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DOHA: Qatar’s decision to provide $3bn of additional support is positive for Egypt, Fitch Ratings said yesterday. It will be a significant boost...

DOHA: Qatar Exchange Index ended in red for the third consecutive week yesterday losing 95.66 points or 1.12 percent during this week to...

DOHA: The BMW Group’s outlook for 2013 is looking optimistic with the company reporting its best ever first quarter in the Middle East....

DOHA: A leading Dutch firm, Hunter Douglas, that makes window blinds and coverings for buildings and high-rise towers, claims to have come out...

DOHA: Qatar Gas Transport Co (Nakilat) reported a net profit of QR177.2m for Q1 2013 compared to QR176.6m for the corresponding period of...

LONDON: British oil and gas group Petrofac yesterday said that its Petrofac Emirates joint venture firm has won a vast $3.7bn contract to...

TOKYO: Nearly 3.4 million Japanese-brand vehicles are being called back worldwide because of airbag problems, the companies announced  yesterday, in the latest safety...

ABU DHABI: Mubadala, the Abu Dhabi investment fund with a mandate to boost the emirate’s local economy, swung to a net profit in...

LONDON: The world’s top oil forecasters this week all cut their 2013 oil demand forecasts due to subdued economic growth, with the figures...

DUBAI: The Dubai Mercantile Exchange has dropped plans to offer fuel oil trading to focus on increasing volumes of its Oman crude oil...

Karl Thomas Neumann, Chief Executive of Adam Opel AG and President of General Motors Europe, giving  a speech at the Adam Opel AG...

DOHA: Qatar Exchange’s (QE) earnings remained relatively flat in 2012, falling 0.3 percent year-on-year. The real estate sector earnings declined 56 percent and...

DOHA: The two-day “Business and Investment in Qatar Forum” is set to open in Berlin, Germany on Monday. Organised by Qatar’s Ministry of...

LONDON: Opec yesterday trimmed its forecast for global growth in oil demand in 2013, becoming the second of the world’s closely watched oil...

LONDON: Oil eased below $106 a barrel yesterday after  U S crude oil stocks swelled to the highest level in more than two...

A Saudi man walks on a street past a field of solar panels at the King Abdulaziz City of Sciences and Technology, Al...

ANKARA: A tentative rapprochement between Turkey and Israel could eventually pave the way for joint energy projects but it is still too early...

  DOHA: The Qatari-French Business Club (QFBC) yesterday held its monthly networking event with an objective to make use of the French expertise in...