Business / Qatar Business

Fifty One East bags Best Retail Company award 02 Oct 2013 - 12:02 am

Hamdi Dessouki receiving the award. Doha: Fifty One East, the Middle East’s largest luxurious retail concept, bagged for the third consecutive year the...

Qatar’s T-bill yields jump to year-high 02 Oct 2013 - 12:02 am

DUBAI: Yields at a Qatari Treasury bill auction jumped yesterday to their highest level in at least a year, signalling unusually tight money...

Qatari Islamic banks record strong growth rate in GCC 02 Oct 2013 - 12:01 am

DOHA: GCC banking system assets have risen by a compound average growth rate of 6.9 percent a year since 2009 to reach $1.6...

Toyota launches Yaris 2014 01 Oct 2013 - 11:32 pm

Officials of Toyota Corporation and their local dealer Abdullah Abdulghani and Brothers Co during the launch of the Yaris 2014 in Doha. (Salim...

QNB launches platform to support SMEs 01 Oct 2013 - 01:23 am

FROM LEFT. Ali Abdullah Darwish, Assistant General Manager, Corporate Banking, QNB; Abdulla Mubarak Al Khalifa, General Manager, Corporate Banking; Yousef Ali Darwish, General...

Mashreq to be lead bank for Qatar Rail’s project 01 Oct 2013 - 01:22 am

DOHA: Mashreq is set to be the lead bank in a consortium providing finance to the joint venture which was awarded the QR8.46bn...

Qatar tops Mideast in GFCI 14 index 01 Oct 2013 - 01:22 am

Doha: The latest Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI 14) covering 80 financial centres published yesterday by the London based Z/Yen Group ranked Qatar...

Consortium to launch 1,400km GCC fibre network 01 Oct 2013 - 01:20 am

Consortium representatives during the announcement of Middle East-Europe Terrestrial System in Dubai. DOHA: A GCC-wide telecoms consortium has been formed to build a...

FBN-GCC holds first Doha meeting 01 Oct 2013 - 01:17 am

The guests and organisers during the dinner at St Regis Doha. Doha: The Family Business Network GCC (FBN-GCC) headed by Chairman Abdulaziz Al...

Six percent rise in Qatar’s second quarter GDP 30 Sep 2013 - 01:15 am

DOHA: The value of Qatar’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in second quarter of 2013, at constant prices (2004), is estimated at QR88.83bn ($24.39bn)...

Qatar to supply 13m tonnes of LNG to Seoul this year: Minister 30 Sep 2013 - 01:12 am

H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada with Qatari delegation and guests at the RasGas’ Korea Liaison Office Annual Reception in Seoul....

EMRQ field-tests remote gas detection device 30 Sep 2013 - 01:11 am

The Remote Gas Detection System installed on trial basis at the plant. DOHA: ExxonMobil Research Qatar (EMRQ) has begun field testing its Remote...

Back 2 Business networking event to begin on Wednesday 30 Sep 2013 - 01:10 am

Representatives from various business councils in Qatar and sponsors of the ‘Back 2 Business’ during a pre-event press conference at Grand Hyatt yesterday....

QFB names Ahmad Meshari Acting Chief Executive 30 Sep 2013 - 01:08 am

DOHA: The Board of Directors of Qatar First Bank (QFB), the first independent Shariah-compliant bank authorised by the QFC Regulatory Authority (QFCRA), announced...

Arabian Business honour for Bader Al Darwish 30 Sep 2013 - 01:04 am

Saoud Al Darwish receiving the award. Doha: Bader Al Darwish, Chairman of Darwish Holding – a pioneering business conglomerate in Qatar, was honoured...

Qatari bourse index adds 45.53 points 30 Sep 2013 - 01:01 am

Doha: Qatar Exchange index added 45.53 points, or 0.48 percent advance to 9,626.30 points from 9,580.77 on Thursday. The volume of the shares...

Weekly Money Market Review with IBQ: Threat of a historical debt default looms across markets 30 Sep 2013 - 12:41 am

Last week, the dollar movement was hampered by the threat of a historical debt default and the lack of clarity over when the...

GCC capital expenditure to rise, says QNB 29 Sep 2013 - 01:04 am

Doha: Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) governments are investing heavily in infrastructure, and spent an estimated $112bn on capital projects in 2012, according to...