BUSINESS IN BRIEF 23/7 (Vietnam Net)
Ho Chi Minh City has over the first seven months licensed 271 foreign invested projects worth more than 7.71 billion USD, 12 times higher than the total FDI volume of the same period last year.
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Sukuk issuance up 17% to $17bn in Gulf (AME Info)
Islamic corporate bond (sukuk) issuance in the Gulf has climbed 17% in the past 12 months to a record $17bn, according to a report by international law firm Trowers & Hamlins.
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Islamic bond issuance up 17% to $17bn as Gulf economies weather credit crunch (AME Info)
Islamic corporate bond (sukuk) issuance in the Gulf has jumped 17% in the last year to a record $17bn, dispelling fears that investors' appetite for lending to Gulf based companies would be dented by the credit crunch, reveals research by Trowers & Hamlins, the international law firm.
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Islamic bond issuance up 17% to US $17 billion as Gulf economies weather credit crunch (Zawya)
Islamic corporate bond (sukuk) issuance in the Gulf* has jumped 17% in the last year to a record US $17 billion, dispelling fears that investors' appetite for lending to Gulf based companies would be dented by the credit crunch, reveals research by Trowers & Hamlins, the international law firm.
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Persian apples to peaches (The Monterey County Herald)
Peaches used to be called "Persian apples" because when Alexander the Great and his armies came back to Greece from Persia (present day Iran) they brought this sumptuous fruit back with them. The Xian area of China is the original home of peaches.
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