MUSCAT: On a cold, hazy morning in the desert outside the northern town of Bahla last week, Oman’s ruler told a group of...
MUSCAT: On a cold, hazy morning in the desert outside the northern town of Bahla last week, Oman’s ruler told a group of...
CAIRO: Egypt’s central bank sold fewer dollars to banks yesterday than in a previous auction and the pound gained for the second time...
Doha: Beiersdorf, best known as the company behind the world’s No. 1 skincare brand Nivea, has announced the appointment of ASDA’A Burson-Marsteller to...
DOHA: The North Gate project, currently under construction and represented by local Qatari company “Equinox SPC”, has won the “Best Retail Architecture 2012...
DOHA: Qtel’s subsidiary Asiacell has announced the successful completion of its share offer. The offering raised $ 1.27bn, representing 25 percent of its...
Officials from Qatalum, Qatar Aluminium Extrusion and ALUNOOR during the signing ceremony. Doha: Qatalum, the Qatari aluminium smelter, has announced the signing of...
WASHINGTON: The US government is seeking $5bn in its civil lawsuit against Standard & Poor’s, accusing the ratings service of defrauding investors, in...
DOHA: The share of wholesale and retail trade sector in Qatari GDP has grown by 5.1 percent, according to Qatar Statistics Authority’s (QSA)...
DUBAI: Banks in the United Arab Emirates will this year aim to repay capital placed with them at the height of the global...
DOHA: Siemens has signed a complete turnkey solution contract with Qatar Steel Company (QSC) to build a high-voltage substation. The 220/66/33-kilovolt (kV) substation...
Japanese Ambassador Kenjiro Monji, Corporate Environment and Sustainable Developmet Manager at Qatar Petroleum Dr Ali Hamed Abdullah Al Mulla, Japan Cooperation Centre, Petroleum...
TOKYO: Toyota said yesterday net profit in the nine months to December quadrupled while it also lifted its full year earnings outlook, reflecting...
DOHA: Ahli United Bank BSC (AUB) yesterday announced the completion of the sale of its 29.4 percent stake in Ahli Bank Qatar (ABQ)...
STRASBOURG: French President Francois Hollande urged the eurozone yesterday to set a mid-term target for its currency’s exchange rate and to forge a...
Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa (centre) arrives at a news conference in Tokyo yesterday. Shirakawa said he would step down on March...
LONDON: John Malone’s Liberty Global is in late-stage takeover talks with Britain’s Virgin Media over a $20bn cable deal that would put the...
Doha: Qatar Exchange index continued its upswing trend yesterday adding 22.48 points or 0.26 percent to advance to 8,747.51 points from 8,725.03 on...
KUALA LUMPUR: Chinese firms will invest more than $1.6bn to build steel, aluminium and palm oil processing plants and expand a port in...
