Business / Qatar Business

QE market capitalisation rises to QR470.25bn 04 Jan 2013 - 05:32 am

Doha: Qatar Exchange’s main index gained 257.91 points (3.10 percent) in the first week of the New Year when trading closed at 8,569.13...

QE Al Rayan Islamic index debut on Jan 7 03 Jan 2013 - 01:31 am

Rashid Al Mansoori and Adel Mustafawi shaking hands after the signing ceremony. DOHA: Qatar Exchange (QE) and Al Rayan Investment yesterday announced the...

Al Meera gets nod for rights float to increase capital 03 Jan 2013 - 01:29 am

DOHA: Al Meera Consumer Goods Company has announced that the proposal to increase the capital through a rights issue of 100 percent of...

Qatarlyst eyeing partners 03 Jan 2013 - 01:28 am

DOHA: The Qatarlyst Group, comprising Qatar Insurance Services LLC, Qatarlyst SPC and Qatarlyst Limited, and collectively called “Qatarlyst” is on a partnership search. ...

Law to regulate public-private partnership soon 02 Jan 2013 - 01:04 am

DOHA: Qatar hopes to soon have a law in place to regulate public-private partnership (PPP) which would allow the private sector to participate...

Qtel to buy further 15pc stake in Tunisiana 02 Jan 2013 - 01:03 am

DOHA: Qatar Telecom (Qtel) has reached agreement with the Tunisian Government to acquire a further 15 percent stake in Tunisiana S A (Tunisiana)...

Qatar’s foreign investment hits QR163.8bn in 2012 01 Jan 2013 - 01:15 am

DOHA: Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund (SWF) investment in abroad has reached QR163.8bn in 2012. The country’s 2012 foreign investment is $32bn higher than...

Qatar Exchange disappoints investors in ’12 01 Jan 2013 - 01:14 am

DOHA: Qatari stocks didn’t fare well in 2012, leaving investors largely dejected as they could make only marginal gains of QR2.53bn, or $693m,...

Imports rise, balance of merchandise trade drops 01 Jan 2013 - 01:14 am

DOHA: Qatar’s total exports in Q3, 2012 have increased by 7.3 percent compared to a year ago. The country’s total export value reached...

Investors can expect eventful 2013 01 Jan 2013 - 01:13 am

DOHA: The year 2012 wasn’t quite good for the Qatari bourse, but investors can look forward to an eventful 2013 as a slew...

Qatar Exchange signs MoU with QFIS 30 Dec 2012 - 11:36 pm

Qatar Exchange CEO Rashid bin Ali Al Mansoori (left) exchanges documents with Dr Hatem Al Qaranshawi at Qatar Exchange yesterday. (Kammutty VP) DOHA:...

Qatar’s GDP grows by 3.9pc 30 Dec 2012 - 11:36 pm

DOHA: Qatar’s gross domestic product (GDP), adjusted for inflation, rose 3.9 percent from a year earlier in third quarter (Q3) 2012. Compared to...

Lindner Depa Interiors rebuts Qatar Airways claim 30 Dec 2012 - 11:34 pm

DOHA: Lindner Depa Interiors (LDI) has rebutted Qatar Airways’ claim that it is responsible for major delays to the opening of the New...

QSA announces five-year strategy 28 Dec 2012 - 04:18 am

DOHA: Qatar Statistics Authority (QSA) has announced a five-year national strategy for the further enhance its capabilities in statistics development, covering a period...

Mazaya Qatar weighs QR170m deal offer 28 Dec 2012 - 03:59 am

DOHA: Mazaya Qatar Real Estate Development has received an offer worth QR170m to buy one of its investment properties. The company is studying...

GOIC launches industrial market portal 27 Dec 2012 - 09:43 am

Qasim Abdul Ghani Al Maimani (second right), Undersecretary, Ministry of Commerce and Industry in Saudi Arabia, presses a button to launch Gulf Organisation...

Gulf petrochem industry set to expand: GPCA 27 Dec 2012 - 09:42 am

DOHA: The Gulf petrochemicals industry is bracing to sustain competitiveness keeping in mind the new market realities. Gulf producers are exploring opportunities to...

KLJ Organic joins QIMC for $100m project 27 Dec 2012 - 09:39 am

BY MOHAMMAD SHOEB DOHA: Enticed by Qatar’s inexpensive energy resources, KLJ Organic Limited has become the first Indian company to make the largest...