Business

Workers at Total's UK oil platforms stage strike over rotas 30 Jul 2018 - 06:15 pm

LONDON: Workers at three of Total's British offshore oil and gas platforms went ahead with a 12-hour strike on Monday, a spokesman for...

China tempts Britain with free trade 30 Jul 2018 - 12:13 pm

BEIJING: China offered Britain talks on a post-Brexit free trade deal on Monday, reaching out to London as Beijing remains mired in an...

Malaysia mulls curbs on foreign car imports, says PM Mahathir 30 Jul 2018 - 09:24 am

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia may consider restrictions on foreign car imports to protect the country's "infant industry", Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Monday....

Stock of residential units touches 288,100 30 Jul 2018 - 03:13 am

DOHA: With a mix of 775 new apartments and villas during the second quarter of this year, the total number of residential units...

QFBA holds IFRS course update in collaboration with IMA Qatar chapter 30 Jul 2018 - 03:13 am

DOHA: With a vision to upgrade and enhance the global financial knowledge landscape of Qatar’s finance professionals, Qatar Finance and Business Academy (QFBA)...

Qatar big banks’ combined net profit grows by 10.6% in H1 30 Jul 2018 - 03:13 am

DOHA: Qatar’s top banks delivered a combined net profit of a solid QR12bn for the first half of 2018, up 10.6 percent compared...

Ooredoo announces QR15.3bn in revenue for H1,18 30 Jul 2018 - 03:13 am

DOHA: Telecom giant Ooredoo recorded a QR15.3bn in revenue for the first half of 2018 (H1 2018). The revenues were mainly driven by...

Officials say fast growth to continue, Trump respects Fed 30 Jul 2018 - 02:48 am

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump's top economic policymakers insisted Sunday that the robust growth marked in the April-June quarter will maintain its pace and...

QFB subsidiary to sell ‘English Home’ stakes 30 Jul 2018 - 02:43 am

DOHA: Qatar First Bank (QFB) announced that one of its subsidiaries has signed a conditional sale agreement to sell its full stake of...

Doha Bank names its fifth ‘Al Dana Young Saver’ winner 29 Jul 2018 - 04:47 am

DOHA: Doha Bank yesterday announced A S N Al Thani as the latest lucky winner in its ‘Al Dana Young Saver’ scheme. The...

Qatar retains position as world’s top LNG exporter 29 Jul 2018 - 04:14 am

DOHA: Qatar has retained the crown of world’s largest exporter of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) in 2017. The country exported 81 million tonnes...

Qatar banks’ total assets grow by QR54.3bn in June 29 Jul 2018 - 04:14 am

DOHA: Qatar banks’ assets (and liabilities) increased by QR54.3bn to QR1.39trillion by the end of June 2018, compared to QR1.34trillion by the end...

S&P affirms sovereign ratings on Qatar 29 Jul 2018 - 04:14 am

DOHA: S&P Global Ratings has affirmed its ‘AA-/A-1+’ long- and short-term foreign and local currency sovereign ratings on Qatar. The ratings affirmation reflects...

Indonesia’s policy pause unlikely to last long: QNB 29 Jul 2018 - 04:14 am

DOHA: Bank Indonesia (BI) Governor Perry Warjiyo’s front-loading of policy tightening so far this year and the clear signal that further rate hikes...

Mexico's Next President Promises Pemex Investment, Names New CEO 29 Jul 2018 - 04:14 am

Mexico’s incoming president named a new chief executive officer for Pemex and promised government investment of 75 billion pesos ($4 billion) in the...

Germany thwarts China by taking stake in 50Hertz power firm 29 Jul 2018 - 04:14 am

Berlin: The German government said it took a minority stake in electricity transmission firm 50Hertz for “national security” reasons, thwarting Chinese investors from...

Qatar’s trade surplus rises by 44.5 percent in June 2018 29 Jul 2018 - 03:45 am

DOHA: The State of Qatar’s commodity trade balance, which represents the difference between total exports and imports, reached a surplus of QR18bn in...

On trade policy, Trump is turning GOP orthodoxy on its head 28 Jul 2018 - 10:59 pm

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump's trade policies are turning long-established Republican orthodoxy on its head, marked by tariff fights and now $12 billion in...