Business / Qatar Business

Mazaya Qatar Real Estate Development gets new CEO 01 May 2013 - 01:28 am

DOHA: Mazaya Qatar Real Estate Development QSC has appointed Hamad bin Ali Al Hedfa (pictured) as CEO, succeeding Seraj Al Baker in a...

Conference on sukuk today 01 May 2013 - 01:27 am

DOHA: An international conference on sukuk will kick start today at Four Seasons Hotel. The two-day conference which will conclude on May 2,...

Arab ministers discuss plan to launch study on power grid 01 May 2013 - 01:25 am

DOHA: Arab electricity ministers meeting in Cairo have discussed a proposal to launch extensive studies for a proposed power grid in the region...

Milaha profit up 21pc to QR344.6m in Q1 01 May 2013 - 01:24 am

Sheikh Ali bin Jassim bin Mohammad Al Thani (left), Chairman and Managing Director, and Khalifa Ali Al Hetmi, President and CEO of Milaha,...

Ooredoo net profit rises to QR808m in Q1 01 May 2013 - 01:24 am

DOHA: Ooredoo (Qatar Telecom (Qtel) QSC) yesterday announced its financials for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013. Ooredoo’s net profits increased to...

GOIC joins hands with QIMC to help promote SMEs 01 May 2013 - 01:23 am

DOHA: The Gulf Organization for Industrial Consultancy (GOIC) and Qatar Industrial Manufacturing Company (QIMC) have joined hands to help promote industrial projects, particularly...

Barwa profit at QR158.5m in first quarter 01 May 2013 - 01:23 am

Doha: Barwa Real Estate Company disclosed the interim financial statement for the three month period ended March 31, 2013. The financial statements revealed...

QIIB helps Islamic Bank of Britain narrow loss 01 May 2013 - 01:22 am

SYDNEY: Islamic Bank of Britain (IBB) narrowed its losses in 2012, Britain’s only Shariah-compliant retail lender said, a week after it raised £10m...

Weekly Money Market Review with IBQ: Global growth concerns amid weak economic data 01 May 2013 - 01:14 am

Investors have been lacking direction this week with the recent weakness that is developing in China, the ongoing recession in the euro zone...

Over 2,100 exhibitors for Project Qatar 30 Apr 2013 - 01:08 am

Ambassadors of various countries and organisers of Project Qatar during a press conference at Hilton Hotel yesterday. Shaival Dalal DOHA: Over 2,100 exhibitors,...

Stellar 2012 for Pak-Qatar Takaful Group 30 Apr 2013 - 01:07 am

The Board meeting of Pak-Qatar Takaful Group held in Doha recently. DOHA: The Pak-Qatar Takaful Group made a profit after tax of Rs45.44m...

Aamal profit rises to QR56.7m in Q1 30 Apr 2013 - 01:07 am

DOHA: Aamal Company QSC (Aamal), one of Qatar’s leading listed companies with a diversified business portfolio, yesterday reported net profits of QR56.7m for...

Tasweeq exports 45m tonnes of GTL products 30 Apr 2013 - 01:06 am

Tasweeq employees who completed five years of service posing for a group picture with their congratulatory certificates. DOHA: Qatar International Petroleum Marketing Company...

Widam Food sales surge 19.5pc in Q1 30 Apr 2013 - 01:04 am

DOHA: Widam Food, Qatar’s premium meat provider, announced yesterday that its sales surged by 19.5 percent for the first quarter of 2013. The...

Central London’s properties to be showcased in Doha show 30 Apr 2013 - 01:02 am

An inside view of one of the private apartments in Fitzroy Place. DOHA: The developers of prime central London real estate project, Fitzroy...

Qatar, Norway and Azeri SWFs take over half of VTB share offering 30 Apr 2013 - 12:53 am

Cars drive past an office of VTB bank in Moscow yesterday. VTB attracted a new class of sovereign investors into Russia with a...

Qatar’s reforms hailed 29 Apr 2013 - 01:20 am

Qatar Statistics Authority President Sheikh Hamad bin Jabor bin Jassim Al Thani (left); Representative of the UN Development Programme, Paolo Limbu (right); and...

QIB nets QR291m profit 29 Apr 2013 - 01:20 am

DOHA: Qatar Islamic Bank’s (QIB) net profit reached QR291m for the first quarter of 2013. The bank’s total assets increased by 16.6 percent...