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Qatar is Mideast’s leading Internet economy: Report 10 Jun 2015 - 02:27 am

DOHA: Qatar is the Middle East’s leading Internet economy said a new report by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), a global management consulting...

Commercial Bank wins award 10 Jun 2015 - 02:04 am

Doha: Commercial Bank has announced that it has won the prestigious “Best Commercial (SME) Bank of the Year, Qatar” award from The International...

Qatar bourse index gains 40.42 points 10 Jun 2015 - 02:02 am

Doha: Qatar Exchange (QE) index gained 40.42 points or 0.34 percent when the bourse closed yesterday at 11,943.50 points compared to 11,903.08 points...

Qatargas commits to national development 10 Jun 2015 - 02:00 am

Participants posing for a group picture at Qatargas’ 14th Annual CEO Forum for National Graduates and Trainees. Doha: Qatargas recently held its 14th...

QDB organises workshop for SMEs 10 Jun 2015 - 01:56 am

Vincent O’Brien conducting the workshop. DOHA: QDB concluded its workshop titled “Uniform Customs Procedures for Documentary Credits Workshop” (UCPDC), to identify best practices...

PwC forum focuses on threat of cybercrime 10 Jun 2015 - 01:35 am

DOHA: The ‘PwC Fraud Forum’ held in Doha this week brought together fraud experts and executives from across the Qatar business community to...

QFC Authority appoints Yousuf Al Jaida as CEO 09 Jun 2015 - 05:19 pm

DOHA: The Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) Authority has announced the appointment of Yousuf Al Jaida as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective from July...

Combined real estate transaction value reached QR900m last week 09 Jun 2015 - 04:40 pm

DOHA: The combined value of real estate transactions in Qatar last week exceeded QR900m ($247.15m), according to the weekly bulletin issued by Land...

Qatar’s real GDP expected to grow by 7.3 percent in 2015 09 Jun 2015 - 02:48 pm

DOHA: Qatar's economy is expected to register a real growth of 7.3 percent in 2015, driven by gathering expansion of the non-hydrocarbon sector...

Opec agrees to keep output as glut persists 06 Jun 2015 - 05:08 am

Opec President, Qatar’s Minister of Energy Industry, HE Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada (centre) opens the 167th ordinary meeting of Opec at...

GOIC organizes training workshop on statistical analysis 04 Jun 2015 - 03:13 pm

DOHA: The Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting (GOIC) has announced to hold a training workshopon statistical analysis using the popular Statistical Package for...

Qatar sees oil market more balanced in second half 04 Jun 2015 - 10:19 am

Qatar’s Minister of Energy and Industry H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada (centre), Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Ali Ibrahim Al Nuaimi...

Vodafone Qatar’s revenue up by 16pc 04 Jun 2015 - 10:18 am

DOHA: Vodafone Qatar reported revenue of QR2.31bn for the full-year 2015, up 16 percent compared to the same period in 2014. The company’s...

QIB named Islamic Bank of the Year 04 Jun 2015 - 10:07 am

Doha: Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB) has been recognised as the Islamic Bank of the Year 2015 in the Middle East by The Banker...

Five MEED Quality awards for ASTAD projects 04 Jun 2015 - 10:05 am

Officials of ASTAD and MEED during the awards ceremony. DOHA: Projects managed by ASTAD, a Qatar-based project management consultancy, has won five awards...

Qatar Cool wins two HR awards 04 Jun 2015 - 10:04 am

Caption Doha: Qatar District Cooling Company (Qatar Cool) was announced the winner of the “HR Team of the Year Award” and the “Excellence...

QNB SME, QBWA organise workshop 04 Jun 2015 - 10:02 am

Doha: QNB organised a workshop in cooperation with the Qatar Business Women Association (QBWA). Hamad Al Jamali, Acting AGM-SME at QNB Group, said:...

Doha Bank holds meeting for SME customers 04 Jun 2015 - 10:01 am

Doha: Doha Bank SME hosted a business breakfast meeting for SME customers. The event, held under the theme “Business at Breakfast”, served as...