Sunday, 8 February 2015

In India, a Wave of Farmer Suicides

Bloomberg Businessweek: In India, a Wave of Farmer Suicides. View Full Story: null

Wednesday, 4 February 2015

Reforming Islam: Where change comes from

http://www.economist.com/blogs/erasmus/2015/01/reforming-islam

Islam will not be scolded, scorned or aerially bombed into reforming by outsiders; it is deeply immune to external pressure. But it can and will change from within, as the founding texts and traditions are reread and refracted by successive generations. Nobody can predict which way that change will go—and there is not just one, single historical path along which it will or won't progress.
 
 

Tuesday, 3 February 2015

Sunday, 4 January 2015

Lessons From Sudan's Haphazard Hudud Model

http://www.iais.org.my/e/index.php/component/k2/item/202-lessons-from-sudan-s-haphazard-hudud-model.html

Saturday, 3 January 2015

UBS Tries Old-School Investment Banking

Bloomberg Businessweek: UBS Tries Old-School Investment Banking. View Full Story: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-11-20/ubs-tries-investment-banking-with-less-risk

Rate-rigging currency markets.