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Incarceration Nation
United States has the highest number of people behind bars, mostly for drugs.
Investments – The Art Of High Risk Investing
Investment background knowledge
Estate Planning: Important, Yet Ignored by Many Physicians
Whether it was during their residency or a seminar attended with colleagues, estate planning is one of those concepts that floats in the back of a physician’s mind, without giving it much thought, or the importance it deserves.
Fool’s Gold? Pakistan Mine Rift Exposes Investor Risk
Pakistan’s Reko Diq, an untapped copper and gold mine of fabulous potential, was meant to be the biggest foreign investment in the country’s mining sector, but it’s beginning to look more like fool’s gold
10 Questions with Saeed Patel
emel magazine After graduating with an engineering degree, Saeed Patel migrated to the United States in 1989 from Baroda in Gujarat. Whilst pursuing a Master’s degree in Computer Science, he started working in a computer distribution company. In 1991, he and his friend started Amex Computers with an investment of $20,000. Amex Computers’ primary business [...]
Egypt Entrepreneurs See New Dawn Post-Revolution
after mass protests ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak last February, Ahmed Essam resigned from his job at a well-established software company to set up a six-person venture developing applications for smart phones.
Shoppers May Be More Cautious at Dubai Festival
The rich economies of the Gulf are growing strongly but amid a mammoth array of discounts, raffles and promotions at this year’s Dubai Shopping Festival, there are signs that consumers are becoming more value-conscious and thinking twice about spending after months of instability in the global economy.
Tiny Qatar Wielding Powerful Political Punch
From its startling winning bid to host the 2022 soccer World Cup and mediating roles in Middle East and African conflicts to its role leading Arab efforts to isolate Syria, tiny Qatar is aspiring to an ambitious role: global powerbroker.
Just Fake It
Designer clothing brands like Gucci, Prada, Chanel and DKNY are high-end brands that most women would love to have in their closet.
Suleyman Karimov, Sportsman/Philanthropist
And he is currently listed as number 118 on Forbes’ list of the World’s Billionaires, with a reported net worth of $7.8 billion.
Dubai Diversifies with Push into Diamonds
By Nour Merza DUBAI, Nov 16 (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates, the world’s fourth-largest oil exporter and home to gold trading hub Dubai, is rapidly becoming a force in trade of another highly valuable commodity: diamonds. Dubai, the UAE’s centre for gem trade, handled $35 billion worth of rough and polished diamonds in 2010, [...]
When Is a Bet not a Bet? A Day at Iran’s Races
“All forms of gambling are haram (forbidden by Islam) except for horse racing, camel racing and archery,” said Mohsen Mahmoudi, a cleric at a north Tehran mosque, adding that those manly, warrior sports were all encouraged by the Prophet Muhammad (s).
Gulf States Struggle to Shift Jobs to Choosy Locals
“There is a funny paradox that the governments want to create jobs for their nationals, but are themselves reluctant to employ them…”
Business Succession Planning: Common Mistakes Made By Business Owners
Despite having millions of small business operating in the United States, many of those small-business owners don’t have the faintest idea on how to formulate a proper business succession plan.
Muslim Founds Wonderful Education Tool
Suhail Khan has founded MyEducationKey, a comprehensive education website available for free.
British Firms Urged to ‘Pack Suitcases’ in Rush for Libya
New defence secretary says companies should be ready to cash in on reconstruction contracts in newly liberated Libya
Wham Bam Islam!
Trailer for Wham Bam Islam!
The Fatal Distraction
Friday brought two numbers that should have everyone in Washington saying, “My God, what have we done?”
The Father of Invention
The 79-year-old Jandali has deliberately kept his distance from the media.What is known about him lacks detail, and is both one-sided and a source of curiosity at the same time. Here is his story as Jandali himself told it to Al-Hayat.
