Not, of course, that Western finance distinguished itself in the 2000s.
Although most well known for its prohibition of interest, Shariah is in fact a wholly different philosophy from the conventional western outlook of finance.
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The government is hoping that Western donors will help finance the building of the town, and that it will become a major tourist attraction, our correspondent says.
Because most U.S. banks are recapitalizing their businesses after the debt bubble burst, there are very few, if any western banks who will finance new green energy technologies.
For example, Schulte was CFO for two high tech companies and served as Director of Finance for Western Digital (WDC) and WebEx before Cisco (CSCO) bought it.
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For anything other than shariah compliant finance in Western Civilization?
Like companies, business schools "have to change with the times and go where the market is, " says Anurag Gupta, chair of the banking and finance department at Case Western Reserve University's Weatherhead School of Management.
Whether Western interests (mining, tobacco and finance) should withdraw or set themselves up as drivers of change is a question that demands careful and urgent consideration.
The letter (an example of which is attached, as is the list of recipients) was prompted by the recent emergence in Western capital markets of Shariah-Compliant Finance (also marketed as "Islamic finance") and by a lawsuit now before the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia.
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"I bring the knowledge of how a business should run according to Western standards -- specifically, how finance departments are structured, the typical financial reports that should be produced each month and what measurements they should be watching to help them gauge their success, " he told CNN.
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The other candidate who gathered steam in the campaign was former Finance Minister Ashraf Ghani, a Western-educated man who served as a World Bank analyst.
The other candidate who picked up steam in the campaign is former finance minister Ashraf Ghani, a Western-educated man who worked as a World Bank analyst.
Another recommendation from the committee is that with many of the best sites in remote locations around northern and western Scotland and in the Orkneys and Shetlands, finance for grid connection needs ramping up.
In a written statement to MPs, Mr Burns said he concluded that there were other options that would secure the additional finance necessary for the proposed redevelopment of the Western Docks.
Backers of Shariah-compliant finance see an opportunity for expansion amid the global economic downturn, and some Western banks are welcoming this growing source of new business.
Shariah finance is an extension of Islamic law, pushing a faith-based alternative to Western banking.
Shariah finance targets Muslims who want to avoid what are deemed "un-Islamic" Western banks or financial practices, and appeals to clients' faith as well as their bottom line.
Several Western pharmaceutical giants say India's 2005 Patent Act fails to guarantee the rights of investors who finance drug research and development.
Since the 1980's, emerging market economies, like those of China and Russia, have become increasingly sophisticated in the way they finance their respective governments and affiliated companies -- transitioning from reliance on syndicated commercial bank loans and Western government funding vehicles to the private capital markets (i.e. the issuance of stocks and bonds).
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Western retailers blame lax government safety checks, while Bangladeshi manufacturers say foreign companies need to pay more for clothes to finance building improvements.
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