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Al Nuaimi to deliver Al Attiyah awards lecture 02 Mar 2016 - 01:36 am

DOHA: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Petroleum and Natural Resources, Ali bin Ibrahim Al Nuaimi (pictured) will deliver The 2016 Abdullah bin Hamad Al...

Trade between Qatar and Italy set to increase 02 Mar 2016 - 01:35 am

Riccardo Maria Monti (right), the President of Italian Trade Agency, with Trade Commissioner, Embassy of Italy in Doha Dr Andrea Ferrare (left) at...

Leading real estate firms to take part in Cityscape 02 Mar 2016 - 01:34 am

DOHA: Cityscape Qatar 2016, the largest real estate development and investment event in, has confirmed a number of prominent local, regional and international...

QBA hosts WTO Director-General 02 Mar 2016 - 01:33 am

The Qatari Businessmen Association (QBA) hosted Roberto Azevêdo, the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, yesterday. A private lunch hosted in his honour...

Chinese trade delegation at Qatar Chamber 02 Mar 2016 - 01:31 am

Qatar Chamber Acting Director-General Saleh Hamad Al Sharqi met with the members of Chinese trade delegation at the chamber office yesterday. The meeting...

QIC’s capital increase decision credit positive: Moody’s 02 Mar 2016 - 01:31 am

DOHA: The Qatar Insurance Company (QIC) shareholders’ decision to approve an increase in the company’s capital by 32 percent to QR2.4bn ($669m) is...

GCC chemical firms open doors to outside innovation: GPCA 02 Mar 2016 - 01:30 am

DOHA: GCC chemical producers are increasingly opening their doors to innovative insights and ideas from research institutions, academia, customers, suppliers and technology providers...

Djibouti President woos Qatari investors 01 Mar 2016 - 01:25 am

Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh with Qatar Chamber Vice-Chairman Mohammed bin Ahmed bin Tawar Al Kuwari and other officials. (Pic: Baher A/The Peninsula) ...

Qatari stocks ride out January slump 01 Mar 2016 - 01:23 am

By Satish Kanady DOHA: Qatari stocks rose 4.34 percent in February, after a volatile January pulled down the benchmark index by 9.09 percent....

Commercial Bank announces savings campaign winner 01 Mar 2016 - 01:21 am

Yasmin Hamdy, the first winner of “I am a Regular Saver”, with QR10,000 grand prize. DOHA: Commercial Bank yesterday announced the first winner...

Texas A&M at Qatar hosts computing workshop for oil and gas industry 01 Mar 2016 - 01:20 am

Participants at the workshop. DOHA: Texas A&M at Qatar has hosted a two-day computing workshop for oil and gas industry. More than 60...

Gulf Air holds agents seminar in Bangkok 01 Mar 2016 - 01:11 am

Doha: Gulf Air, Bahrain’s national carrier, recently conducted a seminar for front line and sales staff representing 30 travel agents in Thailand. Held...

Hiring in Qatar to continue, says survey 01 Mar 2016 - 01:10 am

DOHA: The latest Middle East Job Index Survey, conducted by Bayt.com, and research and consulting firm, YouGov, has revealed that 57 percent of...

KPMG named leader in information security consulting services 01 Mar 2016 - 01:05 am

DOHA: KPMG International has been named a Leader in the Forrester Research Inc report, The Forrester Wave™: Information Security Consulting Services, Q1, 2016...

Investcorp acquires office space in US for $180m 01 Mar 2016 - 01:04 am

Ramzi Abdel Jaber (left), Managing Director at Investcorp for Qatar, and the building in Washington DC. DOHA: Investcorp, a leading provider and manager...

KPMG named leader in information security consulting services 01 Mar 2016 - 01:04 am

DOHA: KPMG International has been named a Leader in the Forrester Research Inc report, The Forrester Wave™: Information Security Consulting Services, Q1, 2016...

Banks’ realty credit jumps 27.36% 29 Feb 2016 - 02:12 am

By Satish Kanady DOHA: Qatar banks’ credit to real estate sector jumped 27.36 percent to QR125bn in 2015, compared to QR95bn reported a...