After Britain’s biggest budget airline was criticised for making cash refunds difficult, it is now making a “Martini” offer to passengers. Tens of thousands of travellers with advance reservations on easyJet over the late May half term have been told they can swap them for a flight “anytime, any place, anywhere” – echoing an old…
Transfer Market All the new from the final day of the transfer market 00:00. Thomas is officially an Arsenal player after the Premier League club paid Atletico Madrid his 50m euro release clause. FULL STORY HERE.
THE HALAL restaurants established by Muslim migrants in Britain quickly inspired an almost religious following among non-believers. Now a similar conversion may be under way in banking. Al Rayan Bank, Britain’s biggest sharia-compliant retail bank by assets, says around one in three of its customers is non-Muslim, up from one in eight in 2010. The…
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KUALA LUMPUR: RAM Ratings expects financing growth of Islamic banks to decline to below 5% in fiscal 2020, from 8.3% in 2019 due to the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic. Sophia Lee, RAM Ratings’ co-head of financial institution ratings said on Monday the decline tooked into account its expectation of a steep moderation of economic…
Premier League clubs have been busy so far in the transfer window in bringing in new faces and trimming their squads ahead of the deadline on Monday. Express Sport has compiled a full list of incoming and outgoings at all 20 top-flight clubs.
Whether you’re short on cash but want to grow your houseplant collection, or have gaps to fill outside, there are cheaper ways, says Ella Walker. Beginner gardeners are often encouraged to start small, which normally means cheap. You don’t go straight out and buy a massive banana tree, or hand over £50 for a stylish,…
Dubai: “Is it halal to buy shares in Tesla?” a young Muslim would-be investor asks on Twitter. Islamic finance – an amalgamation of Sharia law and modern banking – has become a $2 trillion business over the past two decades, covering everything from bonds to buying cars.
We live in an era where consumers, especially young people, demand that values and purpose are embedded into the work of businesses, employers and financial markets. In the decade since the financial crisis there has been mounting concern about why the system could have failed so badly, with the consequent effect on society, coupled with…
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