Business / Qatar Business

Qatari stock market to see more initiatives: CEO 05 Jun 2014 - 06:30 am

Rashid bin Ali Al Mansoori (second left), CEO of Qatar Stock Exchange, at Arab Federation of Exchanges, in Dubai. Doha: Qatar stock market...

Russia, Ukraine hope for gas deal this week 04 Jun 2014 - 02:10 am

Traders work on the floor of the Moscow Exchange yesterday. MOSCOW: Russia and Ukraine signalled yesterday they hope to resolve a dispute by...

KPMG holds meet on family businesses 04 Jun 2014 - 02:09 am

Participants at the KPMG’s MESA steering group for family business and enterprise. Doha: KPMG’s Middle East and South Asia (MESA) steering group for...

ICT Business Award announces winners 04 Jun 2014 - 02:08 am

Saad Al Qahtani (left), Fi Technologies, receiving award from Faleh Al Naemi. Doha: The Ministry of Information and Communications Technology announced the ICT...

Cargo carriers battle competition from seas, passenger planes 04 Jun 2014 - 02:04 am

DOHA: As more cargo shifts to passenger planes and back onto the seas, airlines are having to rethink their cargo operations or risk...

Airlines debate costs of aircraft tracking 04 Jun 2014 - 02:03 am

DOHA: Moves by airlines to keep track of their aircraft in real time following the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines’ flight MH370 could push...

IATA to hold 71st AGM in Miami, gets new chief 04 Jun 2014 - 02:03 am

Doha: Airline leaders will assemble in Miami, Florida, for the 71st Annual General Meeting of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and World...

QE to take part in Arab bourses conference 04 Jun 2014 - 02:01 am

Doha: Qatar Exchange (QE) will participate in the Annual Conference of the Arab Federation of Exchanges (AFE)to be held in Dubai over the...

Pay TV network available for Arabic viewers 04 Jun 2014 - 12:12 am

BY ERIKA WIDEN Doha: OSN launched ‘Go’ recently in the region and the feedback from subscribers has been extremely positive. OSN is a...

Weekly Commodity Update: What’s hot and what’s not in commodity RSI 03 Jun 2014 - 11:07 pm

By Ole S Hansen (Head of Commodity Strategy, Saxo Bank) Relative Strength Index (RSI) is a technical-momentum indicator that attempts to determine when...

New projects to push real estate recovery 03 Jun 2014 - 01:30 am

Doha: H E Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim bin Mohamed Al Thani (pictured), the Minister of Economy and Trade, yesterday said the real estate...

Ezdan to raise QR3bn from real estate sales this year 03 Jun 2014 - 01:29 am

Doha: Real estate major Ezdan Holding Group is going to sell real estate with a value of QR3bn this year as a part...

‘Qatar needs more professional auditors’ 03 Jun 2014 - 01:26 am

FROM LEFT: Chris Adonis, Conference Chair, Hassan Al Mulla, President, IIA Qatar, Ibrahim bin Hashim Al Sada, Acting President, State Audit Bureau, H...

Qatari bourse index slips on profit-taking 02 Jun 2014 - 10:03 pm

DUBAI: Qatar’s bourse fell because of profit-taking and soccer World Cup concerns yesterday, while property stocks lifted Dubai and Egypt partially rebounded after...

Airline honchos meet in Doha for the big event 02 Jun 2014 - 06:57 am

Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker and IATA Director General and CEO Tony Tyler with IATA board of governors at the 70th IATA...

Qatar Exchange index flat, UAE bourses retreat after MSCI move 02 Jun 2014 - 06:55 am

Traders work at the Egyptian Stock Exchange in Cairo yesterday. Doha/DUBAI: Qatar Exchange ended in the green area yesterday by adding just 2.79...

Real estate deals up 85pc 02 Jun 2014 - 06:52 am

Doha: Qatar’s real estate market remained firm as a real estate transactions jumped 85 percent to QR1,409.2m last week, according to Ezdan Weekly...

Barwa to sell Dara residential units 02 Jun 2014 - 06:50 am

DOHA: Barwa Real Estate Company yesterday announced its participation in ‘Cityscape Qatar 2014’ with a number of distinctive investment opportunities, starting with the...