Business / Qatar Business

Qatari, Moroccan companies sign deals worth QR100m 19 Oct 2014 - 12:43 am

Qatari and Moroccan officials exchanging the contracts. DOHA: Qatar Development Bank (QDB) yesterday announced that joint meetings between Qatari exporters and Moroccan importers...

World economy stares at Great Deflation: QNB 18 Oct 2014 - 11:46 pm

Doha: A significant decline in commodity prices in recent weeks—coupled with a worsening global economic outlook and major corrections in global equity markets—could...

Vodafone to give free Net service to Alfardan Towers 18 Oct 2014 - 11:42 pm

Doha: Alfardan Properties has entered into a partnership with Vodafone Qatar to provide complimentary Internet connection with a speed of 10 Mbps to...

RasGas Milestones Gallery opens 17 Oct 2014 - 02:56 am

H E Dr Al Sada visiting the RasGas Milestones Gallery with RasGas’ directors and the Executive Leadership Team. DOHA: The Minister of Energy...

QCB absorbs QR16bn liquidity through T-Bond 17 Oct 2014 - 02:53 am

By Satish Kanady DOHA: The Qatar Central Bank’s (QCB) active liquidity management initiatives have helped absorb QR16bn liquidity from the country’s financial system...

QFC banks record rapid growth in 2013 17 Oct 2014 - 02:44 am

DOHA: Banks operating in the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) saw rapid growth in 2013. The size of the QFC banking sector grew by...

Cross-border banks’ assets shift from Europe to Mena 17 Oct 2014 - 02:44 am

DOHA: The geographical distribution of Qatar banks’ cross-border assets witnessed a shift in 2013. The share of European assets steeply declined from over...

Cofely Besix Mannai Facility Management gets QP contract 17 Oct 2014 - 02:43 am

DOHA: Qatar’s leading facilities management company, Cofely Besix Mannai Facility Management (CBMFM), a subsidiary of Mannai Corporation, has been awarded its first contract...

QA signs deal with Gulfstream 16 Oct 2014 - 01:16 am

Business jet Gulfstream. DOHA: Qatar Airways (QA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Gulfstream Aerospace for the purchase of up to 20...

QInvest leads surge in global sukuk activity 16 Oct 2014 - 01:15 am

DOHA: QInvest, Qatar’s leading investment bank and prominent Islamic financial institution, has been at the forefront of global sukuk activity in 2014. It...

IndiGo to buy record 250 Airbus planes 16 Oct 2014 - 01:13 am

The Airbus A320neo (New Engine Option) takes off during its first flight event in Colomiers near Toulouse, southwestern France, last month. NEW DELHI/PARIS:...

Toyota recalls 1.67m Toyota, Lexus cars 16 Oct 2014 - 01:13 am

Toyota Motor’s new SUV Lexus NX 200t leaving an assembly plant in Miyawaka, Fukuoka Prefecture on Kyushu Island, southwestern Japan. TOKYO: Japan’s Toyota...

‘Banks should fight against financial crime’ 16 Oct 2014 - 01:11 am

Doha Bank Group CEO Seetharaman speaking at the fifith US-Mena Private Sector Dialogue on correspondent banking at BNY Mellon, New York. DOHA: The...

Tata in talks to sell UK steel plants to Swiss group Klesch 16 Oct 2014 - 12:50 am

MUMBAI/LONDON: India’s Tata Steel Ltd is in talks to sell loss-making European operations including mills in northern England and Scotland to Geneva-based Klesch...

Drop in oil prices not to impact Qatar: Minister 16 Oct 2014 - 12:49 am

DOHA: The drop in Global oil prices is not going to affect Qatar’s proposed development projects. The market fluctuations will have neither short-term...

Qatalum takes part in Dusseldorf event 15 Oct 2014 - 06:54 am

Officials at the Aluminium 2014 event in Dusseldorf. DOHA: Qatalum has participated in the just-concluded “Aluminium 2014” at the 10th World Trade Fair...

Islamic Bank of Britain appoints CCO 15 Oct 2014 - 06:47 am

Doha: Islamic Bank of Britain Plc (IBB), the UK’s only wholly Shariah-compliant retail bank, announced the appointment of Keith Leach to the newly...

Qatargas announces successful PMP start 15 Oct 2014 - 06:46 am

DOHA: Qatargas has announced the successful start-up of the Plateau Maintenance Project (PMP). The objective of the project is to ensure the production...