Effectively, SCF is an attempt to embrace modern interest-based commerce and finance, but to do so within a framework of Shariah-approved structures.

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These are the 1% of us, the rare giants of industry, commerce and finance who occupy Wall Street suites, Silicon Valley campuses, and all great cities in between.

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While warning (presciently) that populism would breed demagoguery and tyranny, Hamilton opposed slavery (establishing the New York Manumission Society), founded a school to educate frontier Indians (now Hamilton College), launched the Bank of New York (1784), argued for a permanent defense (standing army), and extolled the virtue and productiveness of commerce, industry, and finance.

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Furthermore, many signers were agrarians hostile to city life, industry, commerce, finance and (later) even the Constitution.

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Invariably, SCF is described by its proponents, practitioners, and scholars, as the contemporary Islamic legal, normative, and communal response to the demands of modern day finance and commerce.

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This week we've combed through listings at two agencies that deal with finance and commerce, the Department of Commerce and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

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When customs officials held up a consignment of switches from Alcatel, under the pretext of "improper paperwork, " Roshan scooped up letters from the ministries of communication, finance and commerce--and got the switches three days later.

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The duo are Finance Minister Tarrin Nimmanhaeminda and Commerce Minister Supachai Panitchpakdi.

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Chuan, though, has a big asset in his economic team, in which Tarrin Nimmanhaeminda returns as finance minister and former deputy PM Supachai Panichpakdi gets commerce.

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Gomez Advisors, in Massachusetts, assesses the performance of e-commerce websites in areas such as personal finance, travel, shopping, car buying and auctions.

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In order to put into effect the philosophy of Islamic finance, various structures have been developed to meet the demands of Shariah and commerce.

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