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ABSTRACT -The practice of ribâ (« usury » or « interest » in Arabie) is forbidden by Islam. This prohibition is inscribed in Islamic Law originating during the Middle Ages in The Arab Peninsula. It is at the core of what is called « Islamic finance », having had a remarkable expansion in the second part of the twentieth century. This article focuses on the origin of ribâ prohibition, the problems facing Islamic finance at the eve of the third millennium and the development prospects of Islamicfinancialinstitutions

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between internal mechanisms of governance and financial risks of banks in the WAEMU zone by modeling econometric panel data over the period 1996 to 2007. The sample consists of fifty (50) banks of the Union. The results indicate that the origin and the structure of ownership haven’t significant effect on the risk of insolvency. Moreover, the increase of size banks minimizes credit risk. Furthermore, according to theoretical point of views of Jensen (1993) , the size of the board of directors has a significant

Directors' & Officers' Liability Insurance: The Issue of "Non-Indemnifiable Loss"[1] By Donna Ferrara (2004) I. INTRODUCTION For anyone who has been living on a desert island, there is a crisis in Directors' & Officers' Liability Insurance ("D&O")[i].' It was a long time coming. One carrier's website reports dismally that in 2001, rates had dropped to half of their level in 1996, while D&O exposure had grown by one thousand percent[ii]. After ten years of increasing claims frequency and severity, resulting

d’intérêts directeurs faibles pratiqués par les banques centrales (BCE, Fed…). Autrement dit, tout a été mis en œuvre pour éviter le naufrage du secteur bancaire. En attestent les 25.5 milliards de livres injectés en novembre 2009 dans la Royal Bank of Scotland pour sauver l’établissement de la faillite (art 2), mais aussi le taux directeur pratiqué par la Fed, de l’ordre de 0.25% en novembre 2009 (art 3). II. L’Histoire se répète-t-elle ? Un an après la faillite de Lehman Brothers, on assiste

Saturday, November 7, 2009 Copyright © 2009 The New York Times Une sélection hebdomadaire offerte par Doubts About Obama Todd Heisler/THe New York Times The United states and europe still have tensions over issues like Afghanistan and iran. President obama joined NATo leaders on the French-German border in April. By STEVEN ERLANGER T Marrakesh, Morocco HE ELECTION OF Barack Obama as president of the United States seemed to most Europeans to be unadulterated good news, marking

Traces of the oil slick spilling from the failed BP oil well in the Gulf of Mexico began to reach the Breton-Chandeleur Island chain, Gov. Bobby Jindal reported early Tuesday, but clean-up crews and others were having trouble finding it. After sending several boats to the area, the Coast Guard said it could not confirm that the oil had actually made landfall. Small patches of thick, red-colored oil inside large areas of light oil sheen were spotted on the inshore side the barrier island chain

have reached a crucial turning point in the last years. The traditional concept of this field, mostly based on quality management, is being replaced by new and diversified approaches, in an attempt to put consumers in the heart of the marketing strategy, in order to better meet their expectations. The recent notions do not only concern satisfaction but also dissatisfaction through recovery programs. Another major trend of services marketing shows clear evolution toward several customization strategies

bancaires et de la finance islamiques vis-à-vis d’un nombre limité de marchés, ainsi que le caractère relativement sous-développé de ceux-ci sur les marchés des pays musulmans plus peuplés. La plus grande banque islamique au monde, en termes d’actifs, est Bank Melli d’Iran, un pays où toutes les banques respectent la Charia en vertu de la Loi sur les services bancaires exempts d’usure de 1983. Cependant, les sanctions imposées à l’Iran par les États-Unis et l’Union européenne ont eu une incidence négative