Presented by: Houda Cherrak and Bouchra Touzani To Doctor: David Hampton March 27‚ 2008 Introduction to Islamic banking system Islam not only prohibits dealing in interest but also in liquor‚ pork‚ gambling‚ pornography and anything else‚ which the Shariah (Islamic Law) deems unlawful. Islamic banking is an instrument for the development of an Islamic economic order. Islamic banking‚ with 15 to 20% growth a year‚ has emerged as one of the vital pillars of the global economic system
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paper describes some segments of ECG waveform which can identify the segments and how ECG signal can be used to distinguish between different arrhythmias. Keywords—the ECG signals; waveform; cardiac activity; electrocardiogram; cardiac vector I. Introduction The heart is the most important organ in both human body and vertebrate animals. The main function is like a pump to push blood to all areas in the body and supply the nutrition to the cells. The heart is located in the chest between the lungs
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TITLE PAGE THE IMPACT OF COMPUTER SERVICES IN BANKING INDUSTRIES A CASE STUDY OF UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA (U.B.A) GUSAU BRANCH. BY ABDUL AZIZ SANIN BABA ADM NO: 10202 MARYAM ABDULLAHI ADM NO: 10209 SUBMITTED TO DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE‚ ZAMFARA COLLEGE OF ART AND SCIENCE (ZACAS) GUSAU‚ ZAMFARA STATE. IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT FOR THE REQUIMENNT OF THE AWARD OF PROFESSIONAL DIPLOMA C ERTIFICATE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE March‚ 2009. I APPROVAL PAGE This research work has been read‚ accepted and approved
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CSR Over the last two decades‚ the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has attracted considerable attention academic circles as well as in practice. CSR has been the subject of much researched and one of most intensely debated issue among scholars and practitioners (Mcdonald and Thiele‚ 2007; Yeh and Li‚ 2009; Mandhachitar and Poolthong‚ 2009; Maignan and Ferrell‚ 2005; Dincer and Dincer‚ 2012; Barone‚ Mizaki and Taylor‚ 2000). The benefits of companies engaging in CSR activities
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INVESTMENT INDUSTY ANALYSIS Investment Industry EXECUTIVE SUMMARY We chose to do our analysis on the Investment Industry. The companies that we have chosen to analyze are Bank of America Merrill Lynch followed by Goldman Sachs Group‚ Morgan Stanley‚ and JP Morgan Chase and Co. These companies are known as investment banks. An investment bank is a financial institution that assists individuals‚ corporations‚ and governments in raising capital by underwriting and/or
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Starbucks History Starbucks was established in Seattle‚ USA in 1971 and today‚ there are 17‚009 stores in 50 countries. The present CEO of Starbucks‚ Howard Schultz joined this company in 1982‚ however‚ he left it for a short time and started own Italian style coffeehouses. After that‚ he returned in 1987 for purchasing Starbucks with the help of local investors. Products B2C: Business to Customers Starbucks sell coffee‚ handcraft beverage‚ merchandises‚ fresh food‚ consumer product and
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Brief: The Wine Industry The wine industry includes red wine and white wine. Vines were first planted in the Middle East before 4‚000 BC. Through vine plantation and wine production‚ wine trade emerged in Greece‚ Crete‚ Phoenicia and Egypt and spread widely in Mediterranean. Wine industry rapidly developed with the help of the Catholic churches in The Middle Ages. In seventeenth century‚ new techniques and innovations were turned up to improve the wine to satisfy the globalization and colonization
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1.0 Introduction As part of their lives‚ individuals are engaged in generating wealth and using this for their own prosperity.The management of this created wealth is an important issue‚ as individuals are expected to also manage their lives with this wealth. It is the concern of this study to investigate how wealth is perceived by wassiyah method and how it is distributed by individuals in the form of inheritance. Islamic theory of wealth provides useful guidelines in relation to wealth ownership
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The Vietnam War was conflict fought mostly in Southern Vietnam in the years between 1959 and 1975. The war caused many political and social opinions‚ especially in the later war years. The war was the result of North Vietnam and the Vietcong attempting to overthrow the South Vietnamese government. The conflict was a continuation of the first Indochina war‚ which was fought when the Vietnamese sought independence from France after World War II. The country was split into two parts — northern and
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1. Introduction to the Insurance Industry Insurance and risk management make up an immense global industry. According to a survey conducted by a leading global insurance firm‚ Swiss Re‚ worldwide insurance premiums totaled $4.270 trillion in 2008 (the latest data available)‚ up about 6.3% from $4.061 trillion in 2007. This was equal to about 6.18% of global GDP. Global life insurance premiums were $2.79 trillion during 2007‚ while all other types of insurance totaled $1.78 trillion. In America
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