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Japan: An absolute wonderland
Japan is an absolute wonderland. You will find natural wonders the length and breadth of the country, as well as futuristic cities with lightning-speed trains and infinite cultural treasures. No doubt you have come across Japan being amongst the highly ranked on any world’s top lists, such as World’s Top Economies, World’s Best Technological Advancement, World’s Most Populated Cities, World’s Largest Stock Exchange, World’s Highest Mountains and even World’s Highest Number Of Vending Machines In A City (Tokyo itself has six million of them!). Thus, it is no wonder that Japan is a favourite tourist destination and also one of the easiest countries in which to travel.
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Takaful Ikhlas Bags Best Takaful Product Award At Takaful Int'l Conference
Takaful Ikhlas Sdn Bhd bagged the "Best Takaful Product Award" at the International Takaful Award 2010 held recently in conjunction with the 4th International Takaful Conference 2010 at Jumeirah Carlton Tower in London.
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Indonesian Islamic Banking Outlook to 2013
"Indonesian Islamic Banking Outlook to 2013” report gives an extensive research and in-depth analysis on the Islamic banking market in Indonesia. With the global financial crisis raising doubts over the world's conventional financial system, the banking industry in Indonesia stands to benefit from the global downturn and expects to continue rapid growth in the coming years. The financial crisis is having no negative impact on the development of Islamic banking in the country. So far, Islamic banks have not showed any weakening of their performance and we expect both assets and lending would grow at a CAGR of over 50% between 2009 and 2013. This optimistic view is based on its very nature (avoid involvement of interest rates), extremely low penetration and a healthy growth in lending over the past two years.
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Pure, wholesome foods help Phuket promotion as Halal hub
The World of Halal Science, Industry & Business Conference 2010 (WHASIB '10) recently held in Thailand's Andaman Sea resort of Phuket, and joined by related agencies, puts Phuket on the world map at a centre of dietarily pure and wholesome food and personal care products.
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BIBD Seeks More Openings in Global Sukuk Market
Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam (BIBD) is seeking more opportunities in the global sukuk market as a means to grow its expertise while waiting for potential sukuk transactions in the country, a top executive said.
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Japan's Nomura to list US$100m Sukuk
Japan's top securities firm Nomura will list its inaugural 100 million dollars of Islamic bonds on Bursa Malaysia as the company looks to diversify its funding sources, officials said.
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Stock-taking at Kuwait Finance House
Kuwait Finance House (M) Bhd (KFH Malaysia) has been thrust into the limelight in the past few months after news broke that a due diligence status audit was being conducted at the bank at the request of its new boss.
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HSBC promotes Indonesia’s potential
As the world’s fourth most populous country with 230 million people, Indonesia is another economic engine providing opportunities for growth and enormous business prospects.
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Covered and classy
Islamic fashion is sometimes seen as quite unwearable. If you look at some designs, you find that most of them don’t quite make sense for the average women. Where on earth would you wear trailing yards of fabric, layers of material and strange-looking headgear? But just like other types of fashion, where some of the things we see on the runway don’t quite look like what women can wear every day, it’s all a matter of interpretation.
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