Business

Mena needs to ramp up power generation capacity 30 Dec 2017 - 12:19 pm

Primary energy demand in the Mena region is expected to continue to rise at an annual rate of 1.9 percent through 2035, requiring...

QIB invests in national talents & undergraduate training in 2017 28 Dec 2017 - 12:26 pm

Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB), Qatar’s leading Islamic Bank, announced that it hired 21 Qataris including thirteen new graduates and eight experienced professionals, for...

London stocks open near record highs 28 Dec 2017 - 11:25 am

London: Europe's main stock markets were largely flat at the start of trading on Thursday, although London's FTSE 100 was again nudging record...

Hong Kong stocks end up following Wall St gains 28 Dec 2017 - 11:14 am

Hong Kong: Hong Kong stocks ended sharply higher on Thursday, in line with a rally across Asia following a positive lead from Wall...

Hong Kong stocks edge up after open 27 Dec 2017 - 11:57 am

Hong Kong: Hong Kong shares rose slightly early Wednesday, with trading muted as investors stayed on the sidelines during the holiday season. The...

QBIC hosts scale-up expert at speaker series session 27 Dec 2017 - 11:13 am

Qatar Business Incubation Center (QBIC), owned by Qatar Development Bank (QDB), hosted its final interactive Speaker Series session of the year with Prof....

Qatar’s trade surplus surges by 54.8% 27 Dec 2017 - 11:07 am

Qatar’s trade surplus expanded to QR12.8bn in November, a 32 percent jump from a year ago and 54.8 percent surge from the previous...

Aamal Company announces sale of shares 27 Dec 2017 - 11:04 am

Aamal Company announced that a total of 64,475 shares were sold from the 157,066 treasury shares of Aamal, owned by Gulf Rocks Company...

India to become fifth largest economy in 2018: report 26 Dec 2017 - 04:08 pm

New Delhi: India is set to overtake the United Kingdom and France to become the world's fifth largest economy next year, a report...

Tokyo stocks close lower on profit-taking 26 Dec 2017 - 11:17 am

Tokyo: Tokyo stocks fell Tuesday on late profit-taking, with investors keeping to the sidelines as major global markets remained closed for the Christmas...

Turkey, Sudan could begin trade in local currencies 25 Dec 2017 - 05:35 pm

KHARTOUM, Sudan: Turkey's economy minister on Monday suggested conducting trade with Sudan using domestic currencies as a way to boost bilateral commerce. Turkey...

Tokyo stocks edge up at the close 25 Dec 2017 - 12:17 pm

Tokyo: Tokyo stocks closed slightly higher on Monday in quiet trading, with investors sidelined by the Christmas holiday. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index...

QBIC’S Korean partners ‘Kstartups’ visit QFC 25 Dec 2017 - 10:51 am

The Qatar Financial Centre, one of the world’s leading and fastest growing onshore business and financial centres, welcomed Qatar Business Incubation Center (QBIC)’s...

MEC main partner in Qatar Self Sufficiency expo 2018 25 Dec 2017 - 10:43 am

The organisers of Qatar Self Sufficiency Exhibition, has announced that the Ministry of Economy and Commerce (MEC) is the Main Partner in the...

Deal to deliver digital transformation in Qatar 25 Dec 2017 - 10:38 am

MEEZA, an established Qatari Data Services Provider, Fujitsu Services Ltd and Vauban Group yesterday announced that they signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)...

Qatar banks need to prepare for upcoming Basel IV 25 Dec 2017 - 10:22 am

Banks in Qatar need to prepare now for the introduction of revised standards recently released by the Basel Committee. Given the Qatar Central...

Tokyo stocks edge up at the close 25 Dec 2017 - 09:42 am

Tokyo: Tokyo stocks closed slightly higher on Monday in quiet trade with investors sidelined by the Christmas holiday. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index...