Business

QDB to push business with Morocco 28 Sep 2014 - 02:01 am

DOHA: Qatar Development Bank (QDB) announced yesterday it is coordinating a bilateral meeting between Qatari and Moroccan importers and companies to promote trade...

Malabar Gold opens 120th outlet 28 Sep 2014 - 02:00 am

Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor Khan inaugurating the 120th outlet of Malabar Gold & Diamonds in Fahaheel, Kuwait, in the presence of M P...

QIB named Islamic Bank of the Year 28 Sep 2014 - 01:58 am

Qatar Chamber Vice-Chairman Muhammed bin Ahmed bin Towar Al Kuwari presenting the award to Saeed Alkhayareen, QIB’s AGM — Corporate Banking Group at...

Porsche Design, BlackBerry launch P’9983 28 Sep 2014 - 01:57 am

Doha: Porsche Design and BlackBerry have launched the new Porsche Design P’9983 Smartphone from BlackBerry, another luxury smartphone in the Porsche Design range...

Indonesia to face growth pangs: QNB 28 Sep 2014 - 01:54 am

Doha: The new administration of Indonesian President Joko Widodo (better known as Jokowi) that will be inaugurated on October 20, will face a...

Corn prices dip 28 Sep 2014 - 01:25 am

Jon Vickery steps down off a combine machine after harvesting a field of corn in Minooka, Illinois. Corn contracts held above lifetime lows...

Indian oil sector reforms 28 Sep 2014 - 01:23 am

A worker fills diesel in a vehicle at a fuel station in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad. Time is running out for...

Mexican cartels steal billions from oil industry 28 Sep 2014 - 01:22 am

CIUDAD MIER, Mexico: Mexico overcame 75 years of nationalist pride to reform its flagging, state-owned oil industry. But as it prepares to develop...

New standards for crude train testing 28 Sep 2014 - 01:21 am

BILLINGS, Montana: The oil industry’s lead trade group released new standards for testing and classifying crude shipped by rail after prior shipments were...

Etihad to hire Air Berlin CFO to manage airline stakes 28 Sep 2014 - 01:21 am

ABU DHABI/FRANKFURT: Abu Dhabi-based Etihad is set to hire Air Berlin finance chief Ulf Huettmeyer to manage its airline holdings around the world,...

$2m solar project in Idaho 28 Sep 2014 - 01:20 am

KETCHUM, Idaho: An alternative energy company has applied for a 50-year state lease to build a $2m, 50-acre solar project in central Idaho....

Chief Justice bats for cooling-off period 27 Sep 2014 - 12:42 am

New Delhi: In apparent disapproval of his predecessor P Sathasivam accepting the Kerala governor’s post, Chief Justice of India R M Lodha yesterday...

Hooda files papers, says Congress ready for third term 27 Sep 2014 - 12:42 am

Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda yesterday filed his nomination for next month’s assembly elections in the state and said they will...

Minister meets New York businessmen 27 Sep 2014 - 12:41 am

The Minister of Economy and Trade H E Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim bin Mohamed Al Thani at the meeting in New York yesterday....

Ram truck in the making 27 Sep 2014 - 12:40 am

A Chrysler Group assembly worker attaches a door to the frame of a 2014 Ram 1500 pic-up truck on the assembly line at...

Etihad’s superjumbo 27 Sep 2014 - 12:39 am

An Airbus A380 rolls out of a paint hangar during a branding ceremony of Etihad Airways at the German headquarters of Airbus in...

Venezuela finger-prints shoppers 27 Sep 2014 - 12:38 am

A customer puts his finger on a fingerprint scanner as part of the process to buy groceries at Bicentenario, a state-run supermarket, in...

Iran urges Opec to stop oil slide 27 Sep 2014 - 12:36 am

DUBAI/LONDON: Iran yesterday urged Opec members to make joint efforts to keep oil prices from falling further, highlighting a split with other members...