Business / Qatar Business

New projects encourage Q4 business optimism 09 Dec 2014 - 09:52 am

DOHA: The outlook for Qatar’s economy remains “overwhelmingly positive”, despite sluggish and uneven global growth, according to the latest Business Optimism Index (BOI)...

Gulf region sukuk issuance to touch $30bn mark next year 09 Dec 2014 - 09:51 am

DOHA: Sukuk issuances in Gulf markets is expected to hit a whopping $30bn mark in 2015, revealed Michael Grifferty, President of the Gulf...

Barwa Bank picks 10 winners of mobile promo 09 Dec 2014 - 09:48 am

DOHA: Barwa Bank has announced the names of the first ten winners of its mobile banking promotion. The first ten lucky winners were...

Commercial Bank initiates squeeze-out process of ABank 08 Dec 2014 - 11:36 pm

DOHA: Commercial Bank have initiated a formal squeeze-out process to acquire additional shares of Turkish bank Alternatifbank AS, Turkey (ABank). Currently, Commercial Bank...

Management rejig at Commercial Bank 08 Dec 2014 - 11:36 pm

DOHA: The Chairman and Board of Directors of Commercial Bank yesterday announced a number of changes at the senior management. Colin Macdonald has...

SelectUSA official in Qatar to showcase Washington Investment Summit 08 Dec 2014 - 07:45 am

DOHA: SelectUSA executive director ambassador Vinai Thummalapally visited Qatar and met with business and government leaders to highlight investment opportunities in the United...

QBA hosts visiting Pakistani delegation 08 Dec 2014 - 07:44 am

Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim Al Thani (fourth left) and Pakistan’s ambassador to Qatar Shehzad Ahmed (second right) with visiting Pakistan delegation and QBA...

RasGas warehouse sees incident-free seven years 08 Dec 2014 - 07:32 am

Doha: RasGas Company Limited’s (RasGas) warehouse in Ras Laffan recently celebrated the completion of one million manhours without a lost time incident (LTI)...

QDB hosts training for SMEs 08 Dec 2014 - 07:31 am

DOHA: Qatar Development Bank (QDB) concluded its second training course for 2014, which comes as part of a series of Qatar-based ‘Comprehensive Industrial...

Weekly Commodity Update: Commodities take a breather after torrid November 08 Dec 2014 - 07:13 am

By Ole S. Hansen (Head of Commodity Strategy, Saxo Bank) Commodities have fallen to a five-year low, leaving producers of most raw materials...

Talent gap growing in energy and chemical sectors in Qatar: KPMG 07 Dec 2014 - 01:05 am

Hilda Mulock Houwer (left), Partner at KPMG and Global Head of Advisory, Energy and Natural Resources, with Robert Bolton, KPMG’s Global Head of...

Deflation poses risks to global house prices: QNB 07 Dec 2014 - 01:04 am

Doha: The rising risk of deflation in selected markets poses downside risks to the anaemic recovery in global house prices, QNB said in...

QFB, QU sign MoU under Al Rowad initiative for business learning 07 Dec 2014 - 01:02 am

Qatar University President Prof Sheikha Abdulla Al Misnad (left) and Qatar First Bank Chairman Abdulla bin Fahad bin Ghorab Al Marri signing the...

QR80bn project works completed in 2013 07 Dec 2014 - 01:00 am

By Satish Kanady DOHA: Qatar, which is projected to spend $182bn over the next five years on infrastructure, has completed a total of...

Imports of construction materials set to double by Q1, 2016 07 Dec 2014 - 12:59 am

BY MOHAMMAD SHOEB DOHA: The import capacity of primary raw materials for the construction sector will more than double to 44 million tonnes...

QNB gets award for best premium banking service 07 Dec 2014 - 12:44 am

DOHA: Qatar National Bank (QNB) has recently been recognized as the “Best Premium Banking Proposition 2014 in Qatar” for its QNB First premium...

China opens projects to private investors 07 Dec 2014 - 12:43 am

Beijing: The Chinese Ministry of Finance rolled out 30 projects to solicit private capital in the form of a public-private partnership (PPP). These...

Qatar’s higher bid for Canary Wharf rejected 06 Dec 2014 - 01:34 am

LONDON: The owner of London’s Canary Wharf yesterday rejected a raised £2.6bn ($4.1bn) bid for the financial district from Qatar and a North...