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Qatar Stock Exchange up 0.06 % 06 Nov 2012 - 01:58 pm

DOHA: Qatar Exchange pursued its upswing trend Tuesday, adding 5.09 points (or 0.06%) to advance to 8,570.43 points from 8,565.34 Monday. The volume...

Spirit of Qatar Team set for first Key West 06 Nov 2012 - 01:37 pm

DOHA: The Spirit of Qatar Team starts its challenge for honours in the Superboat Unlimited class at the 32nd Annual Key West World...

HE Advisory Council Speaker hails Qatar's comprehensive development 06 Nov 2012 - 01:31 pm

DOHA: HE the Speaker of the Advisory Council Mohamed bin Mubarak Al-Khulaifi expressed his sincere appreciation to HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin...

Marks & Spencer says interim profits slide by almost 10% 06 Nov 2012 - 12:42 pm

LONDON: British retailer Marks & Spencer said Tuesday that net profits sank in the first half of its financial year, as the company...

OCI stops fertiliser plants on gas supply problems 06 Nov 2012 - 12:25 pm

CAIRO: Egyptian group Orascom Construction Industries has stopped two fertiliser production lines at its Egyptian Fertiliser Co subsidiary because of gas supply problems. ...

UAE, UK say plan defence partnership around Typhoon 06 Nov 2012 - 12:03 pm

DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates and Britain plan to establish a defence and industrial partnership involving close cooperation around the BAE Systems-built Typhoon...

HH the Emir meets President of Iraqi Kurdistan 06 Nov 2012 - 11:57 am

DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani met her at his Emiri Diwan Office on Tuesday morning with President of...

Saudi women must uncover faces for security checks, council says 06 Nov 2012 - 11:57 am

DUBAI: Saudi Arabian authorities have rejected a conservative proposal to allow women to keep their faces covered during security checks, local media reported...

Suzuki to withdraw from US car sales business 06 Nov 2012 - 11:56 am

TOKYO: Japan's Suzuki Motor is pulling out of the US auto market. The stronger yen and a weak economy in the United States...

Religion scholar among two shot dead in Karachi 06 Nov 2012 - 11:55 am

KARACHI: Two men, including religion scholar and leader AllamaAftabHaiderJafri, were killed when unidentified men opened fire on their vehicle at a car parking...

French, Saudi groups team up to develop seabed robots 06 Nov 2012 - 11:54 am

PARIS: The French seismic exploration specialist CGGVeritas and the oil group Saudi Aramco unveiled on Tuesday a deal to jointly develop a robotic...

Japan's Nissan cuts full-year profit forecast by 20% 06 Nov 2012 - 11:54 am

TOKYO: Nissan on Tuesday slashed its full-year profit forecast by 20 percent as it pointed to the effect of a strong yen, weakness...

Israel to build 1,213 new settlement homes: NGO 06 Nov 2012 - 11:16 am

JERUSALEM: Israel on Tuesday published tenders for 1,213 new homes in settlement neighbourhoods of east Jerusalem, and re-offered tenders for another 72 homes...

Nike in talks to sell shoe division Cole Haan: report 06 Nov 2012 - 11:15 am

NEW YORK CITY: US sporting goods giant Nike is in talks to sell its shoe and accessory unit Cole Haan to the investment...

UN orders global sanctions against Haqqani network 06 Nov 2012 - 10:37 am

UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council on Monday ordered global sanctions against the Haqqani militant network in Afghanistan, a move welcomed by Kabul...

BMW posts 16% jump in Q3 net profit 06 Nov 2012 - 10:34 am

BERLIN: German luxury carmaker BMW said Tuesday that its third-quarter net profit had risen by a better-than-expected 16 percent to 1.29 billion euros...

C.Suisse in asset management venture with Qatar 06 Nov 2012 - 10:32 am

DUBAI: Credit Suisse Group has set up an asset management venture with key shareholder and sovereign wealth fund arm Qatar Holding, the Swiss...

U.S. clears sale of Lockheed missile defense system to UAE, Qatar 06 Nov 2012 - 10:28 am

WASHINGTON: Qatar and the United Arab Emirates have requested the sale of up to $7.6 billion in Lockheed Martin Corp missile-defense systems to...