Business

Intertec holds Galaxy Note II training session 08 Oct 2012 - 01:58 pm

Intertec Group WLL, the authorised distributor for Samsung mobile phones, conducted a product training session on their latest smart phone - Samsung Galaxy...

Qatar Shell sponsors third QIBWF 08 Oct 2012 - 01:57 pm

Officials pose for a group picture in Doha. Doha: Qatar Shell signed an agreement with the Qatari Businesswomen Association and Interactive Business Network...

Barwa selling QR16bn assets to repay loans 08 Oct 2012 - 01:57 pm

DOHA: Barwa Real Estate Group has announced selling its assets valued at QR16bn in Qatar and Egypt to repay loans. The assets being...

E&Y’s Growing Beyond Summit on Oct 16-17 08 Oct 2012 - 01:56 pm

Doha: Under the patronage of the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani, Ernst &...

10 French firms to take part in Milipol Qatar Exhibition 08 Oct 2012 - 01:56 pm

DOHA: A delegation of 10 French companies from the NBC Defense GIE will attend the Milipol Qatar Exhibition starting here today to seek...

LREDC awards contract to Al Jaber & Partners 08 Oct 2012 - 01:56 pm

Doha: The Lusail Real Estate Development Company (LREDC) has announced the awarding of the CP6B contract for highways and associated utility networks for...

Euromoney in partnership with Qatar institutions 08 Oct 2012 - 01:55 pm

DOHA: Euromoney Confere-nces, the events arm of Euromoney Institutional Investor Plc, yesterday announced a partnership with Qatar to develop a series of live...

Eurozone to launch ESM rescue fund 08 Oct 2012 - 01:54 pm

BRUSSELS: The eurozone finally gets its ¤500bn rescue fund today when finance ministers meet amid growing uncertainty over Greece’s tortuous debt bailout and...

Britain hints may veto EADS-BAE merger 08 Oct 2012 - 01:50 pm

BIRMINGHAM: Britain will block the proposed $45bn merger between EADS and BAE Systems if key “red line” priorities are not met, defence minister...

Qatar and Italy to boost trade ties 07 Oct 2012 - 03:09 am

Remy Rowhany, Director-General of Qatar Chamber, addressing the Italian business delegation at St. Regis Doha Hotel on Thursday. salim matramkot By MOHAMMAD SHOEB...

Toyota’s ‘Smart Insect’ concept car 06 Oct 2012 - 09:53 am

Japanese viewers look at Toyota Corp’s ‘Smart Insect’ concept car at the Ceatec trade show in Chiba, east of Tokyo, Japan. Ceatec Japan...

Amplats fires 12,000 strikers 06 Oct 2012 - 09:52 am

JOHANNESBURG: Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) fired 12,000 wildcat strikers yesterday, a high-stakes attempt by the world’s biggest platinum producer to push back at...

Merkel to visit Greece as money runs out 06 Oct 2012 - 09:52 am

BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel will make her first visit to Greece next week since the euro zone debt crisis erupted, in a...

Stressed snackers shun chocolate as Europe’s crisis bites 06 Oct 2012 - 09:52 am

LONDON: Europe’s economic crisis is nibbling away at demand for chocolate, the affordable treat once thought of as recession proof. Times are tough...

Dexia sells 90pc of BIL stake to Qatar’s Precision Capital 06 Oct 2012 - 09:51 am

BRUSSELS: Failed Franco-Belgian bank Dexia yesterday announced the sale of its Luxembourg unit for ¤730m ($950m) to a Qatari group after an associated...

Samsung posts $7.3bn profit in third quarter 06 Oct 2012 - 09:51 am

SEOUL: Samsung Electronics reported a record quarterly profit of $7.3bn, nearly double last year’s figure, as strong sales of high-end TVs and Galaxy...

US jobs data lifts European shares 06 Oct 2012 - 09:51 am

LONDON: Europe’s main stock markets leapt higher yesterday, boosted by a surprise drop in the US unemployment rate and on the back of...

59 erroneous orders caused stock drop, halt: India’s NSE 06 Oct 2012 - 09:50 am

MUMBAI: The National Stock Exchange of India said 59 erroneous orders prompted a plunge in equities yesterday that briefly erased about $58bn in...