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India's TCS ousts Mistry from board as purge is stepped up 14 Dec 2016 - 09:29 am

Mumbai: India's Tata has ousted Cyrus Mistry as a director of its cash cow IT business Tata Consultancy Services as the Indian conglomerate...

Qatar's non-oil sector grew by 7.8% in 2015 14 Dec 2016 - 02:20 am

The Minister of Economy and Commerce, H E Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim Al Thani, referring to Qatari Economic Prospects Report 2016-2018, said Qatar’s...

Skyline Automotive charts ambitious plans of Hyundai & Genesis 14 Dec 2016 - 02:18 am

Skyline Automotive, newly appointed official distribution partner for Qatar by Hyundai Motor Company, has embarked on an ambitious plan for growing the global...

Vodafone Qatar adds new features to its enterprise services 14 Dec 2016 - 02:15 am

Vodafone Qatar has added extension billing for Vodafone Corporate Voice (SIP Trunking) and Performance Reporting to its enterprise fixed services portfolio. Extension billing...

UN General Assembly grants Observer Status to ICC 14 Dec 2016 - 02:13 am

In an unprecedented move, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly yesterday granted Observer Status to the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)—the world’s largest...

Consumer Price Index inches up 0.1% in November 14 Dec 2016 - 02:10 am

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) of November reached to 108.6 showing an increase of 0.1 percent compared to the CPI of October 2016....

Lulu Exchange official wins Global Business Leader Award 13 Dec 2016 - 08:40 pm

The inaugural Gulf Indian Excellence Awards were held at the Hyatt Regency Dubai Creek Heights on Sunday. The event recognised leading successful Indian...

QIA to invest $35bn in US over next five years 13 Dec 2016 - 07:28 pm

The Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) has announced to invest $35bn (about QR127.45bn) in the US over the next five years (2016-21). This was...

QFC conducts Technical Analysis session 13 Dec 2016 - 05:39 pm

The Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) Authority, in association with Bloomberg, conducted a session on Technical Analysis at the W hotel in Doha. The...

Qatari Islamic banking growth outpace conventional banks 13 Dec 2016 - 04:32 pm

The Qatari Islamic banks saw their lending grow 7.2 percent in 1H16 (first half of 2016), outpacing the 6.5 percent growth at conventional...

Gulf Air chairs AACO members' meeting 13 Dec 2016 - 04:29 pm

Hala Azzam, Gulf Air Manager Emergency Response Planning, chaired The Arab Air Carriers’ Organization (AACO) Emergency Response Planning Steering Committee held at the...

Smart grids can help Qatari economy diversify: Report 13 Dec 2016 - 03:23 pm

Deploying smart grids can help Qatari economy diversify from oil and gas, said a latest report by a management and technology consulting and...

Five Qatari recruits join HSBC's 'Graduates Programme' 13 Dec 2016 - 03:06 pm

Nadia Al Khater, Jassem Al Saigal, Yousef Al Rayes, Halema Al Harbi and Fahad Al Khater joined HSBC Qatar as part of the...

QIB wins 'Best Islamic Bank in Qatar' award 13 Dec 2016 - 03:02 pm

Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB), Qatar’s leading Islamic Bank, has been named the 'Best Islamic Bank in Qatar' by the World Islamic Banking Conference...

Stocks climb on Italy bank action, before Fed 13 Dec 2016 - 02:45 pm

London: European stock markets rose solidly Tuesday, led by Milan's main index and Italian banking shares, after ailing UniCredit said it would axe...

Oil prices fall in Asia 13 Dec 2016 - 01:02 pm

Singapore: Oil prices dipped on Tuesday as investors closed financial positions that profited from strong gains the day before. International Brent crude futures...

Iran signs two oil deals with Russia's Gazprom 13 Dec 2016 - 12:19 pm

Tehran: Iran signed preliminary agreements with Russia's Gazprom on Tuesday to develop two major oil fields in the latest of a flurry of...

China says output, retail sales accelerate in November 13 Dec 2016 - 12:09 pm

Beijing: China's industrial output and retail sales growth both accelerated in November, government data showed Tuesday, in a sign of stabilisation for the...