Business / Qatar Business

QCB to flexibly adjust regular debt issues 23 Apr 2013 - 04:30 am

DUBAI: Qatar Central Bank (QCB) will, if needed, flexibly adjust the amounts of local currency bonds and Treasury bills which it offers, and...

QR40.4m profit for QIMC in first quarter 23 Apr 2013 - 04:30 am

Doha: Qatar Industrial Manufacturing Company (QIMC) disclosed the interim financial statement for the three month period ended March 31, 2013. The statements revealed...

Masraf Al Rayan nets QR400m profit in Q1 23 Apr 2013 - 04:29 am

DOHA: Masraf Al Rayan achieved a net profit of QR400m for the first quarter of 2013, an increase of 13.3 percent compared to...

QNB plans to issue 7-year bond worth up to $500m 23 Apr 2013 - 04:29 am

DUBAI/DOHA: Qatar National Bank plans to issue a seven-year bond of at least $500m in a swift one-day deal to take advantage of...

Barwa Bank Q1 profit up 53pc 23 Apr 2013 - 04:28 am

Sheikh Mohamad bin Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani & Steve Troop DOHA: Barwa Bank’s net profit for the first quarter of 2013 reached...

Qatar index up 0.19pc 23 Apr 2013 - 04:27 am

Doha: Qatar Exchange pursued its upswing trend yesterday, adding 15.88 points (or 0.19 percent) to advance to 8,442.66 points from 8,426.78 on Sunday....

Industries Qatar profit up 33pc 23 Apr 2013 - 04:27 am

DOHA: Industries Qatar (IQ) has recorded a net profit of QR2.54bn for the first quarter of 2013, a 33 percent increase over the...

Pact for $1.5bn Laffan Refinery 2 project signed 22 Apr 2013 - 06:21 am

H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada (fifth left), the Minister of Energy and Industry and Chairman and Managing Director of QP,...

Yuan emerging as global reserve currency 22 Apr 2013 - 06:19 am

Marios Maratheftis (centre), Global Head of Macro Research, Standard Chartered Bank (SCB), addressing the media at Grand Hyatt in Doha yesterday. Also present...

Mannai Corp Q1 profit rises to QR86.6m 22 Apr 2013 - 06:19 am

DOHA: Mannai Corporation yesterday announced its first quarter financials for January to March, 2013. The company’s net profit was up 15 percent to...

UDC profit rises 16pc to QR229m in first quarter 22 Apr 2013 - 06:18 am

Sheikh Ahmed bin Nasser bin Faleh Nasser Al Thani (left) and Ebrahim Al Sulaiti DOHA: United Develo-pment Company’s (UDC) net profit for the...

Doha Round top agenda of 8th World Chambers Congress 22 Apr 2013 - 06:18 am

DOHA: The 8th World Chambers of Congress, the year’s biggest international gathering of chamber and business leaders, opens at Qatar National Conventional Centre...

RasGas taps into liquid markets in NW Europe 22 Apr 2013 - 06:17 am

Doha: RasGas Company Ltd (RasGas) just delivered its first commercial liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo to GATE (Gas Access Terminal Europe) in Rotterdam,...

Banking M&A deals on rise in Mideast: PwC 22 Apr 2013 - 06:16 am

DOHA: High oil prices and the associated flow of money through the Middle East economy have helped banks in some parts of the...

First-ever Qafac workshop on MTBE tomorrow 22 Apr 2013 - 06:16 am

Doha: A historic milestone in the oil and gas industry in Qatar and the region is taking place tomorrow as the first-ever ‘Qafac...

Qatar bourse index up 22 Apr 2013 - 06:16 am

Doha: Qatar Exchange pursued its upswing trend yesterday, adding 4.52 points (or 0.05 percent) to advance to 8,426.78 points from 8,422.26 on Thursday....

Doha Insurance posts QR21.31m net profit in Q1 22 Apr 2013 - 06:15 am

Doha: Doha Insurance Company disclosed the interim financial statement for the three-month period ended March 31, 2013. The financial statements revealed a net...

Weakly Money Market Review with IBQ: Commodities price fall reflects US dollar’s strength 22 Apr 2013 - 06:14 am

Investors have been lacking direction this week with equity markets down and commodity markets taking a large hit on Monday. Italy’s lawmakers failed...