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Apple hails results but outlook knocks stock price 24 Jan 2013 - 08:58 am

SAN FRANCISCO: Apple shares slid about 10 percent Wednesday after the tech giant posted record profits and sales of its iPhones and iPads...

Major $20 trillion shale oil deposit found in Australia 24 Jan 2013 - 08:57 am

SYDNEY: Australian resources firm Linc Energy said it had uncovered a huge oil deposit in the nation's vast outback in a discovery hailed...

US panel reviews patent ruling against Samsung 24 Jan 2013 - 08:57 am

SAN FRANCISCO: The US International Trade Commission on Wednesday ordered review of a ruling that Samsung violated Apple patents for smartphones and tablet...

Exchange Rates in Qatar 24 Jan 2013 - 08:55 am

Exchange Rates in Qatar DOHA: Exchange Rates for foreign currencies as issued on Thursday Qatar National Bank (QNB) are as following: Currency Buying...

Toshiba, GE expanding power generation ties 24 Jan 2013 - 08:26 am

TOKYO: Japanese industrial giant Toshiba and General Electric (GE) on Thursday announced plans to widen a thermal power generation alliance, after rivals Hitachi...

Philippine Congress okays bill on payments to human rights victims 24 Jan 2013 - 08:24 am

MANILA: The Philippine Congress has approved a bill awarding compensation to thousands of victims of human rights abuses under late President Ferdinand Marcos's...

Qatar Leadership Centre holds strategic training at QNCC 24 Jan 2013 - 01:51 am

DOHA: The Current and Future Executive Leaders Group of the Qatar Leadership Centre will hold a week-long series of strategic training and psychometric...

Workshops to shed light on issues of Arab families 24 Jan 2013 - 01:51 am

DOHA: The Doha International Institute for Family Studies and Development (DIIFSD) is preparing to hold a series of lectures and workshops that aim...

Attiyah meets Lebanese top judge 24 Jan 2013 - 01:50 am

The Chairman of the Administrative Control and Transparency Authority H E Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah with Lebanese Prosecutor Judge Hatem Madi in...

Labour Ministry to monitor Qatarisation in private sector 24 Jan 2013 - 01:49 am

DOHA: The Ministry of Labour has set up a committee to follow up the jobs-nationalisation (Qatarisation) programme in the private sector. The committee...

Cabinet decision to raise housing allowance praised 24 Jan 2013 - 01:49 am

DOHA: Qatari citizens have lauded a decision of the Cabinet to increase housing allowances for low-income Qatari families whose homes (popular Arabic houses...

Qatar to revolutionise foetal and newborn care 24 Jan 2013 - 01:49 am

DOHA: Researchers supported by Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) are using signal detection to improve monitoring of the health of developing foetuses, with...

Ashghal to launch QR100bn projects in 5 years 24 Jan 2013 - 01:47 am

Nasser Ghaith Al Kuwari, Manager of Ashghal’s Drainage Project Department and (right) the Programme Manager of IDRIS management office at Ashghal, Terry L...

Harvard selects HBKU for knowledge-sharing programme 24 Jan 2013 - 01:46 am

The Harvard University’s Law and Policy workshop in progress at Hamad bin Khalifa University. DOHA: Hamad bin Khalifa University (HBKU) and Harvard University’s...

Ministry of Culture to hold National Sports Day events 24 Jan 2013 - 01:46 am

DOHA: The Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage is planning to organise sports activities in celebration of the National Sports Day. The proposed...

Egyptian economy after two years of revolution 24 Jan 2013 - 01:41 am

Khalid Al Sayed EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Tomorrow, Friday, January 25, Egypt marks two years since its revolution, with President Mohammed Mursi facing two major challenges:...

Qatar Airways continues award winning streak 24 Jan 2013 - 01:40 am

Qatar Airways Vice President Commercial Europe, Paul Johannes (centre) with the award for Best Long-Haul Airline at the Business Travel Awards 2013 in...

Indonesia mission to endorse maids’ contracts 24 Jan 2013 - 01:38 am

By MOHAMMED IQBAL DOHA: The Indonesian embassy, which temporarily stopped endorsing job contracts for Indonesian housemaids about two weeks ago, will resume the...