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QCB Governor H E Sheikh Abdulla bin Saoud Al Thani addressing the 7th Gulf Cooperation Council Regulators’ Summit in Doha yesterday.  BY...

  CAIRO: Egypt’s financial regulator has approved an offer by Qatar National Bank (QNB) for National Societe Generale Bank, after requiring QNB to buy...

DOHA:  The Gulf Intelligence will co-host The 4th Doha Energy Forum with Maersk Oil Qatar at Texas A&M University here on March 5-6,...

DOHA: The Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation (Apicorp), the multilateral development bank owned by the Organisation of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) yesterday announced...

The extra ordinary general assembly of Masraf Al Rayan approved the acquisition of a strategic share in a commercial bank in Libya through...

DOHA: The trade volume between Qatar and Turkey has exceeded $1.2bn mark in 2012. Qatar’s exports to Turkey increased by over 46 percent...

DOHA: Gulf International Services (GIS), the largest service group in Qatar, with interests in a broad cross-section of industries, ranging from insurance, re-insurance,...

DOHA: Global audit, tax and advisory firm, KPMG, has announced the appointment of its Qatar-based partner, Omar Mahmood to head up its financial...

Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor Al Thani (centre), Chairman, Qatar Islamic Bank, addressing the general assembly meeting of the shareholders...

DOHA: Woqod’s (Qatar Fuel) total assets for 2012 full year reached QR8bn, up by 15.7 percent, compared to the year 2011. The total...

DOHA: Bahrain will immensely benefit from the proposed Qatar-Bahrain ‘Causeway’ (‘Friendship Bridge’) as its GDP stood at $22.7bn compared with Qatar’s $173.2bn economy...

DOHA: United Development Company (UDC), leading Qatari public shareholding company and the master developer of The Pearl-Qatar, yesterday announced that the annual general...

DOHA: Qatar Exchange (QE) yesterday announced its decision to launch “Sponsored Action” and the “Liquidity Provider” facilities at the bourse. While the ‘sponsored...

  DOHA: Qatar Insurance Company( QIC) has sought the approval of the Ministry of Business & Trade to increase its capital after distribution of...

Doha: Qatar Shell has partnered with Qatar Development Bank (QDB) to open the doors for local Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to supply...

LONDON: Qatar Holding, the investment arm of Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund, is to seek credit ratings this year. The fund, which has stakes...

Doha: The two-day 7th GCC Regulators’ Summit will begin here today at the St Regis Hotel. The summit will be attended by over...

By Ole Hansen  (Head of Commodity Strategy, Saxo Bank)   The weakness seen during the last month in most agriculture commodities which then carried...