Reuters) – As a year-end deadline looms, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives pushed ahead on Thursday with their own “fiscal cliff” plan that muddles negotiations with the White House to avoid steep tax increases and spending cuts. The Republican-led House is aiming to vote on Thursday evening on […]
A hidden explanation for Britain’s surprising job numbers: Bangladeshi and Pakistani women are finally surging into the labour market IN AN upstairs room at the Jagonari women’s centre in east […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Monday 17 December 2012 Transport Minister Jabara Al-Seraisry said the design work on the Jeddah metro project is almost complete. “The designing of a light train project […]
Clyde Russell ARABNEWS Saturday 15 December 2012 LAUNCESTON, Australia: Take seven recent research reports on the outlook for gold from top-ranked investment banks and consultants and you’ll find one thing […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS The Unified Office of Zamzama, suppliers of Zamzam water, signed a SR 20 million contract with the Water Technology Company (WTC) to build a Zamzam bottling plant […]
Source: BBC By Jill Martin Atlanta Jill McDevitt Jill McDevitt says she is struggling to make a living in spite of having a PhD Jill McDevitt, 27, is well-educated and […]
The Huffington Post | By Harry Bradford Forget political brinksmanship, this whole debt ceiling thing could be solved quite elegantly with two coins. Made of platinum and worth, oh, $1 […]
Thomson Reuters today announced the launch of the Islamic Finance Gateway (IFG) Community, a multi platform forum for experts and professionals in the Islamic finance industry. “The Islamic Finance Gateway Community democratizes access to Islamic finance knowledge by connecting professionals to a vast network of subject matter experts and specialists, […]
Capitalism is, by its nature, dynamic. George Osborne’s attempt to engineer the ‘perfect society’ undermines the logic of the free market By Janet Daley for THE TELEGRAPH When the Edward […]
RIYADH: ABDUL HANNAN TAGO Saturday 8 December 2012 Turkey is planning to exempt 50 countries from visa entry, which is already applied to many Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia, as […]
Source: Dawn.com MYRIAD problems afflicting Muslims today are of our own making. The combined GDP of a billion plus Muslims living in some 56 sovereign Muslim states is less than that of Japan. Barring a few countries like Malaysia and Turkey, most Muslim states are underdeveloped. Pakistan has seven million […]
Reuters | Dec 03, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES LONDON/TRIPOLI — Libya is having to pay extra for food imports and traders say some foreign firms are diverting shipments elsewhere due […]
(CNN) — The Obama administration will entertain any Republican plans to avoid a so-called “fiscal cliff” at year’s end, but Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says the Bush-era tax cuts for top incomes must go. Speaking on CNN’s “State of the Union” and other Sunday talk shows, Geithner said he’s optimistic […]
EDDAH: ARAB NEWS Sunday 2 December 2012 The Ministry of Labor is exploring the possibility of Saudizing the vast retail sector, especially commercial centers and malls as part of its efforts to find more areas to employ Saudi youths including women. “The idea of Saudizing the retail sector is being […]
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The line in the sand in the fiscal cliff talks is clear: Democrats will only agree to a deal that raises the tax burden on high-income households. Democrats want to accomplish that goal largely through higher tax rates. Republicans hate that idea and say any new […]
The Unlucky Winners By Nick Carbone RICHARD BURKHART / THE MORNING NEWS / AP Powerball tickets are printed Tuesday afternoon at the Shell Station on Chatham Parkway in Savannah, Ga. […]
Source: Asia Times: By:Pushkar Indians are doing well in the knowledge economy. India is not. There is a misconception in some quarters that both are making rapid gains. The fact is that Indians based outside India continue to make impressive gains in the knowledge economy but India’s achievements remain quite […]
The European Commission on Wednesday approved a payment of €37 billion, or $48 billion, from the euro zone bailout fund to four Spanish banks on the condition that they lay off thousands of employees and close offices as part of their restructuring. Some of the biggest job cuts were expected […]
Nancy Folbre is an economics professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She recently edited and contributed to “For Love and Money: Care Provision in the United States.“ One explanation of Mitt Romney’s defeat in the presidential race focuses on the growing demographic diversity of the electorate. The declining share […]
LONDON (CNNMoney) — European finance ministers concluded a marathon meeting Wednesday without finalizing the details of a debt-reduction package for Greece. The absence of an agreement endangers the release of the next round of Greece’s international bailout package, funding the country needs to remove the threat of bankruptcy and […]