Business

IQ to merge marketing activities with Muntajat 24 Dec 2012 - 10:09 am

DOHA: Industries Qatar (“IQ” ), one of the region’s industrial giants with interests in the production, distribution and sale of a wide range...

GECF marks fourth anniversary 24 Dec 2012 - 10:08 am

Minister of Energy and Industry H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada and General Secretary of Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) Leonid...

Economic outlook lifts ’13 growth forecast 24 Dec 2012 - 10:08 am

DOHA: Qatar has raised its forecast for economic growth and inflation for 2013 saying its growth will help push real gross domestic product...

Qatar Exchange index loses 19.62 points 24 Dec 2012 - 10:07 am

Doha: Qatar Exchange index lost 19.62 points or 0.23 yesterday to hit 8,422.89 points from the previous closing of 8,442.51 points. The volume...

Majid Al Futtaim eyes Egypt’s supermarket chain 24 Dec 2012 - 10:07 am

DUBAI: Dubai’s Majid Al Futtaim (MAF), is in talks with Egypt’s Mansour Group, owned by billionaire Mohammed Mansour, to buy its supermarket business...

QP renews membership in INJAZ board of directors 24 Dec 2012 - 10:06 am

DOHA: Qatar Petroleum (QP) has renewed its membership in the Board of Directors of INJAZ Qatar by handing over a cheque representing its...

Mexico catches up as Brazil boom falters 24 Dec 2012 - 10:05 am

MONTEVIDEO: 2012 has been a study in contrasts as far as Latin America’s two biggest economies, Brazil and Mexico, are concerned. Brazil, which...

War nostalgia no cure for Vietnam economy woes 24 Dec 2012 - 10:05 am

HANOI: Posters of US bombers crashing in flames festoon Hanoi to mark another anniversary in a long-finished war. But behind the usual propaganda...

Obama calls for scaled-back ‘fiscal cliff’ package 23 Dec 2012 - 07:11 am

US President Barack Obama speaks about the ‘fiscal cliff’ in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. WASHINGTON: Democrat and Republican...

GECF plans financial institution 23 Dec 2012 - 07:09 am

DOHA: The ensuing second summit of Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) in Russia will discuss the launch of a financial institution to exclusively...

EC to give Spain, France more time to cut deficit: Report 23 Dec 2012 - 07:08 am

MADRID: The European Commission (EC) will propose giving Spain, France and several other eurozone states more time to cut their public deficits below...

Judge clears BP’s $7.8bn settlement in US oil spill 23 Dec 2012 - 07:08 am

WASHINGTON: British oil giant BP won approval from a US federal judge of a $7.8bn settlement with people and businesses who lost money...

EU progress on banking, fiscal union slow 23 Dec 2012 - 07:07 am

Doha: A meeting of European finance ministers on December 13 yielded agreement on an initial step towards a centralised banking union and approved...

Mannai, Microsoft and Qtel offer Cloud service for SMEs 23 Dec 2012 - 07:06 am

Main speakers at the event from left: Sanjay Modak (Mannai), Adel Ali Al Malki (QNB), Moni George (Mannai), Mohammad Afaneh (Microsoft) and Kamran...

Pearl GTL wins innovative gas project award 23 Dec 2012 - 07:04 am

DOHA: The Pearl GTL plant has won the Most Innovative Gas Project of the year 2012. The second Oil and Gas Middle East...

San Bernardino wins first round in bankruptcy battle 23 Dec 2012 - 07:04 am

RIVERSIDE, California: A US bankruptcy judge derailed efforts by California’s giant pension fund to get paid before other creditors in the city of...

Dish seeks more time to fight Sprint’s Softbank, Clearwire deals 23 Dec 2012 - 07:03 am

NEW YORK: Dish Network (DISH) has asked the US telecom regulator for more time to file an objection to wireless service provider Sprint...

China shows off world’s longest high-speed rail 23 Dec 2012 - 07:02 am

Attendants inside a high-speed train during an organised experience trip from Beijing to Zhengzhou, as part of a new rail line, yesterday. BEIJING:...