Business / Qatar Business

QFBC holds networking event 10 Apr 2013 - 10:49 pm

DOHA: The Qatari-French Business Club (QFBC) yesterday held its monthly networking event with an objective to make use of the French expertise in...

Qatar Exchange index loses 7.06 points 10 Apr 2013 - 10:30 pm

Doha: Qatar Exchange has lost 7.06 points or 0.08 percent ysterday to hit 8,511.28 points from the previous closing of 8,518.34 points. The...

QCB governor at Rome forum 10 Apr 2013 - 01:12 am

Qatar Central Bank Governor and Chairman of the Islamic Financial Services Board H E Sheikh Abdulla bin Saoud Al Thani (right) greets Italian...

Qatar banking system outlook stable 10 Apr 2013 - 01:11 am

DOHA: The outlook for Qatar’s banking system remains stable, unchanged since 2010, and banks’ lending is expected to grow between 20 percent and...

Doha Bank seeks to double foreign profits by 2015 10 Apr 2013 - 01:10 am

DOHA: Doha Bank, Qatar’s fifth-largest lender by market value, plans to nearly double its profits from international operations by 2015. The lender, which...

Al Sada inaugurates hi-tech drilling rig 09 Apr 2013 - 01:06 am

The Minister of Energy and Industry H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada, Chairman of GDI Saad Sherida Al Kaabi, CEO of...

Infrastructure spending pays off, says QFC report 09 Apr 2013 - 01:01 am

FROM LEFT: Gwyn Roberts, QFC Authority Chief Strategic Development Officer, Yousuf Mohammed Al Jaida, QFC Authority CEO and Board Member Shashank Srivastava and...

Qatar to invest $200bn in major projects 09 Apr 2013 - 01:00 am

Board Member and Managing Director of Qatar Financial Centre Authority, Abdulrahman Al Shaibi, addressing the Bloomberg conference yesterday. Abdul Basit DOHA: The hydrocarbons-rich...

Qatar First Bank bids for US Navy building 09 Apr 2013 - 12:56 am

DOHA: PCP Capital Partners, an investment house run by British dealmaker Amanda Staveley and Qatar First Bank, have submitted a £250m ($383.79m) bid...

Public spending will boost diversification 09 Apr 2013 - 12:56 am

Doha: Qatar’s preliminary full year 2012 GDP data, which was released at the end of March showed that real GDP grew 6.2 percent,...

QDB wins accolades for supporting SMEs 09 Apr 2013 - 12:55 am

Chief Executive Officer of CPI Financial, Adam Broom, presenting the coveted award to QDB’s Executive Director for Strategic Planning and Control Abdulaziz Al...

Islamic Holding Group profits surge to QR2.106m 09 Apr 2013 - 12:53 am

DOHA: Islamic Holding Group disclosed its financial results for the period ended on March 31 following the meeting of the Company’s Board of...

S&P affirms Doha Bank’s credit ratings 09 Apr 2013 - 12:51 am

PARIS: Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services yesterday said that it had affirmed its ‘A-/A-2’ long- and short-term counterparty credit ratings on Qatar-based Doha...

Ezdan Mall to open doors on April 15 09 Apr 2013 - 12:48 am

DOHA: Ezdan Mall at Gharafa, the first mall to be launched by Ezdan Holding Group, is all set to open its doors for...

Weekly Money Market Review with IBQ: ECB will not print money as economic weakness intensifies 08 Apr 2013 - 04:45 am

Only when you think you have seen it all, the market pushes you back into humility. Indeed, the meeting of the Bank of...

Group to acquire majority stake in Egypt’s NSGB 08 Apr 2013 - 04:39 am

DOHA: QNB Group, under its new expansion plan to enter into the Egyptian banking sector, has announced to acquire a majority stake (over...

Doha Bank gets nod to list more shares 08 Apr 2013 - 04:37 am

Doha: The Chairman of Doha Bank Sheikh Fahad bin Mohammed bin Jabor Al Thani (pictured) announced that the bank has obtained approval from...

Ezdan to build 10 residential complexes 08 Apr 2013 - 02:12 am

The Chairman of Ezdan Holding Sheikh Dr Khalid bin Thani bin Abdullah Al Thani and other board members during the annual general meeting...