Reporter/ Sachin Kumar

Global gas demand to grow by 1.6% per year: GECF official 18 Jan 2017 - 11:27 am

Gas Demand is growing and it is expected to continue to grow for the next 25 years. Over the period 2015-2040, global gas...

QIIB gets approval for banking licence in Morocco 05 Jan 2017 - 11:41 am

Sheikh Dr Khaled bin Thani bin Abdullah Al Thani, Chairman and Managing Director, QIIB yesterday inaugurated the bank’s new branch at Al Sadd....

Qatar’s major family business to go public 02 Jan 2017 - 05:36 am

Qatar's major family business Investment Holding Group (IHG) is going public. The Group, which is one of the leading contracting and trading firms...

Qatargas & RasGas merger will 'help reduce operation costs' 12 Dec 2016 - 05:28 am

Qatar will merge LNG producers Qatargas and RasGas to create a new energy giant. The integration process is planned to start immediately and...

QR46bn worth contracts to be signed in 2017 07 Dec 2016 - 11:11 am

Project contracts worth QR46bn will be signed next year as the total cost of commissioned projects stands at nearly QR374bn, said Minister of...

Ooredoo eyeing acquisition of ICT company 06 Dec 2016 - 12:24 am

Minister of Transport and Communications H E Jassim bin Saif Al Sulaiti and Sheikh Abdulla bin Mohammed bin Saud Al Thani, Chairman of...

Prime Minister awards 50 top SMEs at QDB event 30 Nov 2016 - 10:24 pm

Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani honoured top 50 Small and Medium Enterprises at...

QTerminals to manage Hamad Port operations 30 Nov 2016 - 02:32 pm

Qatar Ports Management Company (Mwani Qatar) and Qatar Navigation (Milaha) yesterday signed an agreement to form a new company ‘QTerminals’ to manage Hamad...

Qatar fastest in world in rolling out fibre-to-the- home 23 Nov 2016 - 11:50 pm

Qatar is the fastest in deploying fibre-to-the- home (FTTH) in the world as the country saw nationwide rollout within three years. Qatar’s nationwide...

QSE has huge potential to attract foreign capital 21 Nov 2016 - 10:44 pm

Qatar’s stock market has seen tremendous capital inflows from foreign investors after getting upgraded to Emerging Market status by MSCI. However, there is...

Qatar-China trade reaches QR21.5bn in 2015 21 Nov 2016 - 02:17 am

The bilateral trade between Qatar and China reached QR21.5bn in 2015. The trade between the two countries has reached QR17.7bn so far in...

Gas demand likely to grow next year: Al Sada 18 Nov 2016 - 02:40 am

Minister of Energy and Industry H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada said yesterday that the demand for natural gas is likely...

Commercial Bank gets nod to raise capital 17 Nov 2016 - 01:42 pm

Shareholders of Commercial Bank yesterday approved board of directors proposal of QR1.5bn rights issue in the Extraordinary Meeting held yesterday at the bank's...

Gold prices fall 10% since September 17 Nov 2016 - 01:39 pm

The nine-month long rally of gold price is fizzling out. The yellow metal has fallen around 10 percent in the last two months...

Pak-Qatar Takaful expands in Pakistan 15 Nov 2016 - 01:37 am

Pak-Qatar Takaful Group continues to develop its business and strengthen its role in Pakistan in order to offer added value to Pakistani insurance...

QDB’s financial support to firms exceeds QR6bn 13 Nov 2016 - 11:49 pm

Various services offered by Qatar Development Bank (QDB) has benefitted more than 5,000 Qataris. The bank has provided over QR6bn through its direct...