Business / Qatar Business

Qatar, Dubai bourses slip; region mixed 17 Dec 2013 - 07:24 am

DUBAI: Dubai’s bourse suffered its largest loss in a month yesterday as investors sold blue chip Emaar Properties in a delayed reaction to...

Commercial real estate sector witnesses boom 17 Dec 2013 - 06:17 am

By Satish Kanady DOHA: Qatar’s commercial real estate sector witnessed a significant revival this year. The vacancy rates dropped to 10 percent in...

Barwa Bank, FFC get Islamic Business & Finance awards 16 Dec 2013 - 08:18 am

Barwa Bank officials during the award ceremony. DOHA: Barwa Bank Group, Qatar’s fastest growing Shariah-compliant banking service provider, has been named as the...

QCB framing rules for listing of ETFs 16 Dec 2013 - 08:17 am

DOHA: Banking regulator, the Qatar Central Bank (QCB), said yesterday it is busy framing rules to list exchange traded funds (ETFs) on the...

Plans for new LDPE facility in early stage: IQ 16 Dec 2013 - 08:15 am

DOHA: Industries Qatar (IQ), one of the region’s industrial giants, yesterday confirmed that contrary to reports in sections of the media, plans for...

QFMA holds training on dispute resolution 16 Dec 2013 - 08:13 am

DOHA: The Qatar Financial Markets Authority (QFMA)has organised a training programme on ‘Dispute Resolution Procedures’. The training was for the implementation of the...

Qatar Exchange index adds 40.72 points 16 Dec 2013 - 08:09 am

Doha: Qatar Exchange pursued its upswing trend yesterday adding 40.72 points, or 0.39 percent, to advance to 10,526.95 points from 10,486.23 on Thursday....

Weekly Money Market Review with IBQ: Initial US budget deal eases concerns over another shutdown 16 Dec 2013 - 08:07 am

The FX market witnessed a volatile week, misleading investors towards its direction. In the US, lawmakers have reached an agreement on Tuesday that,...

Qapco announces over QR1.2bn expansion plan 15 Dec 2013 - 11:39 am

BY MOHAMMAD SHOEB DOHA: Qatar Petrochemical Company (Qapco) has announced plans to build a new plant at a cost of QR1.2bn ($330m) to...

Qatargas takes stock of achievements 15 Dec 2013 - 11:36 am

Officials during the town hall meeting. DOHA: Qatargas made significant achievements in establishing relationships with new customers as well as strengthening existing customer...

Qatar Exchange Roundup: Why many products are missing from QE 15 Dec 2013 - 11:35 am

By Bashir Yusuf Kahlout Last week, I noted that the strong performance of Qatar Exchange witnessed during the second half of this year...

Risk of deflation in US, eurozone: QNB report 15 Dec 2013 - 11:09 am

Doha: The risk of deflation in the US and the eurozone may require more expansionary monetary policy, such as Quantitative Easing (QE), according...

GDI, JX Nippon sign drilling deal 15 Dec 2013 - 06:19 am

A view of GDI’s jack-up rig ‘Al Khor’. DOHA: Gulf Drilling International (GDI) has signed a contract with JX Nippon Oil & Gas...

Qatar Shell signs deals with three local firms 13 Dec 2013 - 08:16 am

Officials at the press conference in Doha. DOHA: In association with Qatar Development Bank (QDB) to help bolster Qatar’s private sector, Qatar Shell...

DCY200 arrives at Qatalum 13 Dec 2013 - 08:14 am

DOHA: Qatalum has acquired the 200-tonne capacity self-elevating multi-wheeler vehicle (DCY200). The equipment is used to transport cathodes and pot superstructures during relining....

QE market cap rises to QR559.48bn 13 Dec 2013 - 08:13 am

DOHA: Qatari stocks marginally gained last week with the main index of the bourse looking up 97.13 points, or 0.93 percent, to 10,486.23...

FEED contract for Al Sejeel project signed 13 Dec 2013 - 06:43 am

H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada with other officials after the signing ceremony. DOHA: Qatar Petroleum (QP) and Qatar Petrochemical Company...

Doha Bank gets licence for operations in India 12 Dec 2013 - 12:05 pm

DOHA: Doha Bank gets licence from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to commence banking operations in India. It will open a branch...