Business / Qatar Business

Alternative energy key topic at Arab power meet 08 Jan 2013 - 01:22 am

The Minister of Energy and Industry and Chairman and Managing Director of Qatar Petroleum H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada cutting...

QFBA in deal for IFRS training in Qatar 08 Jan 2013 - 01:20 am

Officials of Qatar Finance and Business Academy and KPMG after signing the agreement yesterday. DOHA: Qatar Finance and Business Academy (QFBA) has signed...

Islamic Insurance holds extra-ordinary meeting 07 Jan 2013 - 01:07 am

Sheikh Abdulla bin Thani Al Thani, Chairman of Islamic Insurance (sixth left), Abdul Rahman Al Abdulghani (fifth left), Deputy Chairman of Islamic Insurance,...

Qatari employees can expect 5.2pc pay rise in ’13: Survey 07 Jan 2013 - 01:06 am

DOHA: Qatari employees can look forward to an average 5.2 percent increase in pay for 2013, the latest Total Remuneration survey that tracked...

Meeza signs pact with Symantec 07 Jan 2013 - 01:04 am

DOHA: Meeza, Qatar’s IT service providing company, signed a cloud service agreement with Symantec to offer market-leading hosted cloud solutions with an aim...

UAE and Qatar markets hit multi-month highs 07 Jan 2013 - 12:19 am

People walk in front of the Egyptian Stock Market in Cairo yesterday. A top International Monetary Fund official will visit Egypt today for...

Weekly Commodity Update: Fiscal Fudge provides short term relief for commodities 06 Jan 2013 - 10:23 pm

By Ole Hansen (Head of Commodity Strategy, Saxo Bank) The dreaded US ‘fiscal cliff’ which suppressed prices during December was this first week...

Weekly Money Market Review with IBQ: Hawkish FOMC meeting minutes could be a game changer 06 Jan 2013 - 10:15 pm

The year 2013 started on a positive note with the US house approving a Senate budget bill, which permanently extends the “Bush” tax...

Turkey to hold talks with Qatar on LNG terminal as demand booms 06 Jan 2013 - 01:10 am

Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said it will also hold talks with Qatar about building a third liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal with...

Qatar sukuk market is set to expand 06 Jan 2013 - 01:10 am

DOHA: The sukuk issuances in Qatar will expand in the years ahead and there would be more demand from China and South-east Asian...

QNB Group revises up 2012 growth estimate 06 Jan 2013 - 01:01 am

DOHA: QNB Group has revised up its estimate for Qatar’s overall real GDP growth in 2012 to 6.1 percent, from 5.6 percent previously,...

QE market capitalisation rises to QR470.25bn 04 Jan 2013 - 05:32 am

Doha: Qatar Exchange’s main index gained 257.91 points (3.10 percent) in the first week of the New Year when trading closed at 8,569.13...

QE Al Rayan Islamic index debut on Jan 7 03 Jan 2013 - 01:31 am

Rashid Al Mansoori and Adel Mustafawi shaking hands after the signing ceremony. DOHA: Qatar Exchange (QE) and Al Rayan Investment yesterday announced the...

Al Meera gets nod for rights float to increase capital 03 Jan 2013 - 01:29 am

DOHA: Al Meera Consumer Goods Company has announced that the proposal to increase the capital through a rights issue of 100 percent of...

Qatarlyst eyeing partners 03 Jan 2013 - 01:28 am

DOHA: The Qatarlyst Group, comprising Qatar Insurance Services LLC, Qatarlyst SPC and Qatarlyst Limited, and collectively called “Qatarlyst” is on a partnership search. ...

Law to regulate public-private partnership soon 02 Jan 2013 - 01:04 am

DOHA: Qatar hopes to soon have a law in place to regulate public-private partnership (PPP) which would allow the private sector to participate...

Qtel to buy further 15pc stake in Tunisiana 02 Jan 2013 - 01:03 am

DOHA: Qatar Telecom (Qtel) has reached agreement with the Tunisian Government to acquire a further 15 percent stake in Tunisiana S A (Tunisiana)...

Qatar’s foreign investment hits QR163.8bn in 2012 01 Jan 2013 - 01:15 am

DOHA: Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund (SWF) investment in abroad has reached QR163.8bn in 2012. The country’s 2012 foreign investment is $32bn higher than...