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Qatar is going into deflation after witnessing steep rise in the cost of living in 2007 and 2008 especially, which put immense financial strains on people with limited income. A major worry in a deflation-hit economy is that over the long-term salaries...
Tags: Qatari, Qatar, Doha, Inflation, Deflation, Business Finance
A consignment of books and stationery will arrive in the Gaza Strip over the coming days with support from Qatar Charity. The organisation has sent QR10m worth school stationery to the Palestinian people in Gaza. The 250 tonnes of materials, ranging from...
Tags: Gaza Strip, Qatar Charity, Jordan Hashemite Charity, Qatari, Palestine, Gaza, Gaza Governorate, Jordan, Gaza Strip aid, Entertainment Culture, Western Asia, Fertile Crescent
Qatar's recently issued $7 billion (Dh25.71bn) sovereign bond has been subscribed mostly by investors based in the US and the UK, said reports. The bond, the largest emerging market sovereign debt issuance, currently boasts an order book of more than...
Tags: Qatari, basis points, Qatar, Doha, Debt, Outline of Qatar, Asian Bond Markets, Bonds, Sovereign bond, Business Finance
The art of water marbling or �Ebro,� dates back many centuries, producing fine work used mainly for backgrounds to calligraphy or unique one-off pieces. Using extracts of plants to make natural paints, the patterns produced are similar to those found...
Tags: Qatari, Turkish Ebro, holy ka, Qatar, Doha, Joseph LeBaron, Islamic calligraphy, Ebro
Many in the Qatari community are unhappy that over 30 months after the Central Municipal Council (CMC) urged the government to ban men from working in outlets selling lingerie, nothing has changed. The CMC referred a proposal to the civic ministry urging...
Tags: Qatari, single women, selling lingerie, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Western Asia, Qatar, Bar, Undergarment, Arab League member states, Arabia, Persian Gulf states
The Holy Ka�aba, its unfamiliar interior, the religious rites performed by Haj pilgrims annually and many other unknown factors about Islam and Muslims have been unveiled to all at the Fanar expo, which opened here yesterday. Organised by Qatar Islamic...
Tags: Holy Ka�aba, Islamic Affairs, Qatari, Qatar, Doha
A criminal court is hearing a case involving three Arab expatriates who had plans to bring in forged Qatari currency worth a staggering QR7m. The Arab had asked one of his close Qatari friends for help in bringing the fake currency notes from an Arab...
Tags: Arab, Qatari, Qatar, Doha, Counterfeit money, Numismatics, Counterfeit United States currency, Law Crime, Emirates, Western Asia, Social Issues
A leading Qatari industrialist and businessman says that reduction of the income tax slab for foreign companies bodes well for the local trade and industry. Abdul Hadi Al Shahwani, who has foreign joint venture partners in some of his businesses, said...
Tags: income tax, Qatari, foreign companies, Abdul Hadi Al Shahwani, tax rate, tax slabs, Qatar, Doha
Business optimism levels in Qatar have steadily shown improvement for Q4 this year, according to the results of the recent study conducted by Dun & Bradstreet South Asia Middle East Ltd (D&B) in association with Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) Authority....
Tags: Qatari, Qatar BOI, businesses optimism, optimism index, hydrocarbon sectors, businesses community, global economies, Qatar, Doha, Economy of Qatar, Qatar Financial Centre, Business Finance
GCC member states expressed their strong support for Saudi Arabia in its battle against Houthi insurgents on its border with Yemen. This was disclosed during the second meeting of the GCC Foreign Ministers here yesterday. The Foreign Ministers met to...