Business / Qatar Business

Kahramaa inks deals worth QR7.7bn 26 May 2014 - 01:41 am

The Minister of Energy and Industry, H E Dr Mohamed bin Saleh Al Sada (right), at the function yesterday. DOHA: The Qatar General...

Doha Festival City awards QR1.65bn mall work contract 26 May 2014 - 01:12 am

Doha: Bawabat Al Shamal Real Estate Company WLL, owner of Doha Festival City, has awarded Gulf Contracting Company in joint venture with ALEC...

Heavy FII buying pushes QE index to new highs 26 May 2014 - 01:12 am

DOHA: Foreign institutional investors continue to lap up prized Qatari stocks as the local bourse is all set to join the coveted MSCI...

Weekly Money Market Review with IBQ: Disappointing data fuels hopes ECB may cut rates next month 25 May 2014 - 10:40 pm

The Dollar Index rose to a seven-week high as investors sifted through US economic data that included strong readings on Manufacturing, Existing Homes...

QE to introduce margin trading, short selling 25 May 2014 - 01:31 am

Qatar Exchange CEO Rashid Al Mansoori (fourth right) and other dignitaries at a meeting in London. DOHA: The Qatari bourse is planning to...

Wataniya becomes Ooredoo 25 May 2014 - 01:28 am

Abdulaziz Fakhroo, General Manager and CEO of Ooredoo in Kuwait, announcing the transition from Wataniya to Ooredoo. DOHA: Wataniya Telecom, Kuwait’s first privately-owned...

Savoy Education Centre gets ISO certification 25 May 2014 - 01:28 am

Doha: Savoy Education Centre has got the ISO 9001:2008 certification on Quality Management System recently, the company said in a statement. The certification...

Qatar has second highest inflation rate in the GCC 25 May 2014 - 01:12 am

Doha: Inflation rates in the GCC registered increases by between 0.73 percent and 2.96 percent by end of March 2014 when compared to...

Eurozone recovery is under way, but remains fragile: QNB 25 May 2014 - 01:11 am

Doha: The eurozone economic recovery is slowly under way, but it remains fragile, says a weekly report by Qatar National Bank (QNB) yesterday. ...

Ooredoo signs deal for $1bn revolving credit 23 May 2014 - 09:13 am

Doha: Ooredoo yesterday announced the signing of a $1bn revolving credit facility agreement. The agreement was executed between Ooredoo Q S C as...

QE index dips 96.59 points last week 23 May 2014 - 09:07 am

Doha: Qatar Exchange index lost 96.59 points, or 0.74 percent, last week when trading closed at 13,008.16 points here yesterday. The trading value...

Dolphin Energy wins Crystal Award for Qatarisation 22 May 2014 - 09:10 am

Officials with the award. Abu Dhabi: Dolphin Energy has received the Crystal Award in the category of ‘Support for Training and Development’ at...

QInvest hosts Paris varsity graduates 22 May 2014 - 09:03 am

Paris Dauphine University graduates at QInvest. DOHA: QInvest, one of Qatar’s leading Shariah-compliant investment bank hosted a group of graduates from Paris Dauphine...

Al Ansari Associates wins award 22 May 2014 - 08:58 am

AI Ansari & Associate has won “The Middle East Law Firm of the Year 2014” award at the Corporate Counsel Middle East Awards...

Doha Bank plans to raise capital next year 22 May 2014 - 08:54 am

KUWAIT: Doha Bank plans to raise additional capital in 2015 to underpin fast asset growth and potential acquisitions, the chief executive of Qatar’s...

RasGas celebrates 25 million man hours without LTI 22 May 2014 - 08:52 am

Doha: The Operation Projects Department (OPD) of RasGas Company Limited (RasGas) recently celebrated 25m man-hours without a Lost Time Incident (LTI). This milestone...

Qatari bourse index loses 54.62 points 22 May 2014 - 08:48 am

Doha: The Qatar Exchange index lost 54.62 points, or 0.43 percent, to close at 12,679.53 points yesterday from the previous closing of 12,734.15...

CGC wins traffic surveillance deal in India 22 May 2014 - 08:48 am

Doha: Consolidated Gulf Company (CGC has won a multi-million riyal contract in India to provide traffic surveillance solutions. CGC’s fully owned subsidiary in...