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UDC to develop Qatari workforce to meet growth challenges

A Chance To Right A Wrong In Haiti ON Thursday, the United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, rejected a legal claim for compensation filed in 2011 on behalf of cholera victims in Haiti. Throug…

GIS reports QR464mn net profit for 2012

A Chance To Right A Wrong In Haiti ON Thursday, the United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, rejected a legal claim for compensation filed in 2011 on behalf of cholera victims in Haiti. Throug…

Assets managed by Qatari banks up 18% in 2012: QCB

A Chance To Right A Wrong In Haiti ON Thursday, the United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, rejected a legal claim for compensation filed in 2011 on behalf of cholera victims in Haiti. Throug…

Etisalat picks banks for $6bn Maroc stake buy

REUTERS DUBAI/LONDON ETISALAT, the United Arab Emirates’ biggest telecommunications operator, has hired banks to advise on its planned acquisition of Vivendi’s 53 percent stake in Maroc Telecom, ban…

Sinopec to buy Chesapeake’s assets in US for $1.02 billion

REUTERS BEIJING CHINA Petroleum & Chemical Corp (Sinopec), Asia’s largest oil refiner, will buy half of Chesapeake Energy Corp’s Mississippi Lime oil and gas properties for $1.02 billion, becomi…

Apicorp sets up $150mn petroleum shipping fund

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA THE Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation (Apicorp), the multilateral development bank owned by the Organisation of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC), has announc…

Amy’s date with Mouawad at Oscars

A Chance To Right A Wrong In Haiti ON Thursday, the United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, rejected a legal claim for compensation filed in 2011 on behalf of cholera victims in Haiti. Throug…

ABA pavilion showcases exquisite collections at jewellery expo

CATHERINE W GICHUKI DOHA ALUCKY themed ‘Palais de la chance’ collection from renowned French jewellery maison Van Cleef & Arpels made its Middle East debut at the 10th Doha Jewellery and Watches…

OOREDOO IS QTEL’S NEW NAME

SANTHOSH CHANDRAN/TNN DOHA/BARCELONA QTEL, the telecommunication company spread over 17 countries in the world, re-launched itself under a new brand – ‘Ooredoo’, which means ‘I want’ in Arabic langu…

QA should be allowed to double flights to Manila, says envoy

AILYN AGONIA DOHA QATAR Airways should be allowed to increase the frequency of its flights to the Philippines, said Filipino envoy to Qatar HE Crescente Relacion, on Monday. Relacion was responding …

ROTA’s female volunteers set to make impact in Cambodia

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA TWENTY-THREE female volunteers from four independent girls’ secondary schools will set out on an eight-day trip to Cambodia organised by Reach Out To Asia (ROTA from March …

2800 Qatar streets get a name

THE Minister of Municipality and Urban Planning HE Sheikh Abdurrahman bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz al Thani has named nearly 2,800 streets in eight different areas of Qatar. The newly named streets are…

Egypt’s regulator approves QNB’s bid

EGYPT’s financial regulator has approved an offer by QNB for National Societe Generale Bank, after requiring QNB to buy the whole company rather than the originally planned 77 percent stake. Ashraf …

Qatar share in GCC road projects is QR66bn

QATAR will share 22 percent of total road and rail project costs worth approximately QR65.54 billion in next two years in GCC region. It will invest QR45.51 billion for improving and creating road n…

Giant water tanks in five Qatar areas soon

QATAR General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) will soon construct giant water tanks in Qatar, which will be able to meet the needs of the country for three months, a Kahramaa official s…

Qtel Group rebranded as Ooredoo

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA THE Qtel Group will now be known as Ooredoo. The announcement was made by Ooredoo Chairman Sheikh Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Saud al Thani at a special launch event at Mobil…

Premier opens 10th jewellery, watches expo

AILYN AGONIA DOHA PRIME Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor al Thani inaugurated the 10th Qatar’s annual luxury event, the Doha Jewellery and Watches Exhibi…
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