Business / Qatar Business

Emir to open World Chambers Congress on April 23 07 Apr 2013 - 06:35 am

Doha: The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani will inaugurate the ICC-WCF 8th World Chambers Congress on April 23 at...

IILM announces short-term sukuk plan 07 Apr 2013 - 06:34 am

DOHA: The Governing Board of the Kuala Lumpur-based International Islamic Liquidity Management Corporation (IILM) announced its inaugural short-term sukuk programme aimed at addressing...

LuLu begins operations in Britain 07 Apr 2013 - 06:32 am

Khalid Mahmood, Member of Parliament from Birmingham and Jerry Blackett, Chairman of Birmingham Chamber of Commerce cutting a cake to mark the inauguration...

Bloomberg Doha meet tomorrow 07 Apr 2013 - 06:29 am

DOHA: The second edition of ‘Bloomberg Doha Conference’, hosted by Bloomberg Link in association with the Qatar Financial Centre Authority is set to...

Call for ban on ex-HBOS bosses 06 Apr 2013 - 01:23 am

LONDON: Bailed-out British lender HBOS was so badly run it would have failed even without the 2008 financial crisis and the regulator should...

Family businesses get KPMG boost 06 Apr 2013 - 01:21 am

DOHA: KPMG has announced the launch of a global centre of excellence dedicated to family business. This initiative offers greater access to knowledge...

Milaha holds extraordinary AGM 06 Apr 2013 - 01:21 am

DOHA: Qatar Navigation (Milaha) QSC held its extraordinary General Assembly Meeting on April 3. A press statement said the meeting had only one...

Attiyah: Qatar a competitive LNG supplier 05 Apr 2013 - 05:25 am

Paris: The Chairman of the Administrative Control and Transparency Authority H E Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah yesterday said Qatar is emerging as...

ECB to help languishing eurozone economy 05 Apr 2013 - 05:20 am

FRANKFURT: European Central Bank President Mario Draghi opened the door yesterday to an interest rate cut as soon as next month, saying his...

GOIC offers $62m Saudi investment opportunities 05 Apr 2013 - 05:20 am

Doha: The Doha-based Gulf Organisation for Industrial Consulting (GOIC) has offered five investment opportunities worth SR232.5m ($62m) in Saudi Arabia. These investments will...

Oman, UAE firms to help meet domestic cement needs 05 Apr 2013 - 05:20 am

DOHA: Cement production in the country is forecast to be inadequate to meet Qatar’s future demand, and is likely to result in supply...

Region’s bourses end in a high note 05 Apr 2013 - 05:18 am

Doha/DUBAI: Qatar Exchange pursued its upswing trend yesterday, adding 8.23 points (or 0.10 percent) to advance to 8,576.86 points from 8,568.63 on Wednesday....

Hassad buys Indian basmati rice firm 04 Apr 2013 - 01:54 am

Chairman of Hassad Food, Nasser Al Hajri (centre) with the Managing Director of Bush Foods Overseas, Virkran Awasty, (left) and Ambassador of Qatar...

SIIL given green light to start share trading 04 Apr 2013 - 01:54 am

DOHA: The Court of Cassation has stayed the execution of the judgment of Court of Appeal that nullified Salam International Investment Limited’s (SIIL)...

Ooredoo secures $1bn revolving credit facility 04 Apr 2013 - 01:53 am

DOHA: Ooredoo has signed a $1bn four-year revolving credit facility. The facility will be used for general corporate purposes including the partial refinancing...

Mazaya to invite tenders for Marina Mall 04 Apr 2013 - 01:47 am

CEO of Mazaya Qatar, Seraj Al Baker & A computer graphic image of the ambitious 57,605 sqm Marina Mall project. BY MOHAMMAD SHOEB...

Qatar Exchange continues upswing trend 04 Apr 2013 - 01:47 am

Doha/DUBAI: Qatar Exchange pursued its upswing trend yesterday, adding 19.51 points (or 0.23 percent) to advance to 8,568.63 points from 8,549.12 on Tuesday....

Qatar’s spending could fall after 2017 03 Apr 2013 - 12:45 am

The Minister of Economy and Finance H E Yousuf Hussein Kamal at the Arab Finance Ministers summit in Dubai, yesterday. DUBAI: The government...