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Venezuela's digital coin makes debut 20 Feb 2018 - 03:35 pm

CARACAS, Venezuela: Venezuela is launching Tuesday its own version of bitcoin that it hopes will provide a boost to its crippled economy. Officials...

2,000 Confiscated Bitcoins Create a Storage Puzzle in Finland 20 Feb 2018 - 03:24 pm

Bloomberg: Finland is trying to figure out how to handle the roughly 2,000 Bitcoins authorities in the country have confiscated. Worth almost $40...

100 instructors in attendance as FIFA’s technical and fitness seminar opens 20 Feb 2018 - 01:14 am

DOHA: The Seminar for FIFA Referee Technical & Fitness Instructors opening ceremony was held yesterday. The Seminar - that ends on Feb 23...

Ecuador seeks to boost foreign investment 20 Feb 2018 - 01:09 am

DOHA: The oil-driven South American country of Ecuador is looking to boost its two-way partnership with Qatar by increasing mutual trade and bolstering...

In-form Al Sadd eye Persepolis scalp as Al Rayyan face Al Ain 20 Feb 2018 - 01:09 am

DOHA: Unbeaten in five successive QNB Stars League matches, former Asian champions Al Sadd will be looking to stretch their winning form on...

QIC official insurer of golf tournament 20 Feb 2018 - 01:04 am

DOHA: Qatar Insurance Group, the leading insurer in the MENA region has partnered with Commercial Bank Qatar Masters to be the Official Tournament...

Georgetown University’s GEMBA students & faculty visit QP 20 Feb 2018 - 01:04 am

DOHA: A delegation of students, faculty and staff from Georgetown University’s Global Executive Master of Business Administration (GEMBA) programme visited Qatar Petroleum’s headquarters...

Vodafone & Huawei to enhance cooperation in IoT business 20 Feb 2018 - 01:04 am

DOHA: Vodafone Qatar yesterday announced to have partnered with the Chinese tech giant Huawei to enhance the efficiency of their transport operations in...

Doha Bank is one-stop financial provider for customer advantage 20 Feb 2018 - 01:04 am

Doha: Doha Bank has hosted an event ‘Customer Advantage - Doha Bank – Your One-Stop Financial Service Provider’ at Doha Bank Auditorium. The...

Monthly industrial production up 1.3% in December 20 Feb 2018 - 12:02 am

DOHA: The latest official data released on the performance of Qatar’s industrial production showed that the economic activities in December 2017 had witnessed...

Barwa Bank announces February draw winners 20 Feb 2018 - 12:02 am

Doha: Barwa Bank, yesterday announced the names of the most recent round of draw winners for Thara’a, its Shari’ah compliant savings account, at...

Doha Cables wins QR1.24bn Kahramaa deal 20 Feb 2018 - 12:01 am

DOHA: Aamal Company (Aamal), one of the GCC’s fastest growing diversified companies, has announced that Doha Cables – a fully-owned subsidiary of Senyar...

Boom turns to bust for millennials across advanced economies 19 Feb 2018 - 10:10 pm

The income boom enjoyed by people born between 1966 and 1980 has turned to "bust” for the generation that followed them, according to...

Here's how the Premier League could still lure Amazon to soccer 19 Feb 2018 - 10:10 pm

The Premier League is waiting for a late delivery from Amazon.com Inc. Possible interest from Amazon offered the best chance at bigger proceeds...

Eyes wide shut: the $1.8 billion Punjab National Bank fraud that went unnoticed 19 Feb 2018 - 10:10 pm

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: The Punjab National Bank branch in south Mumbai sits just down the road from both the Bombay Stock Exchange and the...

Israel announces 'historic' gas contract with Egypt 19 Feb 2018 - 08:30 pm

Jerusalem: Israel has struck an "historic" contract for sales of billions of dollars' worth of natural gas to Egypt, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...

Bitcoin Breaks Above $11,000 Threshold in Fourth Day of Gains 19 Feb 2018 - 06:28 pm

Bitcoin climbed for a fourth day, accelerating a rally that began when it bounced off a technical support level. The biggest cryptocurrency rose...

QAFCO, Hassad and Yara sign MoU 19 Feb 2018 - 10:51 am

DOHA: Qatar Fertiliser Company (QAFCO), Hassad Food and Yara International ASA (Norway), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) recently to support efforts to...