Business / Qatar Business

Pay TV network available for Arabic viewers 04 Jun 2014 - 12:12 am

BY ERIKA WIDEN Doha: OSN launched ‘Go’ recently in the region and the feedback from subscribers has been extremely positive. OSN is a...

Weekly Commodity Update: What’s hot and what’s not in commodity RSI 03 Jun 2014 - 11:07 pm

By Ole S Hansen (Head of Commodity Strategy, Saxo Bank) Relative Strength Index (RSI) is a technical-momentum indicator that attempts to determine when...

New projects to push real estate recovery 03 Jun 2014 - 01:30 am

Doha: H E Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim bin Mohamed Al Thani (pictured), the Minister of Economy and Trade, yesterday said the real estate...

Ezdan to raise QR3bn from real estate sales this year 03 Jun 2014 - 01:29 am

Doha: Real estate major Ezdan Holding Group is going to sell real estate with a value of QR3bn this year as a part...

‘Qatar needs more professional auditors’ 03 Jun 2014 - 01:26 am

FROM LEFT: Chris Adonis, Conference Chair, Hassan Al Mulla, President, IIA Qatar, Ibrahim bin Hashim Al Sada, Acting President, State Audit Bureau, H...

Qatari bourse index slips on profit-taking 02 Jun 2014 - 10:03 pm

DUBAI: Qatar’s bourse fell because of profit-taking and soccer World Cup concerns yesterday, while property stocks lifted Dubai and Egypt partially rebounded after...

Airline honchos meet in Doha for the big event 02 Jun 2014 - 06:57 am

Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker and IATA Director General and CEO Tony Tyler with IATA board of governors at the 70th IATA...

Qatar Exchange index flat, UAE bourses retreat after MSCI move 02 Jun 2014 - 06:55 am

Traders work at the Egyptian Stock Exchange in Cairo yesterday. Doha/DUBAI: Qatar Exchange ended in the green area yesterday by adding just 2.79...

Real estate deals up 85pc 02 Jun 2014 - 06:52 am

Doha: Qatar’s real estate market remained firm as a real estate transactions jumped 85 percent to QR1,409.2m last week, according to Ezdan Weekly...

Barwa to sell Dara residential units 02 Jun 2014 - 06:50 am

DOHA: Barwa Real Estate Company yesterday announced its participation in ‘Cityscape Qatar 2014’ with a number of distinctive investment opportunities, starting with the...

Cityscape Qatar begins today 02 Jun 2014 - 06:48 am

Doha: Region’s leading real estate exhibition and conference Cityscape Qatar will be inaugurated by H E Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim bin Mohamed Al...

Optimism high in construction sector in Qatar 02 Jun 2014 - 06:44 am

DOHA: Optimism among Qatar’s construction industry in the second quarter of 2014 is at its highest for three years, according to the Dun...

March industry PPI down 1.1pc 02 Jun 2014 - 06:44 am

DOHA: The monthly Producer Price Index (PPI) of the industrial sector for March, 2014 stood at 175.2 (Base 2006=100), which shows decreases of...

Al Meera signs MoU with Regency Group, Aramex 02 Jun 2014 - 06:43 am

Doha: Al Meera Consumer Goods Company (QSC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU)) with both Regency Group Holding WLL, a company specialising...

Ezdan Holding to sell five villages 02 Jun 2014 - 02:45 am

Sheikh Dr Khaled bin Thani bin Abdullah Al Thani, Chairman of Ezdan Holding Group (left). One of the Ezdan Villages in Wakra. DOHA:...

Al khaliji hosts French business community 01 Jun 2014 - 11:05 pm

Participants at the event in Paris. Doha: Al Khaliji France SA, a subsidiary of Al Khalij Commercial Bank (al khaliji) recently hosted a...

Munira Flowers opens in Qatar 01 Jun 2014 - 11:01 pm

Munira Flowers, a leading floral and luxury gifts company, opened its first branch in Qatar yesterday at a glittering event, attended by a...

QP participates in Petrotech 2014 01 Jun 2014 - 10:58 pm

Doha: Qatar Petroleum’s Industrial Cities Directorate, along with the Ras Laffan Emergency and Safety College (RLESC) and Qatar Petrochemical Company (QAPCO), recently participated...