October, 2016

• 10 October

  Some Democrats stay quiet on US voting reforms

    Remember how some Democrats were making a big deal about voting reforms earlier this year? They promised that if they won they would push for automatic voter registration, voting for ex-felons and better administration of elections. The good news for advocates of making voting easier is that the Democratic national platform wound up having a strong plank supporting reform. ...

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• 10 October

  Good living conditions can stop African migrant flow

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel has realized it the hard way that the source of migration needs to be addressed. The jolt she received in the regional polls must have been a rude awakening for her. The outcome of the elections was reason enough for her to delve deeper into the refugee problem and go beyond the open-door policy. She ...

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• 10 October

  Trump would jail Clinton? There’s a name for that

  

  Donald Trump’s threat in Sunday night’s presidential debate to appoint a special prosecutor to go after Hillary Clinton’s use of a private e-mail server is legally empty — but it’s genuinely dangerous nevertheless. Federal regulations give the appointment power to the attorney general, not the president, precisely to protect us against a president who uses the special prosecutor as a ...

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• 10 October

  Low interest rates will be around for a while

  When I talk to friends in asset management, I often hear them express a deep, gnawing worry about low interest rates. Fears that low rates would spark inflation, or cause governments to default on their debt, seem to have receded. I don’t hear many people talk about a “bond bubble” anymore. But one big concern won’t go away — the ...

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• 10 October

  Subtle age discrimination gets a court’s blessing

  

    Noah Feldman A company puts out word that it’s hiring: recent college graduates only, no experienced salespeople need apply. That’s age discrimination, right? Not according to a ruling from a federal appeals court last week. Overturning a half-century of practice, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit held that job applicants can’t benefit from the disparate-impact provision ...

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• 10 October

  DED to fortify Dubai’s Islamic economy capital initiative

  

    DUBAI / Emirates Business The Department of Economic Development (DED) in Dubai unveiled on Monday the ‘Global Islamic Business Excellence Centre’ (GIBEC), which aims to expand Islamic economic activities beyond Islamic finance and contribute to the development of an Islamic business ecosystem in line with the emirate’s Islamic economy capital initiative. The Centre will also institute the ‘Global Islamic ...

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• 10 October

  IHAF to address unification of Halal industry

    DUBAI / Emirates Business As visionaries, industry leaders and policymakers come together for this year’s Global Islamic Economy Summit (GIES), the International Halal Accreditation Forum (IHAF) is set to take the stage to push the Halal standardisation agenda forward. HE Mohamed Saleh Badri, Secretary-General of IHAF, said: “The GIES presents an ideal opportunity for IHAF to discuss among key ...

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• 10 October

  Global Islamic Economy Summit to begin today

    DUBAI / Emirates Business The third Global Islamic Economy Summit 2016 is all set to start at Madinat Jumeirah in Dubai under the theme “Inspiring Change”. Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, the two-day summit is organised by Dubai Chamber of ...

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• 10 October

  China’s Alibaba buys stake in Spielberg firm

  

    Beijing / AFP Chinese internet billionaire Jack Ma has bought a stake in cinema legend Steven Spielberg’s company, they said, the latest tie-up between China and Hollywood as they seek to make movies for audiences in the Middle Kingdom and beyond. Alibaba Pictures, a unit of Ma’s sprawling e-commerce conglomerate, has taken a minority shareholding in Spielberg’s Amblin Partners, ...

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• 10 October

  Vietnamese court rejects lawsuits over fish deaths

  

    HANOI / AP A court in central Vietnam rejected lawsuits from hundreds of fishermen seeking compensation from a Taiwanese steel company for losses caused by its release of toxic chemicals that killed a large number of fish and caused one of the country’s worst environmental disasters. Catholic priest Dang Huu Nam, who helped the fishermen file the lawsuits at ...

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