Nov 29,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The much-talked-about Red Sea-Dead Sea Water Conveyance Project has been on the national agenda for quite a while now; recently, the Ministry of Water and Irrigation announced that it shortlisted five consortia, out of 17 that had expressed interest in implementing the giant project, which […]
BOOK REVIEW HOME CV PUBLICATIONS CLASSES PAK HOUSE OF DEBT Curriculum Vitae Atif Mian is Theodore A. Wells ’29 Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University, and Director of the Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy and Finance at the Woodrow Wilson School. He holds a bachelors degree in Mathematics with Computer Science […]
Source: Economic Times TOKYO: Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund, the world’s largest pension fund, posted a gain of 2.37 trillion yen ($20.9 billion) in the fiscal second quarter thanks to […]
Nov 23,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Kelli Wells Understanding the future of work is difficult, if not impossible. According to the MacArthur Foundation, 65 per cent of today’s schoolchildren will eventually be employed in jobs that do not exist yet. As technology, globalisation and many other factors continue to redefine work, […]
Source: Religion News Service By Tahir Nasser is a 27-year-old physician and a regular contributor and commentator in British media. Find him on Twitter: @TahirNasser “Why did America vote for Donald Trump?” is […]
Reuters International NOV 22, 2016 By Ellen Wulfhorst NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When Nicola Benyahia’s teenage son slipped away one day to join the Islamic State in Syria, the frantic mother anguished over his disappearance for months while keeping it secret from her friends and most of […]
CROWDSOURCING By Anand Chandrasekhar IN DEPTH: INDIAN INTERSECTION NOV 15, 2016 – 11:00 Sabnis taught himself to use 3D computer graphics software through YouTube videos (Parth Sabnis) Would you hire a complete amateur living halfway around the world to design a Swiss watch, costing tens of thousands of dollars? It […]
November 17, 2016 From GoldCore: A new Sharia Gold Standard set to debut in December could be the next big catalyst to push the yellow metal to new highs. Islamic Gold – Important New Dynamic In Gold Market Next month, 1.6 billion people will likely have a new ‘gold investment standard’ Islamic […]
LIFE Islamic fashion is the new trend online By Mohammed Yacoob | 07:26 PM Thursday, 17 November 2016 Quick Summary Bengaluru startup takes Islamic fashion online. Mubarakdeals.com claims to be Bengaluru’s first online Islamic store Indian Muslims have limited choice offered to them through traditional ethnic stores, and it is […]
Nov 19,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Sofia Faruqi Ethiopia is experiencing its most severe political turmoil in decades. After months of escalating protests and conflicts that have killed hundreds of people, on October 9 the Ethiopian government announced a state of emergency. Ethiopia’s conflict is being driven partly by ethnic tensions […]
Swiss soldiers are wearing boots made in Romania. Photo: AFP/Fabrice Coffrini Workers paid minimum for Swiss army boots Published: 18 Nov 2016 09:18 GMT+01:00 The Swiss army is manufacturing boots for its soldiers in Romania at the cost of just two francs an hour, according to a television report. According […]
MOHAMMED RASOOLDEEN | Published — Wednesday 16 November 2016 Muhammad Yunus RIYADH: Nobel Peace Prize winner Professor Muhammad Yunus advised youths not to run after jobs after graduation but to prepare themselves for a career in social businesses. Yunus is known throughout the world as a pioneer of the microcredit […]
Source: Money By Kerry Close @kerryclose Chuck Franklin—AlamyMortgage rates shot up since Trump was elected president. A few things to know before you rush to refinance due to post-election rate increases. […]
REBUILDING BOOM NOV 12, 2016 – swissinfo.ch The average age of the around 84,000 dams in the US is 52 years (Keystone) Companies like Sika and LafargeHolcim want to be a part of US President Elect Donald Trump’s plans to rebuild crumbling roads, bridges, tunnels and airports infrastructure. While the […]
CHEAPER CHOCOLATE By Anand Chandrasekhar NOV 8, 2016 – Toblerones come in a variety of sizes from 8g to 4.5kg (Keystone) The introduction of lighter, more affordable versions of the Swiss-made chocolate for the British market has sparked indignation in the UK. Swiss versions will remain unchanged. Mondelēz International, an […]
Nov 08,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – OSAMA AL SHARIF Libya has not been much in the news lately, but that does not mean that all is good. Five years after Western powers intervened militarily in that country — at the height of the so-called Arab Spring — resulting in the […]
Halt reflects deepening rift between the two countries By Reuters – Nov 07,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Egyptians gather to buy subsidised sugar and oil from a government truck, after goods shortage in retail stores across the country and after the central bank floated the pound currency, in downtown Cairo, Egypt, […]
Canada The last liberals Oct 29th 2016 | WINNIPEG MOST people “would give anything to trade places with you,” Dwight MacAuley, the province of Manitoba’s chief of protocol, tells his audience. No one disagrees. In a packed hall in Winnipeg’s century-old train station, 86 immigrants from 31 countries are becoming […]
Source: Huffingotn Post By Ben Walsh Business Reporter, The Huffington Post Shortly after the first presidential debate, former Obama adviser David Axelrod said on CNN that the commander in chief “can send armies marching and markets tumbling.” Investors, it seems, are being reminded of this as polls show Hillary Clinton’s numbers […]
‘I can offer them a really, really amazing income,’ says overworked doctor Eleanor Ross Tuesday 23 February 2016 26 comments Tokoroa has a population of around 14,000 Sarah Macmillan/Flickr A £190,000 salary, three months of holiday and no night or weekend work for a job in an idyllic part of New […]