03 February 2010 Amman — Jordan will host next month the First Islamic Finance and Investment Forum for the Middle East IFIF to discuss the role, functions and responsibilities of central banks in Islamic banking, Islamic funds & alternative investments, the situation of Islamic finance in the Middle East. Read more here: Jordan to hold First Islamic Finance and Investment Forum next month...

Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) — The South African government is reviewing the tender process for antiretroviral drugs, Business Report said, citing Anban Pillay, a manager in the Health Department. Read more here: S. Africa Rethinks AIDS-Drugs Contracts, Business Report Says (Bloomberg)

Bank of China (BOC) has decided to cut discounts that home buyers can get on interest of mortgage loans, a source with the bank’s Shanghai branch told Xinhua on Wednesday. The Shanghai branch has already received orders from the Beijing headquarter to cut the mortgage rate discount to first-time home buyers to 15 percent from the previous 30 percent, said the source. Taking effect since Feb,...

Magna Entertainment Corp. filed this news release as its twentieth bi-weekly default status report under National Policy 12-203 of the Canadian Securities Administrators, pursuant to which MEC announced that it would not be filing its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, nor would it be filing quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, with the U.S. Read more: Magna Entertainment...

Fans that attend the Winter Olympics will have entertainment other than the sporting events. Continue reading here: Olympic Entertainment (KSAN – KLST San Angelo)

The majority of Gov. Chris Christie’s new commission to study horse racing and the state’s sports and entertainment industries is made up of transition team members who recently presented scathing assessments of the racing industry. Originally posted here: Sports-entertainment panel lacks horse-race expertise (Asbury Park Press)