The cleric used unusually placatory language about Qatar’s neighbours, some of whom he has accused of a variety of failings including being insufficiently Islamic.
This is the latest step to widen foreign access to Chinese capital markets.
The bank made a net profit of $92 million in the opening three months of 2014.
The bank did not state what its previous cap was but official data showed foreign investors owned 15.21 per cent at the end of Sunday.
Kuwait, which offered to mediate in the dispute, is planning to present a solution to the two sides soon, a Gulf Arab diplomat said.
The lender’s profit was boosted by strong loan growth related to extensive construction spending in Qatar.
Hassan Al Thawadi rubbishes corruption allegations and says Qatar won the rights to host the football event due to sheer hard work.
MSCI will raise the UAE and Qatar to emerging market from frontier market status at the end of May.
As nations aspire to become global hubs for the Islamic economy, the Halal industry is not to be ignored
Doha carrier looks to attract two-way traffic with new Oneworld member US Airways as it launches fifth US destination
A sudanese official declined to disclose the total value of aid that Qatar had agreed to offer Sudan.
Economic growth slowed in the final quarter of 2013 due to a sharp fall in the hydrocarbon sector.
The budget is “the largest in the history of the state of Qatar,” Finance Minister Ali Sherif al-Emadi said.
The Gulf state announced deals with about 20 global companies, including with Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Airbus and Boeing.
Matthew and Grace Huang were arrested in January last year after their eight-year-old adopted daughter, Gloria, died unexpectedly.
Sheikh Joaan’s Al Shaqab Racing stable will partner the colt’s original owner, Coolmore Ireland, a multi-million euro operation by Irish business magnate John Magnier.
The comments by Qatar’s emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, were the first official Qatari reaction after Iraq accused Doha and Riyadh of funding insurgency.
Qatar Financial Centre said it has accepted an enforceable undertaking from RBS to establish a “remedial action plan.”
Doha carrier looks to capitalise on Djibouti’s rising commercial profile
Companies hiring illegal workers will be subject to a recruitment ban lasting two years and will be blacklisted as per new rules.
Qatar’s Syria policy matters not only because Doha remains a generous backer of the opposition but also because its dispute with other funders.
Qatar announced plans for a raft of projects worth $140 billion after it won the World Cup hosting rights.
Expenditure in April-September accounts for a little over 44 per cent of the record 210.6 billion riyals Qatar plans to spend in the 2013/14 fiscal year.
Qatar is planning to spend $27.5 billion over the next five years on new roads and interchanges.
Islamic banking assets grew 12.2 per cent in 2013, compared to the 11.2 per cent growth posted by conventional banks last year.
Last month, Qatar’s 2022 World Cup organisers said they would penalise contractors who violate the welfare of construction workers.
The tender, issued earlier this month, is for the rolling stock, systems, depot facilities, trackwork and other aspects of Doha Metro, sources say.
The projects will be in transport, energy and other sectors, the central bank governor said.
Britain’s Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on Tuesday that a company under the control of Mohamed Bin Hammam paid $1.2 million to Jack Warner.
Saudi, the UAE and Bahrain recalled their ambassadors from Qatar on March 5, citing policy differences.