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QBA, QC heads meet Slovenian President 18 Jan 2015 - 02:25 am

FROM LEFT: Aleڑ Cantarutti, State Secretary at the Ministry of Economic Development and Technology, Republic of Slovenia, Slovenian President Borut Pahor, Sheikh Khalifa...

Qatar bourse market cap shrinks QR30bn 16 Jan 2015 - 09:15 am

DOHA:Qatar’s stock market headed lower on oil rout in the past week, pulling back the benchmark index by 3.60 percent to finish the...

Construction costs in Qatar zoom 16 Jan 2015 - 09:14 am

DOHA:The construction costs in Qatar remain the highest in the Middle East, followed by the UAE and Saudi Arabia, according to an annual...

Opec sees 2015 supply surplus rising as slump slows shale boom 16 Jan 2015 - 09:13 am

LONDON: The collapse in oil prices is starting to slow growth in US output, Opec said yesterday, although the slowdown will not prevent...

QP to pursue expansion of petrochemical industry 15 Jan 2015 - 02:56 am

DOHA: Saad Sherida Al Kaabi (pictured), President & CEO of Qatar Petroleum (QP) said yesterday that QP will be conducting feasibility studies to...

QIB adds Fanar to its evening branches network 15 Jan 2015 - 02:53 am

Doha: Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB) has added Fanar to its network of evening shift branches in order to extend services to client according...

Islamic Holding Group’s net profit touches QR16.1m 15 Jan 2015 - 02:52 am

DOHA:The net profit of Islamic Holding Group touched QR16.1m for the full-year 2014, up 78 percent compared to QR9m posted a year ago....

Qatar’s inflation declined in December 15 Jan 2015 - 02:46 am

DOHA: Qatar’s month-on-month inflation (CPI) for December, 2014 has declined by 0.3 percent compared to the CPI of November, 2014, data released by...

Shell ends $6.5 bn Qatar project as oil price falls 14 Jan 2015 - 09:41 pm

One of Shell's existing giant gas plants in Qatar Doha - Qatar Petroleum and Royal Dutch Shell have scrapped plans for a petrochemicals...

QNB Group’s full-year net profit jumps to QR10.5bn 14 Jan 2015 - 12:24 am

DOHA: QNB Group, the largest lender in the region, continued to record robust growth in profitability posting a full-year net profit of QR10.5bn...

Total officials attend Muntajat B V launch 14 Jan 2015 - 12:23 am

Officials pose for a group picture. DOHA: Total attended the opening ceremony of Qatar Chemical and Petrochemical Marketing and Distribution Company (Muntajat)’s international...

Deutsche Börse team visits QE 14 Jan 2015 - 12:22 am

Rashid bin Ali Al Mansoori (third left) with visiting German delegation and top Qatari officials yesterday. DOHA: A delegation representing the Deutsche Börse...

Qatar bourse index ends in the green 14 Jan 2015 - 12:15 am

Doha: Qatar Exchange gained 24.89 points or 0.21 percent as it closed yesterday at 11,936.58 points up from the previous closing of 11,911.69....

Doha Bank committed to supporting SMEs 13 Jan 2015 - 04:57 am

Officials pose for a group picture. DOHA: Doha Bank organised a SME customer meet related to the projects financed under Al Dhameen guarantee...

ibq bags ‘best retail customer service’ award 13 Jan 2015 - 04:44 am

DOHA: International Bank of Qatar, (ibq), has won Banker Middle East’s award for “Best Retail Customer Service” in Qatar within the Banking Products...

MEED Qatar Projects Conference in March 13 Jan 2015 - 04:43 am

DOHA: The ‘MEED Qatar Projects Conference’ will be held on March 10 and 11. The two-day event will be organised on a theme:...

QNB profits to be lifted by public spending 13 Jan 2015 - 04:43 am

DUBAI: Qatar National Bank (QNB), the largest lender in the Gulf, is expected to post another quarter of healthy profits today, with high...

Oil prices to stay low longer 13 Jan 2015 - 12:26 am

From Left: Mohammed Al Mulla, Vice President, Amwal; Fahmi Alghussein and Afa Boran at the press conference yesterday. Kammutty VP By Satish Kanady...