LONDON, February 8 /PRNewswire/ — The global CEO of HSBC Amanah will deliver a keynote speech at Euromoney Seminar’s Islamic Finance Summit in London on 23rd February 2010 at The Landmark. The rest is here: CEO of HSBC Amanah to Deliver Keynote Address at Euromoney Seminars’ Islamic Finance Summit in February (ITNews)

Schools in the Lake Elsinore Unified School District are going up for adoption. In other words, school officials are seeking business partners in Canyon Lake, Wildomar and Lake Elsinore willing to “adopt” schools. “We want this to be mutually beneficial relationship where the schools get something out of it and the businesses get something out of it, too,” school district spokesman...

Tele Atlas, a leading global provider of digital maps and dynamic content for navigation and locationbased solutions, and Pitney Bowes Business Insight, the leading global provider of data quality and location intelligence solutions, today announced an … Read this article: Pitney Bowes Business Insight Selects Tele Atlas as Preferred Digital Map Provider (Netzeitung.de)

Governor Deval Patrick and Senate President Therese Murray plan to propose this week several ways to improve the Bay State’s business climate, saying they need to be more aggressive in steering the region out of its economic malaise. Excerpt from: Beacon Hill bids to boost business (Boston Globe)

Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) — Illovo Sugar Ltd. plans to spend about 6 billion rand ($774 million) over the next five years expanding in Africa, Business Day reported, citing Managing Director Graham Clark. Continue reading here: Illovo Sugar Plans African Expansion Program, Business Day Says (Bloomberg)

Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) — MTN Group Ltd. plans to cut its interconnection charges on March 1 regardless of whether the industry regulator approves the move, Business Day reported, citing Robert Madzonga, acting chief corporate services officer. More here: MTN Will Cut Connection Rate Unilaterally, Business Day Reports (Bloomberg)