Business / Qatar Business

Weekly Money Market Review with IBQ: Yellen’s dovish comments surprise markets 07 Apr 2014 - 01:41 am

The United States Fed chair Janet Yellen surprised the markets with unexpectedly dovish comments about the economy. Yellen noted that the Federal Reserve...

Weekly Commodity Update: Libya deal or no deal rattles brent crude; gold rangebound 07 Apr 2014 - 01:39 am

By Ole Hansen (Head of Commodity Strategy, Saxo Bank) Commodities generally experienced a quiet beginning to April with much of the attention focusing...

London Stock Exchange woos Qatari firms 06 Apr 2014 - 06:58 am

BY SACHIN KUMAR Doha: The London Stock Exchange is wooing Qatari companies to get listed on the exchange to get global exposure. The...

Laffan Refinery’s Diesel Hydrotreater Project registers another milestone 06 Apr 2014 - 06:56 am

The site of the Laffan Refinery’s Diesel Hydrotreater Project. Doha: Laffan Refinery’s Diesel Hydrotreater (DHT) Project recently celebrated five million man-hours without a...

Commercial Bank wins Qatar Equity Fund award 06 Apr 2014 - 06:56 am

DOHA: Commercial Bank’s Al Waseela Fund has won the prestigious ‘Qatar Equity Fund of the Year’ award at the annual Mena Fund Manager...

GDP to grow by 6.8pc in 2014: QNB 06 Apr 2014 - 06:47 am

DOHA: QNB Group expects Qatar’s real GDP growth to accelerate to 6.8 percent in 2014 as the implementation of large infrastructure projects and...

Tourism tender submission still open 06 Apr 2014 - 06:47 am

DOHA: The tender submission is still open for potential investors seeking to invest in the recently launched six priority investment sectors of Qatar’s...

Jordan will get $264m IMF loan 06 Apr 2014 - 06:44 am

Amman: The IMF said it had reached an agreement with Jordan to disburse $264m that represent the third and fourth review under the...

Qatar property transaction value up 35.2pc 06 Apr 2014 - 05:08 am

DOHA: Qatar’s property transaction value recorded a huge jump in the first quarter of 2014 recording a high 35.2 percent to QR11.9bn compared...

Huge local retail buying interest spurs green rush at QE index 05 Apr 2014 - 12:51 am

DOHA: Spurred by huge buying interests from local retail investors, Qatar Exchange Index continued its ‘green rush’ for the third straight week lifting...

Qatar Cool’s third plant to be operational by ’16 04 Apr 2014 - 04:48 am

Wael Ayoub, Business Development Manager, showing the control room of Qatar Cool during a media tour yesterday. Nahar S Al Mutawah, VP-Operation and...

Qatar Exchange index adds 34.01 points 03 Apr 2014 - 08:33 am

Doha: Qatar Exchange index added 34.01 points, or 0.29 percent, to advance to 11,939.95 points from 11,905.94 on Tuesday. The volume of the...

10th Back 2 Business forum on October 2 03 Apr 2014 - 08:27 am

DOHA: The 10th edition of ‘Back 2 Business 2014’, organised by Italian Chamber of Commerce in association with Turkish Businessmen Association, will take...

Global energy use to surge 50pc: Al Sada 03 Apr 2014 - 04:51 am

The Minister of Energy and Industry H E Dr Mohamed bin Saleh Al Sada delivering the keynote address at Brookings Doha Energy Forum...

QR5.5bn Laffan Refinery 2 launched 02 Apr 2014 - 01:32 am

H E Dr Mohamed bin Saleh Al Sada, the Minister of Energy and Industry, at the foundation-laying ceremony yesterday. DOHA: The Emir H...

Ezdan Holding plans big investments 02 Apr 2014 - 01:28 am

Ezdan Holding Chairman Sheikh Dr Khalid bin Thani bin Abdullah Al Thani (centre), Vice-Chairman Sheikh Abdullah bin Thani Al Thani (left) and Group...

Budget projections push QE index up 02 Apr 2014 - 01:14 am

By Satish Kanady DOHA: Qatar stocks put up a good show yesterday after the strong annual budget projections. The benchmark index jumped 2.29...

Barwa Bank lead arranger for Ezdan syndication 02 Apr 2014 - 01:13 am

DOHA: Barwa Bank, Qatar’s fastest growing Shari’ah compliant banking service provider, is the initial mandated lead arranger for Ezdan Holding Group’s first tranche...