After a somewhat soft start, showroom bookings in Atlantic City’s 11 casinos and at Boardwalk Hall have gained momentum as the gaming industry places its bets on entertainment as a way of wooing visitors away from competing casinos in neighboring states. Read more from the original source: Atlantic City winter-spring entertainment schedule (The Record and Herald News)

As the world’s financial systems found themselves struggling through another challenging year in 2009, Islamic finance reached a new landmark. By year end, the steadily growing sector saw a cumulative total sukuk issuance reaching $100 billion (Dh367.3bn). See the rest here: Islamic finance more than a blip on West’s radar (Zawya)

KUCHING: PPB Group Bhd (PPB) looks to expand its flour business in Indonesia where the company has a 1,000 million tonne (MT) plant. It is also believed to be targeting Vietnam. View original post here: PPB expands flour business in Indonesia (The Borneo Post)

Local leadership guru Stephen R. Covey is becoming a tenured professor of the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University. Read more from the original source: Stephen Covey to join USU’s Jon M. Huntsman School of Business (Provo Daily Herald)

Brooke Huestis In the near future, students at Dartmouth and Williams Colleges may be facing debt from loans. The two institutions have decided to move away from their previous no-loan financial aid policies. Dartmouth announced that families with an annual income of more than $75,000 will see loans as part of their aid package. Williams has not yet established a cut-off income for the no-loan … Read...

With a new study showing a drastic decline in small-business loans both in Athens County and throughout Ohio, area companies are said to be holding tight and hunkering down to get through the difficult economy. Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher, D-Cleveland, who also heads the state’s Department of Development, released figures last week that show loans to Athens businesses from the U.S. Small Business … See...