We’re publishing many reports that our team usually delivers exclusively to our clients on our web site, and they’re free of charge. We’re doing this to help investors understand the compliance status of some of the most popular companies that are also challenging to screen.

The reports reveal the results of the analysis process that our team goes through to analyze companies' revenue streams, and the level of detail that is required to form a final opinion on the Shariah compliance status of a stock.

The research reports for these companies are available Apple Inc. (NASDAQ AAPL), Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT), LinkedIn Corporation (NYSE LNKD), Vodafone Group plc (London Stock Exchange (LON) VOD), Woolworths Limited (Australian Stock Exchange (Sydney) WOW), LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA (Euronext Paris MC), Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (Abu Dhabi Stock Exchange ETISALAT), Kuwait Food Company Americana KSC (Kuwait Stock Exchange FOOD), Saudi Basic Industries Corporation [SABIC] (Saudi Arabian Stock Exchange 2010), Plus Expressways Berhad (Bursa Malaysia PLUS).

We plan to publish new premium reports weekly, so let us know if you need a report for a specific company or sector.

We've heard as a feedback from the market that some of these reports

delivered surprises to a number of portfolio managers, certain companies ' compliance were opposite to their perceived status, and some of this year's best winners were mistakenly avoided.

The published reports are all screened according to the Shariah mandate as defined by the AAOIFI (Accounting and Auditing Organization of Islamic Financial Institutions). IdealRatings clients can order any premium report according to their choice of mandates.

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http://www.idealratings.com/research

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The Islamic Investor

Until now Islamic finance services such as knowing which stocks are Shariah compliant or not are only available to institutions subscribing to specific data service providers such as IdealRatings or index providers for instance. These subscriptions might be feasible for institutions but for individual investors who are willing to invest in the stock market subscribing to such a service in order to fulfill their ethical and religious views is not feasible.

IdealRatings as a strong believer in Islamic Finance and having the objective to make Islamic investment information available to all Muslim investors who are willing to invest according to their ethical and religious beliefs, decided to provide a retail product for individual investors and to offer it for free.

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IdealRatings Islamic Investor™ is the only iPhone application that tells you if a stock is Shariah compliant or not, gives you a detailed report explaining the reasoning of the compliance status, and alerts you if a company changes the compliance status.

IdealRatings is the most trusted provider of accurate, and timely, Islamic Finance information. Most Islamic index providers, and financial institutions in 12 countries rely on IdealRatings to create and manage their Islamic,Shariah compliant products. Our data is available directly, or on Thomson Reuters and Bloomberg terminals. Features:

- Find out, instantly, if a stock in your local market is Shariah compliant or not.

- Learn why by reading a detailed report.

- Explore Shariah compliant stocks from the Top Stocks and Featured sections. -Track the compliance of your favorite stocks.

- Receive an alert if a stock changes compliance status. -Share your findings with your friends and colleagues.

Upcoming Events

• IFN Issuers & Investors Asia Forum
  17 - 19 October 2011, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Entering its 6th year and recognized as the industry’s leading and largest annual event in Asia
  
  
• WIBC - The 18th World Islamic Banking Conference
  21 - 23 November 2011, Manama, Bahrain. The World’s Largest Annual Gathering of International Islamic Finance Industry Leaders

• Business To Avoid:
Total non-permissible income not to exceed 5% of the total income generated by the company. Non Permissible Income is defined as income generated from:
•Interest Income from operating or non operating activities
•Adult Entertainment
•Alcohol
•Cinema
•Conventional Banking Activities (Banking, Mortgage, Conventional Financial Services, Conventional Insurance)
•Gambling
•Defense & Weapons
•Hotels
•Pork
•Tobacco
* Screening: Cash & Interest Bearing investments should not exceed 30% of the Average Market Cap. during the previous 12 Months.
Interest Bearing Debts not to exceed 30% of the Average Market Cap. during the previous 12 Months.
Total Sum of the liquid Assets should not exceed 67% of the Average Market Cap. during the previous 12 Month.

Companies change business activities by buying other companies, or entering into new businesses, they also change their financial's by borrowing more, or paying back loans that they owed. Because of these, and many other corporate actions, we constantly track and screen companies for compliance.