Business

  DOHA: QNB Group announced the successful completion of a bond issuance under its Euro Medium Term Note (EMTN) Program in the international capital...

Sheikh Mohamad bin Faisal bin Qassim Al Thani (second left) of QBA addressing the media during the launch of Business Optimism Index for...

Doha: Qatar Exchange was slightly down yesterday by 0.13 points to 8,570.30 points from the previous closing of 8,570.43. Among the top losers...

DUBAI: Qatar National Bank  (QNB), the state’s largest lender, launched a $1bn bond yesterday, lead managers said, its second debt markets foray this...

  Algiers: Qatar and Algeria yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for establishing a steel factory with production capacity of 5 million tonnes...

DOHA: The annual HSBC Economist Roadshow kicked off in Doha this week. Stephen King, Group Chief Economist of HSBC, David Bloom, Global Head...

LONDON: One of Britain’s leading shareholder advisory groups yesterday urged Xstrata  investors to reject a $33bn takeover plan by commodities trader Glencore. Advisory...

DOHA: The British Safety Council now offers the NEBOSH International Technical Certificate in Oil and Gas Operational Safety, a new, globally-recognised training course...

LONDON: European stock markets slid yesterday and the euro fell against the dollar as traders expected US President Barack Obama’s re-election to be...

LONDON: Middle Eastern buyers piled into London’s luxury home market in October as they shielded their wealth from political turmoil back home, including...

BAGHDAD: ExxonMobil has informed the Iraqi government it wants to pull out of a $50bn oil project, and Baghdad expelled Turkey’s state oil...

DOHA: Public Works Authority (Ashghal) is crowned with SAG 2012 award by the US based Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) for its...

DUBAI: Dubai faces $48bn of debt maturities between 2014 and 2016 but, unlike the crisis in 2009, is better equipped to handle redemptions...

DOHA: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) was recognised as the Best Managed Company in the Middle East in the banking and finance sector...

DUBAI: Bahrain’s government plans to cut its budget spending by almost 6 percent in 2013 as it seeks to curb its deficit, a...

Egypt sees IMF loan deal in DecCAIRO: Egypt expects to reach a loan agreement with the IMF by mid-December after talks this month...

Visitors walk by cars displayed at the showroom of Nissan Motor Co global headquarters in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, yesterday. Nissan announced its...

DUBAI: Credit Suisse and Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund have set up an asset management joint venture as the gas-rich Gulf state looks to...