On May 18, 1998, public prosecutors from 20 states, the District of Columbia and the United States Department of Justice, demanding Microsoft Corp. for allegedly violating anti-trust regulations. The Justice Department claims Microsoft is not fair to force consumers to use software products, especially Internet Explorer Web browser through the Windows operating system, which has prevented the occurrence of healthy competition. The U.S. government has accused Microsoft of monopolistic practices have been done.

Money which is running an economy lubricants are always a hot topic for discussion. Like an engine without oil, the economy also will not work without the money. However, many of us who only understand the meaning of money in the context of its form as paper money and coins. In fact, the definition of money is anything that can be accepted as a means of payment for goods and services in an economic system. In fact, in ancient times people used stone, animal skins, salt, and shells as money. At the time of the Prophet (SAW), gold coins (dinars), which comes from the Roman and silver coins (dirhams), which comes from the Persian are the two precious metals are regarded as currency. In the current era, paper money (fiat money) has become a common means of payment used in all countries in the world.

In recent days, exactly on the date of 1 sd March 4, 2009, Indonesia hosted the World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF) to-5. WIEF usually attended by hundreds of participants from various countries to discuss economic and Islamic finance, with a scientific approach and empirical-practical. The last meeting was held last year in Kuwait.