Business / Qatar Business

Infrastructure spending pays off, says QFC report 09 Apr 2013 - 01:01 am

FROM LEFT: Gwyn Roberts, QFC Authority Chief Strategic Development Officer, Yousuf Mohammed Al Jaida, QFC Authority CEO and Board Member Shashank Srivastava and...

Qatar to invest $200bn in major projects 09 Apr 2013 - 01:00 am

Board Member and Managing Director of Qatar Financial Centre Authority, Abdulrahman Al Shaibi, addressing the Bloomberg conference yesterday. Abdul Basit DOHA: The hydrocarbons-rich...

Qatar First Bank bids for US Navy building 09 Apr 2013 - 12:56 am

DOHA: PCP Capital Partners, an investment house run by British dealmaker Amanda Staveley and Qatar First Bank, have submitted a £250m ($383.79m) bid...

Public spending will boost diversification 09 Apr 2013 - 12:56 am

Doha: Qatar’s preliminary full year 2012 GDP data, which was released at the end of March showed that real GDP grew 6.2 percent,...

QDB wins accolades for supporting SMEs 09 Apr 2013 - 12:55 am

Chief Executive Officer of CPI Financial, Adam Broom, presenting the coveted award to QDB’s Executive Director for Strategic Planning and Control Abdulaziz Al...

Islamic Holding Group profits surge to QR2.106m 09 Apr 2013 - 12:53 am

DOHA: Islamic Holding Group disclosed its financial results for the period ended on March 31 following the meeting of the Company’s Board of...

S&P affirms Doha Bank’s credit ratings 09 Apr 2013 - 12:51 am

PARIS: Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services yesterday said that it had affirmed its ‘A-/A-2’ long- and short-term counterparty credit ratings on Qatar-based Doha...

Ezdan Mall to open doors on April 15 09 Apr 2013 - 12:48 am

DOHA: Ezdan Mall at Gharafa, the first mall to be launched by Ezdan Holding Group, is all set to open its doors for...

Weekly Money Market Review with IBQ: ECB will not print money as economic weakness intensifies 08 Apr 2013 - 04:45 am

Only when you think you have seen it all, the market pushes you back into humility. Indeed, the meeting of the Bank of...

Group to acquire majority stake in Egypt’s NSGB 08 Apr 2013 - 04:39 am

DOHA: QNB Group, under its new expansion plan to enter into the Egyptian banking sector, has announced to acquire a majority stake (over...

Doha Bank gets nod to list more shares 08 Apr 2013 - 04:37 am

Doha: The Chairman of Doha Bank Sheikh Fahad bin Mohammed bin Jabor Al Thani (pictured) announced that the bank has obtained approval from...

Ezdan to build 10 residential complexes 08 Apr 2013 - 02:12 am

The Chairman of Ezdan Holding Sheikh Dr Khalid bin Thani bin Abdullah Al Thani and other board members during the annual general meeting...

QNB Group net profit QR2.1bn 08 Apr 2013 - 02:10 am

The Minister of Economy and Finance and Chairman of QNB Group, H E Yousuf Hussein Kamal. RIGHT: QNB Group CEO Ali Shareef Al...

MoU signed with ADB to promote cross-border liquidity management 07 Apr 2013 - 06:35 am

Rajat Nag (left) and Professor Datuk Rifaat Ahmed Abdel Karim sign the memorandum of understanding. H E Sheikh Abdulla bin Saoud Al Thani...

Emir to open World Chambers Congress on April 23 07 Apr 2013 - 06:35 am

Doha: The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani will inaugurate the ICC-WCF 8th World Chambers Congress on April 23 at...

IILM announces short-term sukuk plan 07 Apr 2013 - 06:34 am

DOHA: The Governing Board of the Kuala Lumpur-based International Islamic Liquidity Management Corporation (IILM) announced its inaugural short-term sukuk programme aimed at addressing...

LuLu begins operations in Britain 07 Apr 2013 - 06:32 am

Khalid Mahmood, Member of Parliament from Birmingham and Jerry Blackett, Chairman of Birmingham Chamber of Commerce cutting a cake to mark the inauguration...

Bloomberg Doha meet tomorrow 07 Apr 2013 - 06:29 am

DOHA: The second edition of ‘Bloomberg Doha Conference’, hosted by Bloomberg Link in association with the Qatar Financial Centre Authority is set to...