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DOHA: The pick up in Qatar’s infrastructure project is expected to narrow the country’s fiscal surplus from a record 14.2 percent of GDP...

British Ambassador, Nicholas Hopton, (third left) along with (from left)  Rasha  Almaliki, Office Manager, Blue Rubicon, Qatar; Gareth O’ Brien, Director of Trade...

From left: Cody Lee, Director for Middle East and Africa at Singapore Business Federation; Khalid bin Jaber Towar Al Kuwari, Board Member of...

BRUSSELS: Eurozone unemployment fell for the first time in two and a half years this summer, but with 19 million people jobless analysts...

DOHA: The QFC Regulatory Authority  yesterday released a consultation paper on proposed rule changes that update and strengthen the rules for the acquisition...

DOHA: KPMG announced that it will host its first Family Business Conference on Sunday, November 3 at the Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel, Dubai.  ...

Dubai: Infiniti’s new-model offensive is changing up a gear with the announcement of a new Europe-based product chief, the company’s first. Nicolas Tschann...

H E Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah (left) during the Oil & Money Conference in London. London: The Chairman of Qatar’s Administrative Control...

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

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

LONDON: Brent oil slid below $108 a barrel yesterday on worries that a shutdown of the US government will crimp demand, while easing...

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...

CAIRO: Egypt’s economy will only grow 2.6 percent in the fiscal year ending June 2014, well below the 3.5 percent the government expects...

BASRA: Iraq’s southern oil exports averaged 1.821 million barrels per day (mbpd) in September, down from 2.308 million bpd in August due to...

Workers on the production line of the Shanghai Volkswagen joint venture factory. China’s manufacturing activity climbed marginally to 51.1 percent in September.

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

Doha: Qatar Exchange index added 19.98 points, or 0.21 percent, to advance to 9,628.30 points from 9,608.32 on Monday.  The volume of the...

KUWAIT:  Kuwait must rein in public spending, especially on wages, and find new sources of income if it wants to keep its fiscal...