Business / Qatar Business

Inkel’s board meeting in Doha 28 May 2014 - 12:13 am

Doha: A meeting of the board of directors of Inkel Ltd with head quarters in Kochi, Kerala will be held in Doha on...

Weekly Commodity Update: Crude oil rising on seasonal pickup, gold is still playing ping pong 28 May 2014 - 12:02 am

By Ole S. Hansen (Head of Commodity Strategy, Saxo Bank) The DJ-UBS Commodity index is showing signs of bottoming out following three weeks...

Vodafone showcases technologies 27 May 2014 - 03:25 am

Sheikh Dr Khalid bin Thani bin Abdullah Al Thani, Chairman of Vodafone Qatar, at QITCOM 2014. RIGHT: Vodafone has partnered with Alfardan Automobiles,...

Projects get QBIC support 27 May 2014 - 03:20 am

Officials and entrepreneurs at the event. Doha: Qatar Business Incubation Center (QBIC) announced today 15 projects chosen to be ‘incubated’ and receive its...

Q-Coat becomes largest producer of ECR steel 27 May 2014 - 02:57 am

Officials at the technical seminar organised by Q-Coat yesterday. BY MOHAMMAD SHOEB DOHA: Qatar Metals Coating Company (Q-Coat), the sole supplier of anti-corrosion...

New Honda City unveiled 27 May 2014 - 02:16 am

Faisal Sharif (second right), Managing Director of Domasco, Greig Roffey (second left), sales and marketing manager, Domasco, with other officials during the unveiling...

Malabar Group enters UAE property market 27 May 2014 - 02:09 am

Sultan Al Shamsi, CEO, Sharjah International Investment, Wedad Abdullah Al Marzouqi, Manager, Chairman’s Office, Sharjah Economic Development Department and M P Ahammed, Chairman,...

QE index moves up, lifts all-time high 27 May 2014 - 12:34 am

DUBAI: Stocks about to join the MSCI emerging market index supported bourses in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Qatar yesterday while Saudi Arabia posted...

GWC upgrades to new system 27 May 2014 - 12:22 am

Doha: The Gulf Warehousing Company (GWC) has completed the implementation of INFOR WMS, an Enterprise Warehouse Management System geared at automating and optimising...

Kahramaa inks deals worth QR7.7bn 26 May 2014 - 01:41 am

The Minister of Energy and Industry, H E Dr Mohamed bin Saleh Al Sada (right), at the function yesterday. DOHA: The Qatar General...

Doha Festival City awards QR1.65bn mall work contract 26 May 2014 - 01:12 am

Doha: Bawabat Al Shamal Real Estate Company WLL, owner of Doha Festival City, has awarded Gulf Contracting Company in joint venture with ALEC...

Heavy FII buying pushes QE index to new highs 26 May 2014 - 01:12 am

DOHA: Foreign institutional investors continue to lap up prized Qatari stocks as the local bourse is all set to join the coveted MSCI...

Weekly Money Market Review with IBQ: Disappointing data fuels hopes ECB may cut rates next month 25 May 2014 - 10:40 pm

The Dollar Index rose to a seven-week high as investors sifted through US economic data that included strong readings on Manufacturing, Existing Homes...

QE to introduce margin trading, short selling 25 May 2014 - 01:31 am

Qatar Exchange CEO Rashid Al Mansoori (fourth right) and other dignitaries at a meeting in London. DOHA: The Qatari bourse is planning to...

Wataniya becomes Ooredoo 25 May 2014 - 01:28 am

Abdulaziz Fakhroo, General Manager and CEO of Ooredoo in Kuwait, announcing the transition from Wataniya to Ooredoo. DOHA: Wataniya Telecom, Kuwait’s first privately-owned...

Savoy Education Centre gets ISO certification 25 May 2014 - 01:28 am

Doha: Savoy Education Centre has got the ISO 9001:2008 certification on Quality Management System recently, the company said in a statement. The certification...

Qatar has second highest inflation rate in the GCC 25 May 2014 - 01:12 am

Doha: Inflation rates in the GCC registered increases by between 0.73 percent and 2.96 percent by end of March 2014 when compared to...

Eurozone recovery is under way, but remains fragile: QNB 25 May 2014 - 01:11 am

Doha: The eurozone economic recovery is slowly under way, but it remains fragile, says a weekly report by Qatar National Bank (QNB) yesterday. ...