Business

EQ launches contract, partnership exchange portal 16 Jan 2013 - 01:08 am

DOHA: Enterprise Qatar (EQ), the organisation tasked with promoting entrepreneurship and good business, yesterday announced the launch of its ‘SPX Portal’, the first...

Clean energy a top priority, says minister 16 Jan 2013 - 01:08 am

DOHA: The Minister of Energy and Industry and Chairman & Managing Director of Qatar Petroleum H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada...

Oil price steadies below $112 16 Jan 2013 - 01:07 am

LONDON: Brent crude oil steadied under $112 per barrel yesterday on optimism that the eurozone economy may finally be stabilising and that US...

Bourses across the Gulf end in red 16 Jan 2013 - 01:06 am

Jordanian dealers monitor price movements at the investors’ gallery of the Amman Stock Exchange, yesterday. DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s banks dragged down the bourse...

Cb makes key senior management appointments 16 Jan 2013 - 12:49 am

Group CEO of Commercialbank Andrew Stevens with the new senior managers of the bank. Doha: Commercialbank (Cb) has made five key senior management...

Saudi sets deadline for telecom licence bids 16 Jan 2013 - 12:49 am

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s telecoms regulator has a set a May 4 deadline for companies to submit applications for three mobile virtual network operator...

Investcorp sells CCC Information Services 16 Jan 2013 - 12:48 am

DUBAI: Investcorp, one of the Middle East’s largest private equity houses, has sold CCC Information Services to US-headquartered Leonard Green & Partners, the...

Qatar Airways denies talks to buy India’s SpiceJet stake 16 Jan 2013 - 12:47 am

NEW DELHI/DOHA: Qatar Airways is not interested in buying a stake in Indian budget carrier SpiceJet Ltd or any other Indian airline, its...

QIB launches scheme to help SMEs 16 Jan 2013 - 12:47 am

QIB’s acting CEO Ahmad Meshari at the launch of the Aamaly programme at Four Seasons Hotel yesterday.Kammutty VP BY MOHAMMAD SHOEB DOHA: Qatar...

Russian car sales flat 16 Jan 2013 - 12:46 am

An employee drives a new car onto a transporter at the Hyundai factory outside St Petersburg, yesterday. Russian car sales are expected to...

Indian loophole helps Iran bolster oil exports 16 Jan 2013 - 12:45 am

NEW DELHI: A loophole in an Indian insurance scheme has allowed Iran’s state-run tanker company NITC to bolster oil exports by chartering a...

Shell empowers students on last day of GTL meet 16 Jan 2013 - 12:45 am

DOHA: As the three-day World GTL Congress wrapped up here yesterday, more than a dozen students from various universities across Qatar seized the...

Big oil firms show interest in UK shale gas partnerships 16 Jan 2013 - 12:45 am

LONDON: British exploration firm IGas Energy has received interest from some of the oil industry’s biggest names to look for shale gas in...

Deal with debt ceiling drama: Fitch warns US 16 Jan 2013 - 12:44 am

PARIS: Fitch ratings agency issued a strong warning to the US yesterday to deal with its recurrent debt-ceiling dramas in a way which...

Qatar faces dilemma over new US tax law 15 Jan 2013 - 06:51 am

The Governor of Qatar Central Bank, H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Saoud Al Thani, addressing the forum on ‘Impact of the US Law...

First-of-its-kind barge named 15 Jan 2013 - 06:50 am

From right: The Minister of Energy and Industry H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada, the Managing Director and CEO of RasGas...

BMW records strong sales growth last year 15 Jan 2013 - 06:49 am

DOHA: Alfardan Automobiles has recorded a considerable growth in the sale of top BMW Group models in 2012. The flagship BMW 7 Series...

NDSQ forays into luxury yacht market 15 Jan 2013 - 06:48 am

DOHA: Driven by the region’s growing demand for luxury yachts, Nakilat Damen Shipyards Qatar (NDSQ) is foraying into the yacht building sector. The...