US interest rate-setters, led by Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke, are expected to cut rates from the current level of 1% on Tuesday. They are expected to lower it at 1415 EDT (1915 GMT) to 0.5% or even 0.25%. As...
In recent months, the financial crisis has pushed back the food crisis, which had dominated the headlines for the past eighteen months. But falling prices and corporate bankruptcies cannot hide an appalling fact - if not starvation, at least a...
Vodafone Qatar, which will be listed on Qatar Exchange on Wednesday, has been successful in increasing the number of its customers to 20,000. Vodafone Qatar Chief Executive Officer Grahame Maher said, “Our target was to have 10,000 customers before listing....
Oxford Business Group (OBG), the highly acclaimed global publishing, research and consultancy firm, has welcomed back Tatjana Marinko to take up the role of Country Director for Qatar. The appointment marks a return to OBG for Marinko after a two-year...
Doha :: Qatar
| updated Sun Dec 07 09:07:12 -0800 2008
| business-news
Doha: Qatar should reform its currency to prevent exchange-rate distortions caused by the riyal’s peg to the dollar, an economist linked to Qatar’s central bank said in a column published on Saturday. “High and rising inflation in Qatar has caused...
Doha :: Qatar
| updated Sun Nov 22 20:15:59 -0800 2009
| business-news
German rail operator Deutsche Bahn said Sunday it had signed a multi-billion-euro contract to build high-speed railway lines and underground transport networks in Qatar and Bahrain. The total investment earmarked for the projects amounts to 17 billion euros (25 billion...
Plans investor meetings beginning on Nov. 4 in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the United States, as reported by IFR Markets, a Thomson Reuters online news and market analysis service. These could be followed by a potential financing in...
Qatar, the gas-rich peninsula in the Arabian Gulf, plans to slash the corporate tax rate levied on foreign companies to boost international investments and help diversify its economy away from hydrocarbons. The state-run Qatar News Agency reported on Tuesday that...
The airline contacted passengers booked for the six-hour flight from London's Gatwick airport to Doha beforehand and offered them a free alternative flight in case nerves outweighed a desire to be part of history. Gary Woodward, general manager operations and...
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