Business / Qatar Business

Aamal posts QR512m net profit in 2013 21 Feb 2014 - 05:51 am

DOHA: The annual net profit (after fair value gains on investment properties) of Aamal Company for 2013, ended December 31, decreased to QR512m,...

QE index gains 3.10pc last week, eyes 12,000 mark 21 Feb 2014 - 05:51 am

Doha: Qatar Exchange (QE) index gained 356.90 points, or 3.10 percent, last week when the bourse closed yesterday at 11,872.40 points. The bourse...

Qatari banks’ earnings set to grow stronger 20 Feb 2014 - 01:31 am

DOHA: The earnings of Qatar’s banks are expected to pick up pace in 2014. The banks are projected to record 11 percent year-on-year...

Islamic Holding Group’s AGM 20 Feb 2014 - 01:23 am

Dr Yousif Ahamad Al Naema (centre), Chairman, Islamic Holding Group, at the group’s ordinary annual general meeting on Tuesday. The meeting approved the...

Turkish furniture companies eye expansion in Qatar 20 Feb 2014 - 01:23 am

Turkish Furniture Exporters meeting yesterday. Shaival Dalal. BY MOHAMMAD SHOEB DOHA: The Turkish furniture delegation, which is here to establish partnership with local...

Qatar, UAE lead Mena’s M&A deals 20 Feb 2014 - 01:15 am

DOHA: The Mena region’s mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deal values grew 13 percent in 2013 to hit $50.7bn compared to $44.8bn a year...

Qatar bourse inches up, gains 132.29 points 20 Feb 2014 - 01:02 am

Doha: Qatar’s bourse rose 1.13 percent yesterday, largely on the back of Qatar Insurance (QI), which last week announced it would buy Antares...

Weekly Money Market Review with IBQ: Yellen’s testimony, BoE’s inflation report fuelled investors’ risk appetite 20 Feb 2014 - 12:30 am

The US Dollar dropped against its major counterparts as comments from the Federal Reserve’s newly appointed Chairman, and the Bank of England eased...

Qatar-Pakistan Joint Ministerial Committee holds talks 19 Feb 2014 - 01:23 am

H E Dr Mohamed bin Saleh Al Sada at the Qatar-Pakistan Joint Ministerial Committee meeting. DOHA: The Qatar- Pakistan Joint Ministerial Commission held...

MPHC shares to be listed on February 26 19 Feb 2014 - 01:23 am

DOHA: Qatar Exchange (QE) will list the Mesaieed Petrochemical Holding Company (MPHC) on Wednesday, February 26. The decision to list MPHC on QE...

QNCC for QR1.19bn expansion plan 19 Feb 2014 - 01:21 am

BY SACHIN KUMAR QNCC Chairman Salem bin Butti Al Naimi (centre) addressing the AGM in Doha yesterday. With him are other board members...

Malabar Gold’s 110th outlet 19 Feb 2014 - 01:18 am

Actress Kajal Agarwal opening the 110th outlet of Malabar Gold & Diamonds in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India, in the presence of Grandhi Kantha...

QNB, QDB tie up to finance Al Naqeeb project 19 Feb 2014 - 01:10 am

DOHA: As part of its commitment to provide easy access to banking products and services to local small and medium enterprises (SMEs), Qatar...

Al Meera’s 2013 revenue hits QR1.95bn 19 Feb 2014 - 01:10 am

DOHA: Al Meera Consumer Goods Company’s net profit for the year-ended December 31, 2013 is up at QR196.1m compared to QR105.7m reported in...

QE index loses 33.71 points 19 Feb 2014 - 01:08 am

Doha: The Qatar Exchange index ended in the red area when trading closed yesterday at 11,690.49 points, down 33.71 points or 0.29 percent,...

Argentina seeks Qatar’s help to set up new LNG terminal 18 Feb 2014 - 01:33 am

H E Dr Mohamed bin Saleh Al Sada, Minister of Energy and Industry, with Héctor Marcos Timerman, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Argentina,...

QE surges to 67-month high, index up 1.54pc 18 Feb 2014 - 01:31 am

DOHA: Qatar’s benchmark index rose 1.54 percent, its biggest one-day gain in six weeks, to hit a 67-month high yesterday. Market cap rose...

GWC’s Logistics Village to be ready by June 18 Feb 2014 - 01:30 am

The Vice Chairman of Gulf Warehousing Company, Ahmed Mubarak Al Ali Al Maadid (centre), addressing the Ninth Ordinary Annual General Meeting of the...