Showing posts from October 21, 2012

Qtel net up 12.6% to QR2.4bn in 9 months

ASIF IQBAL DOHA QATAR Telecom group (Qtel) registered a 12.6 percent increase in net profit to QR2.4 billion in the first nine months of 2012 as its customer base rose 8.2 percent to 89.2 million. G…

Moza for partnerships to foster research, creativity

JOSEPH VARGHESE DOHA QATAR Foundation Chairperson Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser on Sunday called for closer partnerships to foster an environment conducive to scientific research and intelle…

Use your ears to get your Buddhapesto right

JEFF GORDINIER NYT SYNDICATE MARIA Gandara stood next to a food processor, waiting for the hum. Inside a fourquart tub churned a bright green, ambrosial slurry of basil, garlic, pine nuts, Italian p…

Anil confident of Oscar nod for Silver Linings...

Anil confident of Oscar nod for Silver Linings... IANS BOLLYWOOD actor Anil Kapoor feels Anupam Kherstarrer Silver Linings Playbook is the front-runner for an Oscar nomination. “He (Anupam Kher) has…

Fluffy yet substantial, Karan scores with Student Of The Year

TROY RIBEIRO IANS AFTER love your parents message, Karan Johar now talks about loving your friends in his latest film Student Of The Year (SOTY). Student Of The Year is light and fluffy, yet full of…

Beyonce confirms she will headline Super Bowl halftime show

REUTERS POP superstar Beyonce on Tuesday confirmed that she will headline the entertainment at next year’s Super Bowl, posting a photo of herself with the words February 3, 2013 inked on her cheeks.…

Megan Fox gives birth to a baby boy

REUTERS ACTRESS Megan Fox said on Wednesday that she had given birth to a baby boy, her first child, with husband Brian Austin Green, in September. The Transformers actress, 26, made the announcemen…

What’s up with Tom Hanks?

CINDY PEARLMAN NYT SYNDICATE IT’S a warm fall morning in Beverly Hills, and Tom Hanks is bubbling over. The 56-yearold two-time Oscar winner doesn’t simply walk into a hotel suite, he bounds into it…

Chelsea routs Hotspurs 4-2

AP LONDON JUAN MATA scored two goals and set up another as Chelsea recovered to beat London rival Tottenham 4-2 on Saturday, consolidating the European champions’ dominant lead in the Premier League…

Supple Sataporn impresses in Flyboard World Championship

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA THAILAND’S Srirang Sataporn exhibited daring spins and flips to beat Emmanuel Jules of France and entered the top four in the Flyboard World Championship at Doha Bay on Sat…

Cricket returns to Pakistan amid tight security

AFP KARACHI FAST BOWLER Tabish Khan achieved a hat trick while Umar Akmal and Shahzaib Hasan hit rapid half centuries as the Pakistan All Stars defeated an International World XI by 84 runs in a Twe…

QSC scores first QSL victory

IKOLI VICTOR DOHA QATAR Sports Club won its first QSL match of the season with a comfortable 2-0 win over Al Arabi at the Grand Hamad Stadium on Saturday. Two first half goals from Sayed Hadi Aghli …

Canada blocks $5.2 billion Petronas bid for Progress

REUTERS TORONTO/KUALA LUMPUR CANADA has blocked Malaysian state oil firm Petronas’ C$5.17 billion ($5.2 billion) bid for gas producer Progress Energy Resources in a surprise move that could signal p…

Govt panel to urge France to cut $39bn in payroll taxes

REUTERS PARIS A GOVERNMENT-COMMISSIONED report will urge France to cut €30 billion euros ($39.09 billion) in payroll taxes over two to three years to increase the country’s competitiveness, newspape…

Eurozone austerity cuts unavoidable, says ECB

REUTERS BRUSSELS AUSTERITY measures in the eurozone are unavoidable, but countries can and should counteract with reforms to boost growth, European Central Bank Governing Council member Luc Coene sa…

Qatar leads growth in GCC money supply, says QNB

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA GCC COUNTRIES continue to have ample domestic liquidity, according to QNB Group analysis. Higher energy prices and increased hydrocarbons production have driven growth in c…

CNAQ celebrates ‘Family Day’

RAMY SALAMA DOHA THE College of the North Atlantic in Qatar (CNAQ) held ‘Family Day’, a day-long event comprising games, live music and a giant birthday cake at the Museum of Islamic Art Park on Sat…

QC, social affairs ministry launch third phase of training course

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA QATAR Charity (QC) and the Ministry of Social Affairs have launched the third phase of their training courses. The courses, held at the ministry, will teach over 20 trainee…

Cancer survivors favour early screening

LANI ROSE R DIZON DOHA WHEN Amani Halawa first felt a lump in her breast, she took it lightly as do the majority of women would have, believing it that would just go away on its own. However, Halawa…

Qatar keen to promote rule of law: Minister

MOHAMED KHOULAIDI DOHA QATAR is keen to promote principles of justice and human rights through the establishment of a stronger legal profession, said Minister of Justice HE Hasan bin Abdullah al Gha…

Sting drops venue of Manila concert ‘to save trees’

AFP MANILA ROCK superstar Sting, a known environmentalist, has forced organisers to move his planned one-night concert in Manila’s SM Mall Of Asia (MOA) Arena to another venue in response to a lobby…

Malaysian cops thwarts tugboat hijack attempt

AFP KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIAN authorities have arrested four Indonesian pirates who tried to hijack a tugboat and barge off Borneo island in the first such attack there this year, an official said on S…

US aircraft carrier visits disputed Asian seas

AP HO CHI MINH CITY (VIETNAM) AMERICA sent a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier on a cruise through the South China Sea on Saturday, projecting its power in waters that are fast becoming a focal point…

QMA movie wins Qatar first Cannes film award

ASIF IQBAL DOHA QATAR’S stagnating or slightly growing fiscal revenues and the anticipated increases in spending are likely to result in dwindling fiscal surpluses, a senior Barclays economist has s…

HMC, US firm in pact to boost health service

QNA DOHA THE Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) has joined hands with Partners HealthCare Foundation to further improve health services for women in Qatar. According to the three-year agreement signed …

Qatar’s fiscal surplus likely to slide to 6% of GDP

ASIF IQBAL DOHA QATAR’S stagnating or slightly growing fiscal revenues and the anticipated increases in spending are likely to result in dwindling fiscal surpluses, a senior Barclays economist has s…
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