Business / Qatar Business

QU, IBN to organise Entrepreneurship in Economic forum from February 24 06 Feb 2014 - 01:14 am

Doha: Qatar University (QU), in collaboration with Interactive Business Network (IBN), is organising an Entrepreneurship in Economic Development, the first such forum in...

Kouwer joins KPMG Qatar as head of advisory for natural resources 06 Feb 2014 - 01:13 am

DOHA: KPMG in Qatar yesterday announced the appointment of Hilda Mulock Houwer as Global Head of Advisory for Energy and Natural Resources. Mulock...

Qatar Exchange index adds 85.01 points; regional markets rebound 06 Feb 2014 - 01:10 am

Doha: Qatar Exchange added 85.01 points, or 0.77, advance to 11,134.70 points from 11,049.69 yesterday. The volume of the shares traded fell to...

WTC Association member visits Qatar Chamber 05 Feb 2014 - 07:32 am

Remy Rowhani, Qatar Chamber Director General, received Martin Sallum, Board Member of World Trade Centres Association yesterday. They discussed the World Trade Center’s...

Qatargas signs LNG deal with Tohoku Electric 05 Feb 2014 - 07:28 am

Doha: Qatargas Operating Company Limited (Qatargas) announced yesterday that Qatar Liquefied Gas Company Limited 3 (Qatargas 3) has entered into a new long...

Qatar to spend up to $205bn on infrastructure: QNB 05 Feb 2014 - 07:28 am

MANAMA: Qatar plans to spend as much as $205bn on infrastructure between 2013 and 2018, the acting head of project finance at Qatar...

QNB launches investment product 05 Feb 2014 - 07:28 am

DOHA: Qatar National Bank (QNB) yesterday announced the launch of QNB Note 2 aimed at enabling foreign investors to enter Qatar in a...

Islamic banks to be active users of sukuk this year: S&P 05 Feb 2014 - 07:27 am

DOHA: Qatar’s Islamic banks will continue to maintain strong credit growth and are expected to become more active issuers of sukuk over the...

QIB and QInvest introduce Shiraa Funds 05 Feb 2014 - 07:27 am

DOHA: Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB) and Qatar’s leading investment bank QInvest, have launched a new range of innovative Shari’ah-compliant funds, the “Shiraa Funds”. ...

Q-Re to write $269m premiums for Jan 1 renewals 05 Feb 2014 - 07:11 am

DOHA: Q-Re, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Qatar Insurance Company (QIC), yesterday announced that it expects to write approximately $269m of property, casualty and...

Qatari bourse index drops 87.90 points 05 Feb 2014 - 07:09 am

Doha: The Qatar Exchange lost 87.90 points, or, 0.79 percent, to 11,049.69 points from the previous closing of 11,137.59 points on Monday. The...

Alwaseeta, QKLC ink pact for LED project 05 Feb 2014 - 04:39 am

H E Dr Mohamed bin Saleh Al Sada and Dr Tai-Kyoo Kim, Chairman of QKLC, signing the agreement. DOHA: Qatar Intermediate Industries Co...

Qatar to make huge investments in Italy 04 Feb 2014 - 01:25 am

The Minister of Energy and Industry H E Dr Mohamed bin Saleh Al Sada and Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta during a press...

The Pearl-Qatar, Al Siddiqi Holding sign deal for opening global brands 04 Feb 2014 - 01:23 am

Ehab Kamel (left) and Aly Delawar during the signing ceremony. (Abdul Basit) DOHA: The Pearl-Qatar, one of the largest urban developments in Qatar...

IMD to conduct polls on economic policies in Qatar 04 Feb 2014 - 01:14 am

DOHA: The Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics (MDP&S) along with the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) will conduct opinion polls among...

Investment funds bullish on Qatari stocks 04 Feb 2014 - 01:13 am

DOHA: Driven by massive planned government spending and attractive valuations, investment funds are becoming much more bullish on Qatari stocks. Citing Reuters’ monthly...

Salam International profit at QR113.8m 04 Feb 2014 - 01:13 am

DOHA: Salam International Company recorded an annual net profit of QR113.8m in 2013, up from QR84.1m posted during the same period in 2012....

Masraf Al Rayan raises IBB’s Tier 1 capital to £100m 04 Feb 2014 - 01:12 am

DOHA: Masraf Al Rayan announces its acquisition of the Islamic Bank of Britain Plc (IBB) by its wholly owned subsidiary “Al Rayan (UK)...