Business / Qatar Business

UBL and Omani firm mark 30 years of association 17 Dec 2013 - 07:32 am

UBL President Atif R Bokhari presenting a plaque to Chairman of OUECL and OHI Group of Companies and United Bank Limited, Maqbool bin...

Qatar raises 2013 growth forecast, economy to expand by 6pc 17 Dec 2013 - 07:26 am

DOHA: Qatar’s economy is projected to expand by 6 percent this year, about half a percent point higher than in 2012, and by...

QFMA receives requests for 2 new listings, 5 IPOs 17 Dec 2013 - 07:25 am

DOHA: The regulator of the Qatari bourse said yesterday it has received two requests for new listings and five for launching initial public...

Commercial Bank eyes local tie-ups: Chief 17 Dec 2013 - 07:25 am

DOHA/DUBAI: Commercial Bank of Qatar is open to tie-ups with local financial institutions and could sell bonds next year to fund infrastructure lending...

IKEA unveils new kids range 17 Dec 2013 - 07:25 am

DOHA: Swedish furniture retailer IKEA, part of Al Futtaim group of companies, has unveiled a newly redesigned children’s department. Customers and children can...

QNB ranked Qatar’s best 17 Dec 2013 - 07:24 am

DOHA: Qatar National Bank (QNB) has been named the best capitalised Financial Institution and the second largest capitalized “Corporate” in the Middle East...

Qatar, Dubai bourses slip; region mixed 17 Dec 2013 - 07:24 am

DUBAI: Dubai’s bourse suffered its largest loss in a month yesterday as investors sold blue chip Emaar Properties in a delayed reaction to...

Commercial real estate sector witnesses boom 17 Dec 2013 - 06:17 am

By Satish Kanady DOHA: Qatar’s commercial real estate sector witnessed a significant revival this year. The vacancy rates dropped to 10 percent in...

Barwa Bank, FFC get Islamic Business & Finance awards 16 Dec 2013 - 08:18 am

Barwa Bank officials during the award ceremony. DOHA: Barwa Bank Group, Qatar’s fastest growing Shariah-compliant banking service provider, has been named as the...

QCB framing rules for listing of ETFs 16 Dec 2013 - 08:17 am

DOHA: Banking regulator, the Qatar Central Bank (QCB), said yesterday it is busy framing rules to list exchange traded funds (ETFs) on the...

Plans for new LDPE facility in early stage: IQ 16 Dec 2013 - 08:15 am

DOHA: Industries Qatar (IQ), one of the region’s industrial giants, yesterday confirmed that contrary to reports in sections of the media, plans for...

QFMA holds training on dispute resolution 16 Dec 2013 - 08:13 am

DOHA: The Qatar Financial Markets Authority (QFMA)has organised a training programme on ‘Dispute Resolution Procedures’. The training was for the implementation of the...

Qatar Exchange index adds 40.72 points 16 Dec 2013 - 08:09 am

Doha: Qatar Exchange pursued its upswing trend yesterday adding 40.72 points, or 0.39 percent, to advance to 10,526.95 points from 10,486.23 on Thursday....

Weekly Money Market Review with IBQ: Initial US budget deal eases concerns over another shutdown 16 Dec 2013 - 08:07 am

The FX market witnessed a volatile week, misleading investors towards its direction. In the US, lawmakers have reached an agreement on Tuesday that,...

Qapco announces over QR1.2bn expansion plan 15 Dec 2013 - 11:39 am

BY MOHAMMAD SHOEB DOHA: Qatar Petrochemical Company (Qapco) has announced plans to build a new plant at a cost of QR1.2bn ($330m) to...

Qatargas takes stock of achievements 15 Dec 2013 - 11:36 am

Officials during the town hall meeting. DOHA: Qatargas made significant achievements in establishing relationships with new customers as well as strengthening existing customer...

Qatar Exchange Roundup: Why many products are missing from QE 15 Dec 2013 - 11:35 am

By Bashir Yusuf Kahlout Last week, I noted that the strong performance of Qatar Exchange witnessed during the second half of this year...

Risk of deflation in US, eurozone: QNB report 15 Dec 2013 - 11:09 am

Doha: The risk of deflation in the US and the eurozone may require more expansionary monetary policy, such as Quantitative Easing (QE), according...