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Natalie Schoon of British-based financial consultancy Formabb looks at ADF's successful model for Islamic financing for Afghanistan's agriculture sector.

The Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) will release an updated 10-year industry roadmap next week as it places greater emphasis on the implementation of its standards with regulators around the globe.

US firm Pfizer says commitments to preserve UK science jobs - if it wins a $106bn (£63bn) takeover of AstraZeneca - are legally binding.

Paris resists US pressure to scrap assault ship contract, which supports more than 1,000 French jobs, to punish Moscow for its policy toward Ukraine

Outsourcer’s subsidiary is drawn into row between two Russian oligarch’s over their shareholdings in Ukrainian television station

The quarterly inflation report is also expected to explain for the first time what changes to its ‘forward guidance’ on interest rates will mean in practice