Business

Overall office supply space in Doha reaches 5.7mn sqm 04 Jul 2022 - 08:12 am

Qatar’s overall office stock has increased to approximately 5.7 million square metres (sqm) Gross Leasable Area (GLA) as of first quarter (Q1) of...

QNB launches WeChat Pay and AliPay+ in Qatar 04 Jul 2022 - 08:10 am

Doha: QNB, the largest financial institution in the Middle East and Africa, has announced the launch of WeChat Pay and AliPay+ to its...

Second phase of Tarsheed programme saved more than QR 4 billion: Minister 03 Jul 2022 - 05:02 pm

Doha: Minister of State for Energy Affairs HE Eng Saad bin Sherida Al Kaabi revealed that the second phase of the National Program...

Kuwait Bourse closes lower 03 Jul 2022 - 01:45 pm

Kuwait Bourse closed down on Monday as the All Share Index lost 15.22 points to reach 7,162.7 points, a decrease of 0.21 percent....

Türkiye's Galatasaray eyes Kuwait Airways sponsorship deal 03 Jul 2022 - 11:23 am

Turkish sports club Galatasaray is in talks to get Kuwait Airways as a sponsor. If signed, an agreement would be the first such...

QCB: 25,000 local transactions over QR230m executed 03 Jul 2022 - 08:29 am

Doha: The Qatar Central Bank (QCB) announced yesterday that more than 25,000 local transactions, worth more than QR230m, were executed within the first...

Ezdan Real Estate takes wraps off 'Hayat Al Wakra' compound as part of residential units hitting market in 2022 03 Jul 2022 - 08:27 am

Doha: Hot on the heels of announcing the opening of Murooj Al Wakra compound, Ezdan Real Estate Company announced the opening of Hayat...

Qatar First Bank acquires Gateway Plaza Building in the US 03 Jul 2022 - 08:22 am

The acquisition is the Bank’s eleventh Shari’a compliant real estate investment in the US, located in Richmond, Virginia and reaffirms its strategic direction...

Persistently high food prices add to pressure to normalise interest rates 03 Jul 2022 - 08:18 am

Doha: The world is dealing with severe stagflation, with decade-high inflation and slowing economic growth in most major advanced economies. Surging food prices...

QIIB launches Personal Finance via its mobile and internet banking 03 Jul 2022 - 08:16 am

Doha: QIIB announced the launch of a new offer for Instant Personal Finance through its Digital Channels (QIIB mobile and internet banking) with...

Qatar banks could be ‘trail-blazers’ for world-leading payments system 02 Jul 2022 - 08:24 am

Doha: Banks in Qatar could act as trail-blazers for a world-leading, fraud-inhibiting, super-fast global payments system fit for the next century, if they...

QCB directs banks to execute local transfers throughout week 02 Jul 2022 - 08:23 am

Doha: Qatar Central Bank (QCB) directed all banks yesterday to execute all local transfers throughout the week long including weekends. This comes in...

Qatari-listed companies total earnings up 28% to $3.7bn in Q1 02 Jul 2022 - 08:22 am

The total earnings for Qatari-listed companies increased by 28 percent during the first quarter (Q1) of this year to reach $3.7bn as compared...

World's richest billionaires lose $1.4 trillion in worst half ever 01 Jul 2022 - 06:05 pm

Elon Musk’s fortune plunged almost $62 billion. Jeff Bezos saw his wealth tumble by about $63 billion. Mark Zuckerberg’s net worth was slashed...

Cafu marks 20th anniversary of FIFA World Cup triumph 01 Jul 2022 - 09:41 am

Doha:It is exactly 20 years since Cafu captained Brazil to FIFA World Cupglory. On June 30, 2002, the legendary right-back lifted the famous...

QAFCO wins Crystal Award for Qatarisation support in energy sector 01 Jul 2022 - 09:30 am

Under the patronage of Minister of State for Energy Affairs, President and CEO of QatarEnergy Saad Sherida Al Kaabi; Qatar Fertiliser Company (QAFCO)...