Business

India inflation slows down to five-year low 15 Sep 2014 - 11:51 pm

MUMBAI: India’s wholesale price inflation slowed last month to its lowest in nearly five years, data showed yesterday, but the country’s central bank...

Qatari bourse gains 28.17 points 15 Sep 2014 - 11:51 pm

Doha: Qatar Exchange index gained 28.17 points, or 0.20 percent, when the bourse closed trading at 14,137.33 points yesterday. The trading value was...

Microsoft to buy Minecraft creator Mojang for $2.5bn 15 Sep 2014 - 11:51 pm

STOCKHOLM: The creators of the videogame Minecraft, the Swedish company Mojang, yesterday announced a takeover by the US software giant Microsoft worth $2.5bn...

Clear definition set to empower SME sector 15 Sep 2014 - 12:37 am

Omran bin Hamad Al Kuwari (left), CEO, Enterprise Qatar, and Prashant Kumar, Associate Director, Dun and Bradstreet, at an event in Qatar. BY...

Es’hailSat plans to expand, takes part in IBC Exhibition 15 Sep 2014 - 12:36 am

The Es’hailSat team at the annual IBC exhibition in Amsterdam. Amsterdam: Es’hailSat, the Qatar Satellite Company, is exhibiting at the annual IBC exhibition...

Saad Sherida Al Kaabi is QP’s managing director 15 Sep 2014 - 12:33 am

DOHA: Engineer Saad Sherida Al Kaabi (pictured) was appointed as Qatar Petroleum’s Managing Director at the new Board of Directors first meeting held...

Qatari Diar offers luxury project in Turkey 15 Sep 2014 - 12:32 am

DOHA: Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company yesterday said it is embarking on a brand-new seaside residential project in Istanbul, Turkey. The Sea...

Nanotechnology offers tangible benefits for sustainable buildings 15 Sep 2014 - 12:31 am

DOHA: Nanotechnology offers tangible benefits that aide engineers and architects to create sustainable buildings in Qatar that consume less energy, maintain their surfaces...

Malabar Gold’s 119th outlet opens in Dubai 15 Sep 2014 - 12:31 am

Indian Actor Suriya inaugurating the 119th outlet of Malabar Gold & Diamonds in Lulu Village, Dubai, on Wednesday in the presence of M...

World waits for US Fed move 15 Sep 2014 - 12:29 am

FRANKFURT: The US Federal Reserve may give clearer hints on when it will hike the cost of borrowing in the United States in...

Major growth for real estate in August 15 Sep 2014 - 12:28 am

DOHA: Qatar’s real estate sector witnessed a significant growth (month-on-month) with the combined value of transactions during August reached at QR1.9bn, up by...

Reinsurance markets in Mena remain attractive 15 Sep 2014 - 12:26 am

DOHA: The Middle Eastern and North African reinsurance markets continue to benefit from the region’s robust economic expansion, according to the 2014 edition...

Russia sanctions will freeze foreign oil plans 15 Sep 2014 - 12:19 am

People walk out of a Roshen Confectionery Corporation store in Kiev. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko promised when he was elected in May to...

IMF head in Japan 15 Sep 2014 - 12:18 am

Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), delivers a keynote speech for the World Assembly for Women (WAW! Tokyo 2014)...

Ukraine’s threat to shun Russian telecoms hard to fulfil 15 Sep 2014 - 12:17 am

MOSCOW/KIEV: Russian mobile firms face being squeezed out of Ukraine after Kiev signalled it would favour European companies in future airwave auctions to...

Samsung seeks state probe into LG executives for vandalism 15 Sep 2014 - 12:17 am

SEOUL: Samsung said yesterday it had requested a state investigation of senior executives from its South Korean rival LG for allegedly destroying its...

Growing foreign fund influence a risk for emerging markets: BIS 15 Sep 2014 - 12:17 am

LONDON: The global fund management industry is a potential source of risk for emerging markets because of its vast size and herd-like investor...

Apple trails Japan in mobile payments 15 Sep 2014 - 12:10 am

TOKYO: Apple’s proud announcement that its new iPhone could be used to buy goods in a single swipe left customers non-plussed in Japan,...