KUALA LUMPUR, March 9 — The Dubai debt crisis does not represent a permanent setback to Islamic finance even though the sukuk or Islamic bonds suffered a blow as potentially safer instrument than conventional instruments. Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir (picture) said this was because of the reasonable disenchantment with the banking and financial … Read...

CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 9 /PRNewswire/ — Agility Recovery Solutions, a premier business continuity and disaster recovery company, has been announced as one of 100 winners of British Airways’ “Business Opportunity Grants” program. Read the rest here: Agility Recovery Announced Among 100 U.S. Businesses as British Airways’ ‘Business Opportunity Grant’ Recipients...

March 9 (Bloomberg) — South African business confidence climbed the most in 16 years in the first quarter as the economy’s recovery from a recession strengthened, Rand Merchant Bank said. Go here to read the rest: S. Africa Business Confidence Climbs Most in 16 Years (Update1) (Bloomberg)

March 9 (Bloomberg) — The New York Stock Exchange is betting that letting traders sit down will help win back business at the 217-year-old market. Cuttone & Co. yesterday moved more than two dozen traders into new stations with seats at the NYSE, where standing has been the norm since 1903. NYSE Euronext built the booths known as pods during the Big Board’s biggest overhaul since 1981,...

The New York Stock Exchange is betting that letting traders sit down will help win back business at the 217-year-old market. Originally posted here: NYSE Installs Chairs as Stock Exchange Seeks to Recoup Business (BusinessWeek)

Small Business Optimism Falls In Feb., NFIB Says Continue reading here: Small Business Optimism Falls In Feb., NFIB Says (Fox News)