Business / Qatar Business

UBL expands reach, supports local business: Group executive 27 Nov 2013 - 07:14 am

Wajahat Husain giving a speech during the annual dinner at Sharq Village and Spa. (Shaival Dalal) Doha: United Bank Limited (UBL) has taken...

Annual Middle East Cooling Summit kicks off in Doha 27 Nov 2013 - 07:08 am

Doha: Under the patronage of H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada, the Minister of Energy & Industry and Chairman & Managing...

Ooredoo prices $1.25bn sukuk issuance 27 Nov 2013 - 07:07 am

DOHA: Ooredoo yesterday announced the successful pricing of the inaugural $1.25bn issuance (sukuk) under its recently established $2bn Trust Certificate Programme which was...

Qatari bourse index loses 72.38 points 27 Nov 2013 - 07:06 am

Doha: Qatar Exchange index lost 72.38 points, or 0.70 percent, yesterday to hit 10,268.69 from the previous closing of 10,341.07 points on Monday. ...

Easing Iran curbs won’t affect Qatar 27 Nov 2013 - 06:32 am

DOHA: The deal to lift sanctions against Iran will not have any significant impact on Qatari economy, despite expectations of lower energy prices...

Bulgarian trade team explores investment opportunities 26 Nov 2013 - 10:12 am

Bulgarian officials holding talks at Qatar Chamber headquarters yesterday. DOHA: A high level trade mission led by Krassinn Dimitrov, Deputy Minister of Economy...

Qatar bourse index rises by 0.15pc 26 Nov 2013 - 10:10 am

Doha: Qatar Exchange ended in the green when trading closed yesterday at 10,341.07 points, up 15.35 points or 0.15 percent from the previous...

QNB wins Seatrade award 26 Nov 2013 - 10:09 am

QNB officials receiving the award. DOHA: QNB bagged a major award at the 10th anniversary Seatrade Middle East & Indian Subcontinent Awards held...

Salam International General Assembly 26 Nov 2013 - 10:08 am

Salam International Chairman Issa Abdul Salam Abu Issa (sixth left) and other board members during the Extraordinary General Assembly at The Gate Doha...

QP stand at SAOGE 2013 26 Nov 2013 - 10:07 am

The Qatar Petroleum stand at the 5th Saudi Arabia International Oil & Gas Exhibition (SAOGE 2013), which runs until Wednesday, at the Dhahran...

Public finance law on the anvil: Official 26 Nov 2013 - 10:04 am

DOHA: A new law to regulate financial activities of the government and public sector organisations (public finance law) is on the anvil, a...

Kuwait Airways chief suspended over Jet plan 26 Nov 2013 - 10:00 am

KUWAIT: Kuwait has suspended the chairman of state-owned Kuwait Airways in a dispute over his plans to buy five used aircraft from India’s...

TRC-Q applies for new patent 26 Nov 2013 - 09:59 am

DOHA: Total Research Centre Qatar (TRC-Q) has applied for a new patent in the domain of Geochemistry. The patent will allow a quick,...

Transparency key to Islamic banking operations: Al Shaibei 26 Nov 2013 - 06:34 am

International Islamic CEO Abdul Basit Al Shaibei receiving a memento from Abdeslam Ballaji, President of the Moroccan Association for Islamic Economics. DOHA: Highest...

Al Sada receives Netherlands minister 25 Nov 2013 - 10:22 am

The Minister of Energy and Industry, H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada, hosted a working dinner in honour of Henk Kamp,...

Doha Bank general assembly approves Tier 1 Capital boost 25 Nov 2013 - 10:21 am

Managing Director of Doha Bank, Sheikh Abdul Rahman bin Mohammad bin Jabor Al Thani (fifth left), addressing the extraordinary general assembly of the...

Qatar set to be global meetings centre: GIBTM 25 Nov 2013 - 10:15 am

DOHA: Qatar is set to become a global meetings destination, investing more than $20bn in tourism-related infrastructure that will boost its MICE (meeting,...

QNB signs agreement with QBC 25 Nov 2013 - 10:13 am

Officials of Qatar National Bank and Qatar Building Company signing the agreement. DOHA: Qatar National Bank (QNB) has signed an agreement with Qatar...