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Elon Musk overtakes Amazon's Bezos to become world's richest person: Bloomberg News 07 Jan 2021 - 06:53 pm

Tesla Inc chief and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk surpassed Amazon.com Inc's top boss Jeff Bezos to become the world's richest man, Bloomberg News...

Qatar Airways among top safest airlines 07 Jan 2021 - 09:24 am

Qatar Airways has started the new year on a positive note by adding another feather to its cap. The national carrier of the...

Growth momentum in private sector continues 07 Jan 2021 - 09:17 am

Qatar’s non-energy private sector economy ended 2020 with another above-par rate of growth, according to the December Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) survey data. ...

Elon Musk close to surpassing Jeff Bezos as world’s richest person 06 Jan 2021 - 08:53 pm

Elon Musk, the outspoken entrepreneur behind Tesla Inc. and SpaceX, kicked off the new year by homing in on a characteristically audacious title:...

2021 would be a year of recovery for local economy: Qatar Chamber 06 Jan 2021 - 04:18 pm

Doha: Qatar Chamber (QC) has issued its monthly economic newsletter for December 2020 which highlighted the most prominent trends in the Qatari economy,...

Qatar economy to grow 3% this year: Standard Chartered 06 Jan 2021 - 01:36 pm

Qatar's economy will grow 3% as the easing of a three-year-old regional dispute will help trade, tourism, and logistics, Standard Chartered said, revising...

Michelin to cut up to 2,300 jobs over three years 06 Jan 2021 - 11:45 am

Paris: French tyre maker Michelin said on Wednesday it would cut up to 2,300 jobs over three years as part of a new...

QLM shares listing on QSE this month 06 Jan 2021 - 09:43 am

QLM Life & Medical Insurance Company QPSC (“QLM”), the leading life and medical insurance company in Qatar, said yesterday that QLM is awaiting...

Shares surge amid healing of GCC rift 06 Jan 2021 - 09:24 am

Qatar’s stock market celebrated the news of agreement between Qatar and Saudi Arabia to open airspace, land and sea borders as shares witnessed...

Normalisation of relations will help Qatar’s non-oil economy 06 Jan 2021 - 09:10 am

Normalisation of relations between Qatar and its neighbours, signaled by the imminent reopening of borders with Saudi Arabia, will help Qatar’s non-oil economy....

QIB financial literacy program reaches over 500 students 06 Jan 2021 - 09:05 am

Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB), the largest private bank in Qatar, has announced the successful conclusion of its innovative financial literacy program ‘How Money...

Qatari talent recognised at Huawei Middle East ICT Competition 2020 06 Jan 2021 - 09:01 am

Qatar’s team which comprised of three students has won the ‘Outstanding Performance’ award at the Huawei Middle East ICT Competition 2020, the largest...

Qatari Diar announces official opening of St. Regis Cairo 06 Jan 2021 - 08:51 am

Qatari Diar Real Estate Company announced the official opening of the wholly owned St. Regis Cairo Hotel in Cairo in the presence of...

UDC’s The Pearl-Qatar, Gewan Island win four Arabian Property Awards 05 Jan 2021 - 09:57 am

Doha: The United Development Company (UDC), a leading Qatari public shareholding company and the master developer of The Pearl-Qatar and Gewan Island, recently...

Qatar attends GCC Commercial Arbitration Center meeting 05 Jan 2021 - 08:52 am

Doha: Qatar International Center for Conciliation and Arbitration (QICCA) Board Member for International Relations Sheikh Dr. Thani bin Ali Al Thani has participated...

QETF: A gateway to Qatar’s growing economy 05 Jan 2021 - 08:49 am

Doha: The Qatar Exchange Traded Funds (QETF) is perfectly placed to act as a gateway for investors to the prosperous economy of Qatar,...

Nakilat takes delivery of new LNG carrier 05 Jan 2021 - 08:47 am

Doha: Nakilat has taken delivery of a newbuild LNG carrier, “Global Star”, which will be commercially and technically managed in-house by Nakilat. Built...

UDC inks financing pact for developing commercial complex 05 Jan 2021 - 08:41 am

United Development Company (UDC), a leading Qatari public shareholding company and the master developer of The Pearl-Qatar and Gewan Island, has entered into...