Business

François is Dean of London Business School 27 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

DOHA: London School of Business has named François Ortalo-Magné (pictured) as the new Dean of the School, effective 1 August 2017. Ortalo-Magné will...

Domasco unveils offers on Volvo pre-owned cars 27 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Doha: Doha Marketing Services Company WLL (Domasco), the authorised distributor for Volvo in Qatar, takes pride in bringing to its customers astonishing offers...

JetBlue orders 30 Airbus jets as steps up premium 26 Jul 2016 - 04:58 pm

Jet Blue (Reuters) Paris: Jet Blue ordered Tuesday another 30 medium-haul A321 aircraft that carry a catalogue price of $3.6 billion as the...

Aamal net profit rises 23.5% to QR305.5m in H1 26 Jul 2016 - 02:00 am

By M.V.A.Kumar DOHA: Aamal Company, one of GCC’s fastest growing diversified companies, posted a net profit of QR305.5m for the first half of...

TPP-IIS deal to deliver health record system 26 Jul 2016 - 01:57 am

FROM LEFT: Mark Melvin, Director of TPP Middle East, Ajay Sharma, British Ambassador to Qatar, and Sheikh Abdullah bin Ali bin Jabor Al...

GE upgrades two gas turbines in Egypt to improve efficiency 26 Jul 2016 - 01:57 am

The Nubaria power plant in Egypt. By Mohammad Shoeb DOHA: GE, one of the world’s leading engineering and tech giants, yesterday announced that...

Qatar to grow 3.9% on buoyant non-oil 26 Jul 2016 - 01:55 am

By Satish Kanady DOHA: High public investment will continue to underpin Qatari economic growth specially in the non-hydrocarbon sector. Coupled with output gains...

Vodafone Qatar to set foreign investment threshold at 49% 26 Jul 2016 - 12:21 am

Vodafone Qatar’s Chairman Rashid Al Naimi (centre) along with other officials at the ordinary and extraordinary general assembly of Vodafone Qatar yesterday. By...

Qatar’s industrial sector improves by 2.5% in May 26 Jul 2016 - 12:01 am

By Mohammad Shoeb DOHA: The general monthly Producer Price Index (PPI) of Qatar’s Industrial Sector for May 2016 was estimated at 44.9 points,...

Ezdan Mall, ELAN Media sign ad partnership 26 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

DOHA: Ezdan Holding Group and ELAN Media, the media arm of ELAN Group have recently signed a partnership where ELAN Media will be...

QNB wins Consumer Service Innovation Award 26 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

DOHA: QNB has won the Consumer Service Innovation Award at the 10th annual Global Telecoms Business Innovation Awards held in London recently. The...

Mayer's experience, star power failed to revive Yahoo 25 Jul 2016 - 06:58 pm

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer delivers her keynote address at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, January 7, 2014. REUTERS /...

Verizon to buy Yahoo's core business for $4.8 bln in digital ad push 25 Jul 2016 - 06:11 pm

Yahoo! logo on a screen. (AFP / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Ethan Miller) By Malathi Nayak NEW YORK: Verizon Communications Inc said...

Oil prices slide on oversupply, economic headwinds 25 Jul 2016 - 04:45 pm

(Reuters) By Ahmad Ghaddar LONDON: Oil prices fell to two and a half month lows on Monday amid worries that a global glut...

Lower oil prices hitting Abu Dhabi property market -consultants 25 Jul 2016 - 03:24 pm

(Reuters) ABU DHABI: The impact of a subdued oil market on economic growth in Abu Dhabi is showing in the emirate's real estate...

QFBA wins International Arch of Europe Award 25 Jul 2016 - 02:31 am

Officials at the award ceremony. DOHA: Qatar Finance and Business Academy (QFBA) was recently presented the 2016 International Arch of Europe Award in...

Sri Lanka’s Amana Bank partners with Al Zaman Exchange 25 Jul 2016 - 02:26 am

Hazim Hamza, Chairperson Sri Lanka Muslim Professionals’ Forum – Qatar (SLMPQ), accepting his remittance receipt from Al Zaman Exchange Doha Branch Manager Juwaiz...

Qatar’s domestic public debt falls by QR14.9bn in June 25 Jul 2016 - 02:25 am

By Satish Kanady DOHA: Qatar’s total domestic public debt fell by QR14.9bn in June to reach QR375.7bn. Qatar banks’ investments in securities outside...