Business / Qatar Business

Qatari bourse market capitalisation rises to QR460.72bn 23 Nov 2012 - 11:55 am

Doha: Qatar Exchange’s main index dropped 38.64 points (0.46 percent) last week when the bourse closed at 8,409.85 points yesterday. The trading value...

QInvest appoints new CEO 23 Nov 2012 - 11:53 am

DOHA: QInvest has appointed Tamim Hamad Al Kuwari (pictured) as its new Chief Executive Officer. The Board of Directors of QInvest LLC announced...

S&P assigns ‘AA’ ratings on Qatar 23 Nov 2012 - 11:52 am

DOHA: Global ratings agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has assigned ‘AA/Stable/A-1+’ sovereign credit ratings on Qatar. The ratings on Qatar reflect S&P’s view...

Qatar Cement signs consultancy services deal to set up plant 5 23 Nov 2012 - 11:52 am

Doha: Qatar National Cement Company announced signing a consultancy services’ contract with Basse Sambre of Belgium to set up cement plant No. 5....

Al Sada attends Gas Exporting Countries Forum 22 Nov 2012 - 07:41 am

Minister of Energy and Industry and Chairman and Managing Director of Qatar Petroleum (QP) H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada participated...

Qatar to remain fastest growing GCC economy 22 Nov 2012 - 07:40 am

By Satish Kanady DOHA: Qatar will remain the fastest growing of all GCC sovereigns in 2013, driven by the government’s huge capital investment...

Production of aluminium to grow by 10pc 22 Nov 2012 - 07:37 am

Abdulrahman Ahmed Al Shaibi, Qatalum Chairman, addressing the Arab International Aluminium Conference in Doha yesterday. (Abdul Basit) BY MOHAMMAD SHOEB DOHA: Despite economic...

Qatar Exchange joins Middle East Investor Relations Society 22 Nov 2012 - 07:36 am

Doha: The Qatar Chapter of the Middle East Investor Relations Society announced yesterday that the Qatar Exchange (QE) has officially joined the established...

QFC to host seminar of tax experts today 22 Nov 2012 - 07:36 am

DOHA: The International Fiscal Association (IFA), a body of leading tax experts, and the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) would hold a meeting of...

Qatar Exchange index up 0.14pc; Egypt bourse rebounds 22 Nov 2012 - 07:31 am

Doha: Qatar Exchange pursued its upswing trend yesterday, adding 11.48 points or 0.14 percent to advance to 8,407.53 points from 8,396.05 on Tuesday. ...

$7bn QP-Qapco JV to go on stream in ’18 21 Nov 2012 - 07:22 am

HE Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada, the Minister of Energy and Industry, Chairman and Managing Director of QP (second right) addressing the...

Qtel signs $500m Islamic financing deal with QIB 21 Nov 2012 - 07:20 am

Dr Nasser Marafih (right), CEO of Qtel Group, and Ahmad Meshari, Acting CEO of QIB, during the signing ceremony. DOHA: Qatar Telecom (Qtel)...

Qatargas’ JBOG project crosses 10m man-hours safely 21 Nov 2012 - 07:17 am

Doha: The Qatargas Jetty Boil-off Gas Recovery (JBOG) Project achieved a major safety milestone of completing ten million man-hours without any lost time...

LME chief gives presentation at ARABAL conference 21 Nov 2012 - 07:16 am

DOHA: The 16th ARABAL Conference kicked off yesterday, and the delegates from around the world were taken on two separate tours: a virtual...

Qatar construction projects valued at $250bn 21 Nov 2012 - 07:13 am

DOHA: Qatar’s ongoing construction projects are valued at more than $250bn, with infrastructure attracting 34 percent of the total investments. In addition, $100bn...

Al Meera signs deal to acquire Oman’s Safeer 21 Nov 2012 - 07:12 am

Doha: Al Meera Holding, a subsidiary of Al Meera Consumer Goods Company, and Al Meera Development Company have signed a Sale and Purchase...

Arab aluminium meet begins today 20 Nov 2012 - 12:42 am

ARABAL officials Abdul Aziz Daylami, Mohamed Al Naki, Ibrahim J Fakhri, Mohamed Yahya, Jamell Shameel and Abdul Rahim Al Hashmi, at a press...

Qatar to invest $1.3bn in Italian firms 20 Nov 2012 - 12:41 am

DOHA: Qatar agreed yesterday to invest as much as ¤1bn ($1.3bn) in Italian companies, aiding efforts by Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Monti to...