Archive for 'Tag Archives: 'Jamal Harwood''
The Bull Bear ride in Gold
There is a massive battle going on between Gold bulls (those expecting the market to rise) and bears (those expecting the market to decline). This is being fought over “fundamental analysis” with key issues: the decline [...]
Another Rogue Trader and the Question of Risk
Three years to the day that Lehman Brothers collapsed another rogue trader scandal has hit. Thirty one year old Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) trader Kweku Adoboli is accused of losing £1.3 billion. Following on from [...]
The Tax We Love to Pay
The month of Ramadan ended this past week, literally hundreds of millions of Muslims fast and spend much time in contemplation and prayer in Mosques globally. Ramadan is the month of revelation (the Quran was first [...]
White Collar Riots?
A new sentence has been added to the usual greetings when speaking to friends or family in the UK: “Has there been rioting in your neighbourhood yet?”. Appallingly the riots spanned several days and spread beyond [...]
Go Directly to Jail,do not pass Go & do not collect $200: US cheating at Monopoly
As a child I used to enjoy the odd game of “Monopoly” with my siblings. Not the best preparation for a Muslim perhaps, particularly as any real “monopoly” is clearly forbidden in Islamic law, but instructive [...]
G8: Exploiting the Arab Spring
The “Tag word cloud” is a marvelous tool for understanding quickly the main gist of a long article. By setting out which words are most commonly found in a document one can readily determine a feel [...]
