Business / Qatar Business

Weekly Commodity Update: Iraqi tensions raising concerns about another oil spike 16 Jun 2014 - 09:07 am

It has been a very busy week across the different commodity sectors with the escalating tensions and violence in Iraq by far being...

QA, Miami-Dade talk investment plans 15 Jun 2014 - 01:49 am

Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker and Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez in Miami recently. DOHA: Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez and senior...

Klondike, Dyarco ink new deal 15 Jun 2014 - 01:47 am

Officials at the signing ceremony. DOHA: Thermal management solutions provider Klondike Technologies has signed a memorandum of understanding with Dyarco International Group as...

Infosys founder plays down exodus 15 Jun 2014 - 01:46 am

Outgoing Infosys Chairman N R Narayana Murthy addresses AGM yesterday. BANGALORE: Infosys has enough senior managers to run the business even if more...

Stork Oryx JV bags seven-year contract from Qatar Shell 15 Jun 2014 - 01:45 am

Officials after signing the agreement. DOHA: Stork Oryx Turbo Machinery Services LLC has been awarded a seven-year contract by Qatar Shell for the...

Enterprise Qatar offers new SMEs rating, accreditation programme 15 Jun 2014 - 01:35 am

DOHA: Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Development Company ‘Enterprise Qatar’ is now offering a new SME Rating & Accreditation Programme to assist entrepreneurs...

ECB stimulus may avoid deflation: QNB 15 Jun 2014 - 01:34 am

Doha: The European Central Bank (ECB) monetary stimulus may avoid eurozone deflation, said Qatar National Bank (QNB) in its weekly analysis yesterday. The...

Kahramaa to launch desalination plants 15 Jun 2014 - 01:34 am

DOHA: Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) is set to launch to giant desalination plants. The first plant, with a production capacity...

Qnbn and MEEZA sign agreement 15 Jun 2014 - 01:34 am

DOHA: Qatar National Broadband Network (Qnbn) has signed a strategic partnership agreement with MEEZA, a Qatar Foundation joint venture and leading provider of...

QE index dips 1.91pc last week 13 Jun 2014 - 09:14 am

DOHA: Qatar Exchange (QE) index lost 253.20 points, or 1.91 percent, last week when it closed trading at 12,978.86 points yesterday. The trading...

OFID’s development plan will be ready next year 13 Jun 2014 - 04:48 am

Officials at the opening of the OFID’s 35th Session of the Ministerial Council in Doha yesterday. DOHA: H E Ali Shareef Al Emadi,...

No change in oil output ceiling 12 Jun 2014 - 04:52 am

VIENNA: Opec, the oil exporters’ cartel, opted yesterday to keep its output ceiling unchanged, expressing confidence in the market despite global supply strains...

GDI wins QR1.1bn QP contracts 12 Jun 2014 - 04:51 am

DOHA: Gulf Drilling International Ltd QSC (GDI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gulf International Services (GIS), has been awarded two new contracts by Qatar...

Qatar has most dense population of millionaires in the world 12 Jun 2014 - 04:50 am

WASHINGTON: The amount of private wealth in the booming Asia-Pacific region excluding Japan will overtake Europe this year and the United States 2018,...

GOIC, Turkish International Coop Platform sign MoU 12 Jun 2014 - 04:44 am

DOHA: The Gulf Organisation for Industrial Consulting (GOIC) yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Turkish International Cooperation Platform (ICP) to...

Qatari bourse index loses 58 points 11 Jun 2014 - 10:33 pm

Doha: Qatar Exchange index lost 58 points, or 0.45 percent, yesterday to close at 12,912.81 points from the previous closing of 12,970.81 points...

RasGas honours employees for long service 11 Jun 2014 - 07:17 am

Employees at the annual long-service award ceremony. Doha: RasGas Company Limited (RasGas) recognised 288 employees during its annual long-service award ceremony for their...

Ali Bin Ali launches Ermanno Scervino 11 Jun 2014 - 07:16 am

Participants at the opening of Ermanno Scervino store with Ali Bin Ali Group partnership at the Pearl Qatar. DOHA: Qatar’s Ali Bin Ali...