Business

Italy returns to growth, Greece does better 12 Mar 2014 - 12:32 am

MILAN/Athens: Italy returned to growth in the fourth quarter last year after its longest post-war recession, official data from the Istat agency showed...

UK economic growth picks up 12 Mar 2014 - 12:32 am

LONDON: Britain’s economic growth quickened slightly in the three months to the end of February and is on course to recover its pre-recession...

‘Partial privatisation to continue’ 11 Mar 2014 - 01:56 am

QCB Governor H E Sheikh Abdullah Saoud Al Thani. Kammutty VP Doha: The partial privatisation of state-owned energy companies, which started with initial...

Insurance to ride on infrastructure boom 11 Mar 2014 - 01:54 am

BY SACHIN KUMAR Doha: Insurance sector in Qatar will ride on the boom in infrastructure sector. The roll-out of new infrastructure projects and...

Sbarro files for bankruptcy shield 11 Mar 2014 - 01:53 am

People walk by a Sbarro restaurant in the Times Square section of New York yesterday. NEW YORK: The pizza chain Sbarro LLC has...

Qatar gets region’s largest business incubator 11 Mar 2014 - 01:52 am

The CEO of QDB and Chairman of QBIC, Abdulaziz bin Nasser Al Khalifa and Rashid Nasser Al Kaabi of Al Sraiya Group exchange...

Symposium on SME in automotive industry 11 Mar 2014 - 01:52 am

Audience at the symposium yesterday. Abdul Basit DOHA: The EU-GCC Invest, German Emirati Joint Council for Industry and Commerce (AHK) and the German...

Direct selling business makes inroads: QNET 11 Mar 2014 - 01:51 am

Doha: The direct selling model has showed how people without a business background can learn new skills and attitudes to provide significant additional...

Japanese growth slows as sales tax hike looms 11 Mar 2014 - 01:50 am

Trucks carrying containers wait in line to leave a port in Tokyo yesterday. TOKYO: Japan’s economy grew at a slower pace than initially...

Egyptian pound steady 11 Mar 2014 - 01:50 am

A man walks past an exchange bureau advertisement showing images of the US dollar in Cairo yesterday. The Egyptian pound remained steady against...

Platform for start-ups 11 Mar 2014 - 01:49 am

Visitors at the “code_n - code of the new” booth, a platform for 50 international start-ups at the CeBIT trade fair in Hanover...

Ezdan Holding buys more than 20pc in IHG 11 Mar 2014 - 01:28 am

DOHA: Ezdan Holding Group yesterday revealed that it has bought more than 20 percent of Islamic Holding Group (IHG) shares through Qatar Exchange....

Qatalum posts best rectiformer efficiency target 11 Mar 2014 - 01:28 am

DOHA: Qatar-based aluminium producer Qatalum has recorded the best rectiformer efficiency levels in the world. Rectiformers, which convert AC power into DC power,...

Jordan sees fast recovery: QNB 11 Mar 2014 - 01:28 am

Doha: The Jordanian economy is recovering from the crisis in 2012, with support from the IMF and GCC countries. The international reserves of...

QE index moves up, adds 68.45 points more 11 Mar 2014 - 01:26 am

Doha: Qatar Exchange pursued its upswing trend yesterday by adding 68.45 points, or 0.59 percent, to advance to 11,710.49 points from 11,642.04 on...

McDonald’s US sales continue to struggle 11 Mar 2014 - 01:25 am

New York: McDonald’s Corp yesterday reported a bigger-than-expected drop in comparable global sales for February, hurt again by slow business in the United...

GSK lifts Indian pharma unit stake to 75pc 11 Mar 2014 - 01:24 am

LONDON: GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has lifted its stake in the group’s Indian subsidiary to 75 percent, the British drugmaker said yesterday. GlaxoSmithKline said in...

EBay rejects board nominees of Icahn 11 Mar 2014 - 01:24 am

New York: EBay Inc yesterday rejected activist investor Carl Icahn’s two nominees to its board, saying both were unqualified, and urged shareholders to...