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Qatar to keep short-term debt issuance steady
DOHA/DUBAI: Qatar's central bank will keep issuing 4 billion riyals ($1.1 billion) in treasury bills every month, its chief said on Monday, suggesting that policymakers are still comfortable with strong bank lending growth despite higher inflation (...)

17 - 04 - 2012
Young Gulf Arabs question tradition of cousin marriages
DOHA: Noor was not the first in her Qatari family to marry a close relative, but she may be one of the last. Throughout the Middle East, Africa and parts of South Asia, marriage between family members has been widely practiced for thousands of (...)

04 - 04 - 2012
FIFA must specify regions for World Cup bids: Richards
DOHA: Soccer's ruling body FIFA should specify regions where it would like to stage World Cups so that nations outside those locations do not waste money on losing bids, said English Premier League chairman Dave Richards. "I believe England (...)

14 - 03 - 2012
Egypt minister sees telecom tender within 4 weeks
DOHA: Egypt will launch a tender for mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) licenses within four weeks, the country's communications minister said on Tuesday. MVNOs are mobile phone service providers which lease excess network capacity from (...)

06 - 03 - 2012
Qatar would host 2020 Summer Games in October
CAIRO (Reuters) – Qatar is proposing to hold the 2020 Olympics in October to avoid the Gulf Arab state's searing summer heat, maintaining that the proposed October dates would “ensure ideal conditions for athletes and spectators.” Details of the (...)

26 - 02 - 2012
Arab films showcase turbulent, redemptive year
The Arab Spring of pro-democracy uprisings features prominently — both directly and more subtly — in the selections at the third annual Doha Tribeca Film Festival, kicking off in the Qatari capital this week. The festival, launched in 2009 in the (...)

25 - 10 - 2011
Spending in next Qatar budget to match 2010/11
DOHA: Qatari government spending in the next financial year will at least match the $32 billion budgeted for 2010/11, and the Gulf country's economic growth will accelerate next year, its finance minister said on Tuesday. "Next year's budget will (...)

02 - 11 - 2010
CBQ Q3 profit jumps to 508 mln riyals
DOHA: Commercial Bank of Qatar (CBQ) reported a 28.9 percent jump in third-quarter net profit on Tuesday, beating analysts' expectations on average on increased loan activity and deposits. Qatar's third-largest bank by market value posted a net (...)

19 - 10 - 2010
Qatar's Mazaya to list and sign $1.5 bln deals
DOHA: Real estate development firm Mazaya Qatar plans to finally list on the Qatar bourse next week and would sign two deals worth $1.5 billion on Tuesday to underpin long-term confidence in the market, its chief executive officer said. Seraj al (...)

11 - 10 - 2010
Qtel's bond issue oversubscribed more than 10 times
DOHA: State-controlled Qatar Telecommunications Co (Qtel) on Thursday said its $1.5 billion bond sale was more than ten times oversubscribed, as bids exceeded $15 billion. The company this week launched a $500 million six-year bond and a $1 (...)

07 - 10 - 2010
Qatar plans power plant to meet demand rise
DOHA: Qatar, which now has a power surplus, plans to set up an electricity plant with a capacity of up to 5,000 megawatts by 2016 to meet rising demand, said a senior official of Qatar Electricity & Water Co (QEWC). "At this stage there are plans (...)

06 - 10 - 2010
Vodafone Qatar loss narrows as customer base grows
DOHA: Vodafone Qatar said its quarterly net loss narrowed 5 percent from the previous quarter as it grew its customer base by 15 percent. The Qatari affiliate of British mobile operator Vodafone, which is fighting a regulatory decision to allow (...)

20 - 07 - 2010
Qatar National Bank Q2 net profit rises 35 pct
DOHA: Qatar National Bank (QNB), the Gulf state's largest lender by market capitalization, posted a 35.4-percent jump in second quarter profit on Tuesday, beating forecasts, as loans and customer deposits grew. Net profit in the three months to (...)

06 - 07 - 2010
Qatar to be largest overseas property investor in 2010, says report
DOHA: Qatar is expected to be the largest source of global real estate capital during 2010, real estate consultancy Jones Lang LaSalle said in a report published on Sunday. The country, which has emerged as "a new global powerhouse," is expected (...)

14 - 06 - 2010
Qatar April prices rise 0.3 pct m/m, food, transport up
DOHA: Qatar consumer prices rose 0.3 percent month-on-month in April, the third consecutive monthly increase and driven by rising food and transport prices and a slight recovery in housing costs, official data showed on Tuesday. The world's (...)

19 - 05 - 2010
Beltone: merger with Pioneers on track
DOHA: Egyptian investment bank Beltone Financial said its acquisition by Pioneers Holding was moving ahead and details on the merger would be announced within weeks. Financial services firm Pioneers said on Nov. 8 it would issue 100 million new (...)

23 - 02 - 2010
Parchment from ancient sacred text to be presented to Jerusalem institute
JERUSALEM: For six decades, Sam Sabbagh carried a good luck charm - a parchment he found on the floor of a burned synagogue. Turns out that parchment likely is more than 1,000 years old, a fragment of the most authoritative manuscript of the (...)

09 - 11 - 2007
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