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Maersk Oil Qatar, GDI sign QR770m drilling deal 19 Feb 2013 - 07:36 am

Maersk Oil Qatar Managing Director Lewis Affleck (left) and Gulf Drilling International CEO Ibrahim J Al Othman exchanging agreements during the signing ceremony...

Qatar to spend $120bn by 2020 19 Feb 2013 - 02:44 am

Hamad Rashid Al Mohannadi, Managing Director of RasGas and Vice-Chairman of Qatar Petroleum, giving a speech on behalf of the Minister of Energy...

QIIB elects two new board members 18 Feb 2013 - 06:29 am

Sheikh Dr Khalid bin Thani A Al Thani (fourth left), Chairman & Managing Director of Qatar International Islamic Bank (QIIB), Sheikh Abdullah bin...

Medicare Group’s net profit grows by 14.5 percent 18 Feb 2013 - 06:29 am

DOHA: The Medicare Group’s net profits increased by 14.5 percent for the full year 2012 compared to previous year, Sheikh Abdulla Bin Thani...

Qatar-US trade team heads to Washington 18 Feb 2013 - 06:28 am

DOHA: The US Ambassador to Qatar Susan L Ziadeh and Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee Secretary General Hassan Al Thawadi left for Washington to...

Doha’s property sale transactions up 20pc 18 Feb 2013 - 06:27 am

DOHA: The property market saw a 35 percent growth in the value and a 20 percent increase in the volume of property sales...

QP signs agreement with Total, Q Analytica 17 Feb 2013 - 04:57 am

Officials during the signing ceremony in Doha. DOHA: Qatar Petroleum (QP), Total E&P Qatar and Q Analytica LLC signed a joint research and...

Muntajat completes transition process of Qafac 17 Feb 2013 - 04:56 am

H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada, Abdulrahman Ali Al Abdulla & Nasser Jeham Al Kuwari DOHA: Muntajat, Qatar’s newly-launched company with...

Turkey-Iran gold-for-gas trade on the wane 17 Feb 2013 - 04:56 am

ISTANBUL: Tighter US sanctions are killing off Turkey’s gold-for-gas trade with Iran and have stopped state-owned lender Halkbank from processing other nations’ energy...

QInvest advises consortium for Chinese acquisition 17 Feb 2013 - 04:55 am

DOHA: QInvest LLC, Qatar’s leading investment bank, is advising a consortium of investors led by the Kingdom Holding Company (KHC) for the acquisition...

Tasdeer plans to promote Qatar’s electrical products at Dubai event 17 Feb 2013 - 04:54 am

DOHA: Qatar Development Bank’s export development agency, Tasdeer, will take part in the upcoming three-day “Middle East Electricity” exhibition to be held in...

QNB Group: Has gold lost its appeal? 17 Feb 2013 - 04:51 am

QNB Group: Has gold lost its appeal? Doha: Gold prices have been one of the strongest performing investments this decade, rising from $282...

QE sees GCC’s highest foreign investment inflow in 2012 15 Feb 2013 - 11:20 am

DOHA: Despite the GCC market seeing a sluggish foreign investment and a drop in IPOs in 2012, Qatar Exchange witnessed an inflow of...

Al Attiyah attends infrastructure seminar in Tokyo 14 Feb 2013 - 12:11 am

The Chairman of the Administrative Control and Transparency Authority (ACTA), H E Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah with Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe...

January inflation edges higher on education 14 Feb 2013 - 12:10 am

DOHA: Qatar’s inflation, based on consumer price index (CPI), rose 3.4 percent year-on-year (y-o-y) and the index was up 0.7 percent month-on-month (m-o-m)...

QFC, Turkey have best Islamic finance-friendly tax systems 14 Feb 2013 - 12:10 am

DOHA: The Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) and Turkey have the most Islamic Finance-friendly tax systems out of eight countries in the Mena region....

Peruvian trade team visits Doha ahead of Emir’s trip 13 Feb 2013 - 11:55 pm

From left: Julio Salvador (Ministry of Energy), Carlos Herrera (The Private Investment Promotion Agency ), Alvaro Silva-Santisteban (Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism),...

Qatar looking to boost local debt market 13 Feb 2013 - 05:02 am

DOHA: Qatar’s commitment to invest heavily in infrastructure, ahead of the 2022 Soccer World Cup, has surged its external debt in the past...