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Cryptocurrencies are new ways to raise funds for startups: QPAY CEO 25 Nov 2018 - 10:11 am

Doha: With ICOs and STOs increasingly fuelling the startups across the matured economies, Qatar needs to step in and come out with regulatory...

QFC discusses role of business hubs in wealth creation 25 Nov 2018 - 10:05 am

Doha: The Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) one of the world’s leading and fastest growing onshore business and financial centres, participated in the Global...

Milaha wins award 25 Nov 2018 - 10:02 am

Doha: Milaha, a Qatar-based shipping and logistics conglomerate, participated in the 2nd Business Continuity and Resilience Conference, which was held in Doha on...

QICCA and RICS review construction disputes avoidance 25 Nov 2018 - 09:52 am

Doha: The Qatar International Centre for Conciliation and Arbitration (QICCA) at Qatar Chamber and the UK-based Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) have...

Get up to 10,000 ‘Doha Miles’ when you apply for a personal loan 25 Nov 2018 - 09:43 am

Doha: Doha Bank announced the launch of a new website feature for non- Doha Bank customers, wherein they can check loan eligibility real-time...

Euro area economic recovery under ‘slower normal’: QNB 25 Nov 2018 - 09:06 am

Doha: Economic recovery in the Euro area is under a ‘slower normal’ as GDP growth performance has weakened further in recent months. Activity...

QP holds second ‘Mustaqbalna’ forum 25 Nov 2018 - 08:59 am

Doha: Qatar Petroleum held its second “Mustaqbalna” forum, which gave 450 Qatari nationals under development the opportunity to engage with the its executive...

Venezuela fuel shortages get worse as tanker staff flee 24 Nov 2018 - 04:11 pm

Venezuela’s fuel shortages are worsening as mass resignations at the state oil company’s tanker fleet have delayed gasoline shipments. Petroleos de Venezuela SA’s...

Whistleblowers making their mark on business world 23 Nov 2018 - 11:41 pm

Paris: UBS, Danske Bank, Cambridge Analytica and now Renault-Nissan: the probe into Carlos Ghosn demonstrates the growing power of whistleblowers as transparency requirements...

Ghosn's income under-reporting 'may reach $71 million' 23 Nov 2018 - 11:24 pm

Tokyo: Nissan's former chairman Carlos Ghosn under-reported his income by a total of $71 million -- much more than initially suspected -- Japanese...

Italy to resist budget pressure ahead of EU elections 23 Nov 2018 - 11:20 pm

ROME: Italy said on Thursday it would resist pressure from Brussels to revise its big-spending budget, effectively daring EU authorities to punish it...

Amazon hit by strikes in Europe on 'Black Friday' 23 Nov 2018 - 05:25 pm

Madrid: Amazon workers in Spain, Germany and Britain went on strike on the day of the "Black Friday" sales bonanza asking for better...

Deputy Amir chairs QP Board of Directors meeting 23 Nov 2018 - 01:10 am

Deputy Amir H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani, Chairman of Qatar Petroleum (QP), presided over the company’s Board of Directors meeting,...

QSE index closes at 10,328.48 points 23 Nov 2018 - 12:00 am

Qatar Stock Exchange’s (QSE) benchmark index dropped 114.29 points, 1.12 percent, last week when the bourse closed yesterday at 10,328.48 points. Trading value...

Qatar emerging as regional hub for FinTech business 23 Nov 2018 - 12:00 am

The Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) working actively to develop Qatar as hub of financial technology (FinTech), noted a senior official of QFC, one...

Ghosn gone: Nissan drives out chairman after arrest 22 Nov 2018 - 11:18 pm

Tokyo: Nissan's board sacked Carlos Ghosn as chairman on Thursday, a spectacular fall from grace for the once-revered boss whose arrest for financial...