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Ooredoo deploys AI-driven ID verification technology 11 Nov 2022 - 11:58 am

Doha:Ooredoo, Qatar’s leading ICT provider has introduced a new AI-powered process of identity authentication and SIM card activation to speed up and simplify...

FIFA World Cup 2022 expected to create $10bn in FDI for US firms 11 Nov 2022 - 11:57 am

Doha: FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 is expected to create $10bn in FDI for US firms according to US-Qatar Business Council (USQBC) recent...

LuLu Exchange opens fifth branch in Qatar 11 Nov 2022 - 11:56 am

Doha: LuLu Exchange – one of Qatar’s leading remittance and foreign exchange company, has opened its newest branch in the country at Barwa...

Stock index performance benefiting from FIFA World Cup: Analyst 11 Nov 2022 - 11:56 am

Doha:The Qatari stock index rose 2 percent to close at 12557 after adding 251.19 points. Financial analyst Tamer Hassan said he expects further...

Building permits increase by 42% to 972 in October: PSA 11 Nov 2022 - 11:46 am

Doha:The number of building permits issued in October by municipalities in Qatar has increased by 42 percent to 972 from 884 permits issued...

Kahramaa completes expansion operations to cover needs of sports facilities 11 Nov 2022 - 10:26 am

Doha: President of Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) Eng. Essa bin Hilal Al Kuwari has said that Kahramaa completed the expansion...

AI-based system for sentiment analysis for media and sport mega-events launched 10 Nov 2022 - 10:48 pm

Doha: An artificial intelligence (AI)-based system that can provide an ultrafast sentiment analysis, search, statistics and alerts on various aspects of a mega-event...

IKEA offers cash, larger discounts to help staff weather soaring living costs 10 Nov 2022 - 05:34 pm

Stockholm: IKEA retailer Ingka Group is launching a 10 million euro ($10m) social fund and bigger staff discounts to support employees struggling to...

FIFA 2022 to boost Qatar, GCC tourism 10 Nov 2022 - 09:13 am

Doha: With FIFA World Cup just 10 days away from the kickoff, a huge number of fans holding Hayya cards are expected to...

QCB unveils commemorative banknotes for World Cup 10 Nov 2022 - 09:10 am

Doha: Qatar Central Bank (QCB) unveiled the commemorative banknotes for FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 during a ceremony held yesterday in the presence...

USQBC releases special 50th anniversary US-Qatar publication 10 Nov 2022 - 08:16 am

Doha: The US-Qatar Business Council (USQBC) has released a new special edition publication on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations...

S&P upgrades Commercial Bank’s rating to A- from BBB+ 10 Nov 2022 - 08:15 am

Doha: S&P Global Ratings have raised their long-term issuer credit rating on the Commercial Bank to ‘A-’ from ‘BBB+’ and affirmed the ‘A-2’...

Minister Al Mannai visits IBC, Spectrum Test and Tag Desk 10 Nov 2022 - 08:13 am

Doha: Minister of Communications and Information TechnologyH E Mohammed bin Ali Al Mannai visited yesterday the International Broadcast Center (IBC) for the FIFA...

QC Chairman calls for Arab economic integration 10 Nov 2022 - 08:04 am

Doha: Chairman of the Qatar Chamber (QC) Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim Al Thani presided over the Chamber’s delegation participating in the 59th meeting...

Lesha Bank announces acquisition of second campus in Columbus, USA 09 Nov 2022 - 11:15 pm

Doha: Lesha Bank has announced the acquisition of phase II of a Company Headquarters (the "Campus"), situated in Columbus Ohio in the US....

Amazon becomes world’s first public company to lose $1 trillion in market value 09 Nov 2022 - 11:11 pm

Amazon.com Inc. is the world’s first public company to lose a trillion dollars in market value as a combination of rising inflation, tightening...

Qatar Central Bank unveils World Cup commemorative banknote 09 Nov 2022 - 09:33 am

Doha: Qatar Central Bank (QCB) along with FIFA andSupreme Committee for Projects and Legacylaunched a 22 Qatari Riyal commemorative banknote and coins bearing...