Business

Ireland trade surplus shrinks 15 May 2014 - 06:31 am

DUBLIN: Ireland’s trade surplus shrank by nearly a quarter in March to the lowest level since 2008, data showed yesterday in a sign...

Tata Motors launches PRIMA heavy trucks in Qatar 15 May 2014 - 04:49 am

The Executive Director for Commercial Vehicles, TATA Motors, Ravi Pisharody (left), presenting a memento to the Executive Director of Al Hamad Automobile Company,...

Qatar Chamber to undergo restructuring soon 14 May 2014 - 07:27 am

Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassem bin Mohamed Al Thani (left) and Mohamed bin Ahmed Tawar Al Kuwari DOHA: Businessmen who are not board members...

Al Sada meets Deputy FM of Italy 14 May 2014 - 07:26 am

H E Dr Mohamed bin Saleh Al Sada, the Minister of Energy and Industry, met Lapo Pistelli, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy,...

Ooredoo holds Capital Markets Day 14 May 2014 - 07:26 am

Senior officials addressing the Capital Markets Day in Doha. DOHA: Ooredoo, one of the leading international telecommunications service providers in the world, yesterday...

QInvest to host Islamic finance seminar with LSE 14 May 2014 - 07:25 am

Hani Ibrahim & Alexander Armstrong DOHA: QInvest, Qatar’s leading investment bank and one of the most prominent Islamic financial institutions in the world,...

MEED reveals region’s award-winning projects 14 May 2014 - 07:24 am

The winners of the MEED Quality Awards for Projects 2014. Doha: MEED yesterday announced this year’s winners of the MEED Quality Awards for...

OECD urges Germany to tackle job issues 14 May 2014 - 07:23 am

OECD Secretary-General Jose Angel Gurria (left) and IMF Chief Christine Lagarde at Chancellery in Berlin yesterday. German chancellor met the heads of five...

South Korea envoy at NYSE 14 May 2014 - 07:20 am

South Korea’s Ambassador to the US Ahn Ho-young (centre right) and US Ambassador to South Korea Sung Y Kim (centre left) ring the...

BlackBerry back with budget smartphone 14 May 2014 - 07:18 am

JAKARTA: BlackBerry yesterday launched a new budget handset in Indonesia, one of its last bastions, in the hope it will take off in...

Airbus reports profit leap in Q1 14 May 2014 - 07:15 am

PARIS: Airbus Group, formerly EADS, reported yesterday a near doubling of quarterly net profit, a rise in sales driven by helicopters, but a...

Rentals, fuel and energy get expensive 14 May 2014 - 04:53 am

DOHA: Rising rentals coupled with increasing prices of furniture, textiles and home appliances are mounting inflationary pressure. Prices rose 2.8 percent year-on-year (y-o-y)...

Opec holds steady forecast for oil demand 14 May 2014 - 04:52 am

LONDON: Opec said its current output is helping to meet global demand fully and leading to a balanced oil market in 2014, a...

Weak retail sales put a wrinkle on US outlook 14 May 2014 - 04:52 am

WASHINGTON: US retail sales barely rose in April, tempering hopes of a sharp acceleration in economic growth in the second quarter. The Commerce...

Al Khalij lead sponsor of bonds conference 14 May 2014 - 04:52 am

Doha: Al Khalij Commercial Bank yesterday announced its sponsorship of one of the region’s biggest conferences, Bonds, Loans and Sukuk. The conference is...

North Sea tax change to end drillers’ 20-year tax holiday 14 May 2014 - 04:51 am

LONDON: A planned change in the way Britain taxes North Sea drillers exposes the loophole in a system that allowed an industry with...

German investor confidence sinks 14 May 2014 - 04:51 am

FRANKFURT: Investment sentiment in Germany fell to the lowest level for nearly 1.5 years in May amid concern that growth in Europe’s top...

SABIC sees oil-to-chemicals plant by 2020 14 May 2014 - 04:51 am

KHOBAR: Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC) expects its planned oil-to-chemicals plant to start operations by the end of 2020, it said yesterday. SABIC,...