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NMC Health to enter Qatar 24 Oct 2016 - 03:58 am

ABU DHABI: United Arab Emirates-based hospital operator NMC Health plans to enter Qatar and Oman before year-end and expand in Saudi Arabia, the...

Banks plan to leave UK over Brexit: Official 24 Oct 2016 - 03:57 am

LONDON: Big international banks are preparing to move some of their operations out of Britain in early 2017 due to the uncertainty over...

Ultimatum to Belgium on Canada deal 24 Oct 2016 - 03:55 am

BRUSSELS: The European Union has given Belgium until late today to overcome opposition to a free trade deal with Canada from its French-speaking...

UK could slash corporation tax if EU blocks deal: Report 24 Oct 2016 - 03:54 am

LONDON: Britain could slash corporation tax to 10 percent if the European Union refuses to agree a post-Brexit free trade deal or blocks...

US and Britain growth data to give steer on monetary policy 24 Oct 2016 - 03:52 am

LONDON: Third-quarter growth figures from the United States and Britain will be scrutinised by financial markets in the week, and a business survey...

Mashreq net profit falls 24.8% in Q3 24 Oct 2016 - 03:51 am

DUBAI: Mashreq continued its earnings slump yesterday as Dubai’s third-biggest lender by assets posted a 24.8 percent fall in third-quarter net profit, weighed...

Saudi retail sector slump close to ending: Jarir chief 24 Oct 2016 - 03:50 am

RIYADH: The slump in Saudi Arabia’s retail sector may be close to ending as consumption starts to stabilise after shrinking because of low...

Buoyant investor sentiment lifts Saudi; Qatar edges down 24 Oct 2016 - 03:48 am

DUBAI: Major stock markets in the Gulf rose yesterday with Saudi Arabia outperforming it peers, continuing to climb on the back of upbeat...

Fish shop shut for violation 24 Oct 2016 - 03:44 am

DOHA: Al Wakra Municipality has shut down a fish shop in a supermarket ten days after inspectors found it selling fish unfit for...

Al Jaltah Park to be closed today 24 Oct 2016 - 03:43 am

DOHA: Al Khor and Al Dakhira Municipality has announced that Al Jaltah Park will be closed today for spraying. It will reopen tomorrow....

46 QU students participate in white coat ceremony 24 Oct 2016 - 03:41 am

DOHA: A group of 46 first-year General Medicine students took the College of Medicine Students’ Oath and donned the symbolic white coat in...

QRCS provides non-food aid to Sudan flash flood victims 24 Oct 2016 - 03:36 am

Doha: Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has completed a relief intervention for the victims of flash floods in Hameshkorieb, Kassala Province, eastern Sudan,...

Sidra genomics meet on ‘nature versus nurture’ 24 Oct 2016 - 03:35 am

Doha: Sidra Medical and Research Center (Sidra) will address one of the most challenging questions in science when it holds its second Functional...

Ministry of Public Health marks World Sight Day 24 Oct 2016 - 03:34 am

Doha: In recognition of the World Sight Day which will be marked this year under the theme “Stronger Together”, the Ministry of Public...

Ministry recalls GMC Sierra and Yukon models 24 Oct 2016 - 03:32 am

Doha: The Ministry of Economy and Commerce, in cooperation with Al Mannai Company, GMC cars’ dealer in Qatar, has recalled 2014- 2015 models...

Minister meets Greek envoy 24 Oct 2016 - 03:31 am

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs H E Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi met in Doha yesterday with Ambassador of Greece to Qatar,...

RAF projects benefit 600,000 Syrians 24 Oct 2016 - 03:28 am

DOHA: Sheikh Thani bin Abdullah Foundation for Humanitarian Services (RAF) has spent more than QR80m to provide food, shelters, educational opportunities and social...