Business / Qatar Business

Qatar-UAE trade volume hits QR26.1bn 26 Feb 2016 - 02:17 am

Minister of Economy and Commerce H E Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim Al Thani (second left) at the Qatar-UAE Economic Forum in Abu Dhabi...

Dutch Business Council Qatar elects new team 26 Feb 2016 - 02:16 am

Yvette Burghgraef - van Eechoud, Ambassador of the Netherlands (centre) with the new members of the Executive Board of the DBCQ. DOHA: The...

Portugal delegation visits Qatar Chamber 26 Feb 2016 - 02:15 am

Officials from both sides at the event. DOHA: Adel Abdul Rahman Al Mannai, Board Member, Qatar Chamber yesterday received Jorge Costa Oliveira, Secretary...

Industries Qatar looking at petrochem expansion 25 Feb 2016 - 01:54 am

Industries Qatar Chairman Saad Sherida Al Kaabi (centre) and other officials at the AGM yesterday in Doha. By Sachin Kumar DOHA: Industries Qatar,...

Second UAE-Qatar Business Forum 25 Feb 2016 - 01:53 am

UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan (right) with Qatar’s Minister of Economy and Commerce...

Edutainment theme park ‘KidzMondo Doha’ to open in August 25 Feb 2016 - 01:50 am

Senior officials at the KidzMondo Doha event in Doha yesterday. Pic: Abdul B/The Peninsula By Mohammad Shoeb DOHA: KidzMondo Doha, one of the...

Customs Authority expands Al Nadeeb service 25 Feb 2016 - 01:49 am

Officials at the event. DOHA: The General Authority of Customs has launched a major marketing campaign to help build awareness for its Single...

Porsche Design presents timepiece collection 25 Feb 2016 - 01:48 am

Porsche Design staff displaying new items. Doha: In the run up to the international watch show, Baselword, next spring, the sports and lifestyle...

Producer Price Index falls in December 25 Feb 2016 - 01:48 am

The Peninsula DOHA: The Monthly Producer Price Index (PPI) of the Industrial sector for December, 2015 is estimated at 49.3 points showing a...

Gulf Air brings Abu Dhabi travel agents to Bahrain 25 Feb 2016 - 01:47 am

Doha: Gulf Air, Bahrain’s national carrier, recently organised a familiarisation trip, promoting Bahrain to key Abu Dhabi-based travel agencies. During the three-day visit,...

Ooredoo expands strategic partnership with Cisco 25 Feb 2016 - 01:46 am

Officials at the signing ceremony. DOHA: Enterprise customers will soon be able to lease Cisco products and technological solutions direct from Ooredoo to...

Ship traffic volume surges in region’s ROPME Sea Area 25 Feb 2016 - 01:46 am

By Satish Kanady DOHA: The density of shipping traffic in the ROPME Sea Area increased heavily over the past one decade. The ship...

QTA’s tourism strategy aims to attract bigger volume: EY 25 Feb 2016 - 01:45 am

DOHA: Doha has been trying to reverse the trend of being an expensive destination relative to other cities in the GCC with high...

Qatar's beIN Media Group hopes to buy US film studio Miramax 24 Feb 2016 - 01:25 pm

DOHA: beIN Media Group is optimistic of agreeing a deal to buy Californian film studio Miramax, the Qatari firm's deputy chief executive told...

Power and water demand in 2016 expected to grow by 6-8% 24 Feb 2016 - 02:42 am

Managing Director of QEWC Fahad bin Hamad Al Mohannadi. By Mohammad Shoeb DOHA: The demand for electricity and water this year is expected...

Milaha reports QR1.09bn net profit in 2015 24 Feb 2016 - 02:39 am

DOHA: Qatar Navigation (Milaha) delivered a net profit of QR1.09bn for the full-year of 2015, a 4 percent increase compared to the same...

RasGas delivers 5,000th cargo from Helium 1 plant 24 Feb 2016 - 02:38 am

DOHA: RasGas Company Limited (RasGas), the operator of Ras Laffan’s helium production, storage, loading and sales facilities, reached a significant milestone recently when...

QE benchmark index breaks 10,000 mark 24 Feb 2016 - 02:35 am

DOHA: Qatari stocks closed higher yesterday breaking the technical 10,000 barrier. The benchmark index edged 0.90 percent up or 89.48 points to settle...