-era move from California to other parts of the country has inflated home prices in the smaller markets, creating new housing crunches in the process.
Market Snapshot: U.S. stocks close lower Friday on tepid jobs report, Dow still scores biggest weekly gain since June
Major U.S. stock indexes end lower Friday, but still book weekly gains, despite slumping technology stocks, rising bond yields rose and disappointing job gains in September. However, Friday's jobs report seems unlikely to delay Federal Reserve plans to reduce its bond purchases as the economy recovers from the pandemic.

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