Business / Qatar Business

PepsiCo opens innovation centre in Middle East 30 Sep 2014 - 12:55 am

Officials inaugurating the new innovation centre in Dubai. Doha: PepsiCo, one of the leading food and beverage companies, yesterday announced the opening of...

Qatar to outperform GCC states with 6.7pc growth 30 Sep 2014 - 12:41 am

DUBAI: Gulf Arab economies are likely to grow slightly faster in 2015, propped up by strong private business activity despite further falls in...

Qatar’s trade surplus hits QR31.5bn 30 Sep 2014 - 12:41 am

DOHA: Qatar’s trade balance recorded a surplus of QR31.5bn in August 2014, down QR1.3bn, or 3.9 percent, compared to August 2013, according to...

Doha Bank shareholder meet on India buy 30 Sep 2014 - 12:40 am

DUBAI: The board of Doha Bank has authorised the purchase of the Indian assets of HSBC Bank Oman, and has called a shareholder...

QE index swings back into green zone 30 Sep 2014 - 12:40 am

Doha: Qatar Exchange index reversed its downward movement yesterday and came back into the green zone with a slight gain of 9.07 points,...

QCB to issue QR4bn worth T-Bills tomorrow 30 Sep 2014 - 12:40 am

DOHA: Qatar Central Bank (QCB) yesterday announced it would issue new Treasury bills worth QR4bn on October 1, 2014. The new bills, worth...

Qatar International Court dismisses Chedid’s case 30 Sep 2014 - 12:39 am

DOHA: The Qatar International Court has delivered its judgment in the case of Chedid & Associates Qatar LLC vs Said Bou Ayash following...

Govt shifts from bank loans to debt market for funds 29 Sep 2014 - 02:18 am

By Satish Kanady DOHA: Qatari government is slowly shifting from bank loans to debt market to support its mammoth public spending. Debt issuance...

Huge response to Back 2 Business 29 Sep 2014 - 02:17 am

FROM LEFT: Jarmo Kihlstrom, Manager, International Moving, Sezai Arli, Chairman of the Qatar-Turkish Businessmen Association, M Palma Libotte, Chairperson of the Italian Chamber...

Fifty One East wins retail award 29 Sep 2014 - 01:34 am

Daniel Lattouf, Retail Business Unit Manager at Darwish Holding, receiving the award at a ceremony held in Doha. Doha: Fifty One East, the...

Maersk Oil steps up Qatarisation plans 29 Sep 2014 - 01:18 am

DOHA: Maersk Oil Qatar is building on its successful Qatarisation programme with the launch of the third-phase of its ‘Find Your Place’ recruitment...

QE retreats in sixth straight session 29 Sep 2014 - 01:15 am

DOHA: Qatar Exchange retreated for the sixth straight session yesterday on continued profit taking. The entire sector indices entered red with the benchmark...

Doha Festival City officials to host meet in Paris 29 Sep 2014 - 01:15 am

Doha: Doha Festival City, the iconic mixed-used development that includes Qatar’s biggest retail and leisure mall which is set to be one of...

Weekly Commodity Update : High supplies, fading demand and Ebola fears hit commodities 29 Sep 2014 - 12:00 am

By Ole S. Hansen (Head of Commodity Strategy, Saxo Bank) The broad-based BBG Commodity Index, which tracks the performance of 22 major commodities,...

Weekly Money Market Review with IBQ: Fed rate rise expectation fuels demand for the dollar 28 Sep 2014 - 11:55 pm

Last week the dollar traded near four-year highs against a basket of major currencies, as demand for the dollar remained supported by mounting...

Nasdaq chief praises Qatar’s role 28 Sep 2014 - 02:52 am

H E Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim bin Mohamed Al Thani (centre), the Minister of Economy and Trade, with other officials at Nasdaq headquarters....

Diversify into fairly priced stocks: Expert 28 Sep 2014 - 02:50 am

By Satish Kanady DOHA: With a significant number of Qatari stocks heading to ‘premium range’, especially after the market upgrade by the MSCI,...

Rawasi Design opens facility in Qatar 28 Sep 2014 - 02:48 am

Doha: Rawasi Design, lead and managed by Atef Sarhan (pictured), the designer of Mirage City Golf Club, clubhouse in JW Marriot Hotel Cairo,...