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Business

Qatar Chamber explores cooperation with Thailand in labour affairs 30 Sep 2019 - 01:47 am
Qatar Chamber’s First Vice-Chairman  Mohamed bin Ahmed bin Towar Al Kuwari (second right) met yesterday with the members of a trade delegation from Thailand headed by Deputy Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Labour  Maj. Romayong  Surakitbunharn (sec
Qatar Chamber takes part in ‘International Halal Industry Fair’ 30 Sep 2019 - 01:47 am
The Qatar Chamber’s Board Member, Dr Mohamed Jawhar Al Mohamed (left), shaking hands with Bosnian Member of Presidency, Shefik Dzaferovic during the event.
Women make up 30% of decision-making positions in Qatar: QC official 30 Sep 2019 - 01:47 am
Dr Khalid Klefeekh Al Hajri (centre), Board Member, Qatar Chamber, presenting an award to Aisha Alfardan, Vice-Chairwoman, Qatar Businesswomen Association, after her keynote speech at the opening of the Doha Women’s Forum, held at the Westin Hotel in Doha
Plenty more fish in the sea? Not for the poor and hungry, researchers say 29 Sep 2019 - 11:09 pm
Fishermen pulling in fish caught in their nets off the coast of Mahe in the Seychelles islands on February 21, 2018. AFP Photo / The Nature Conservancy / Tate Drucker
In Honduras, years of drought pressure farmers to leave land 29 Sep 2019 - 10:58 pm
A woman and her son walk in their drought-affected plot, in the southern village of San Francisco de Coray, in the department of Valle, Honduras, August 13, 2015. Reuters/Jorge Cabrera
Polish banks haunted by Swiss franc mortgages in European court 29 Sep 2019 - 08:41 pm
Various Euro banknotes lay next to various Swiss Franc notes in this picture illustration at a bank in Warsaw, July 18, 2011. Reuters/Kacper Pempel
Protests in Lebanon's capital over worsening economic crisis 29 Sep 2019 - 05:02 pm
Lebanese protesters clash with riot policemen as they try to break through security barriers in front of the cabinet office during a demonstration in central Beirut's Martyr Square on September 29, 2019. AFP / ANWAR AMRO
Monetary stance of US Fed FOMC members 29 Sep 2019 - 10:12 am
Peninsula
Minister Al Kaabi discusses energy, LNG cooperation in Japan 29 Sep 2019 - 10:08 am
H E Saad Sherida Al Kaabi, Minister of State for Energy Affairs, the President and CEO of Qatar Petroleum, addressing one of the sessions at the 8th LNG Producer-Consumer Conference in Tokyo.
Qatar’s investment in healthcare sector at QR22.7bn 29 Sep 2019 - 10:06 am
The Qatari delegation at ‘12th Arab-German Health Forum’ held in Berlin, Germany, recently.
Doha Bank explores Fintech collaborations at SIBOS 2019 29 Sep 2019 - 10:03 am
Doha Bank CEO, Dr R Seetharaman (second left), with other officials on the sidelines of the event in London.
QICDRC promotes Qatar as a hub for resolution of civil and commercial disputes at IBA 2019 29 Sep 2019 - 09:52 am
The QICDRC delegation at the 2019 Annual Conference of the IBA.
QNB’s Hong Kong branch will be gateway for its clients to mainland China 29 Sep 2019 - 09:49 am
Peninsula
Al Kaabi holds talks with Japan’s Economy Minister 28 Sep 2019 - 12:27 am
H E Saad bin Sherida Al Kaabi (second left), the Minister of State for Energy Affairs, holding talks with Isshu Sugawara, Japan’s Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, in Tokyo.
Fiat Chrysler to pay $40M fine for overstating sales numbers 27 Sep 2019 - 09:06 pm
A screen displays the ticker information for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV at the post where it's traded on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, January 12, 2016. Reuters/Brendan McDermid
Kenyans rush to swap banknotes as cash ban looms 27 Sep 2019 - 09:06 pm
Residents of Kibera slum in Kenya's capital Nairobi sit outside a makeshift soda depot on September 26, 2019 with a notification inscribed on the door to clients that payments in the old tender notes are no longer accepted. AFP / Tony Karumba
Hunt for tax havens fuels $47 billion stampede into muni debt 27 Sep 2019 - 09:06 pm
FILE PHOTO:  A US five dollar note is seen in this illustration photo, June 1, 2017. Reuters / Thomas White
Portugal sets aside 150 mln euros to offer credit to firms hit by Thomas Cook collapse 27 Sep 2019 - 08:02 pm
A closed-down branch of the global travel group Thomas Cook is pictured three days after the company filed for bankruptcy, in Peterborough, central England on September 26, 2019.  AFP / Oli Scarff