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Italy’s Monte Paschi Foundation In Talks With Qatar For Stake Sale

Qatar sovereign fund is reportedly seeking a 15-20 per cent in the troubled Italian lender.

Qatar’s QNB Aims To Be Largest Lender In ME, Africa By 2017

The lender is looking for acquisition targets in Turkey, Morocco and sub-Saharan Africa.

QNB Financial Services Expands Coverage To Saudi, Egypt, UAE

The brokerage is seeing increased interest in the three markets among Qatari investors.

Qatar To Spend Up To $205bn On Infrastructure

Qatar’s budget for fiscal 2013/4 is up 17.9 per cent to 210.6 billion riyals.

Japan’s Tohoku Signs 15-Year LNG Deal With Qatar

Tohoku declined to provide any details on how the Qatar gas will be priced.

UAE Summons Qatari Ambassador Over Muslim Cleric’s Comments

In a recent sermon Youssef al-Qaradawi condemned the UAE as a country which was against Islamic rule.

Vodafone Qatar Q3 Net Loss Narrows

The company’s mobile customer base grew 27 per cent to reach 1.27 million mobile customers as of December 31.

Egypt Will Return $3bn To Qatar This Year

Qatar, a firm backer of Mohamed Mursi, lent or gave Egypt $7.5 billion during the year the Islamist was president.

Qatar’s First IPO Since 2010 Fully Subscribed

Mesaieed Petrochemical Holding Co, a unit of state-owned Qatar Petroleum, raised QAR3.2 billion.

UK Offers Support To Qatar For 2022

Ambassador Nicholas Hopton dismissed criticism Qatar has faced in preparation for hosting the event.

Qatar’s Doha Bank Boosts Capital With Bond Sale

Doha Bank has been raising its reserves in the last year to improve its capital ratios.

Qatar’s Barwa Real Estate Sells Barwa Bank Stake For $656m

BRE is selling some of its assets to Qatari Diar to help eliminate its debts.

Qatar Islamic Bank Q4 Net Profit More Than Triples

QIB made a net profit of $100.2 million during the three months to December 31.

Qatar Airways To Launch Saudi Operations By Q3

Saudi Arabia started opening up its aviation market in 2012 by awarding additional carrier licenses.

Saudi-Qatar Rivalry Divides Syrian Opposition

Syrian National Coalition is expected to decide this week whether to take part in the Geneva-2 conference in Switzerland.

Qatar’s Masraf Al Rayan Buys Islamic Bank Of Britain

IBB was majority-owned by another Qatari lender, Qatar International Islamic Bank.

Qatar Holding Deal Maker Fakhroo Leaves For Govt-Linked Role

Aziz Aluthman Fakhroo, a Qatari national and a director at the fund’s mergers and acquisitions team, left late last year.

Qatar’s Delayed Hamad International Airport To Open Mid-2014

The airport’s passenger terminal will be opened with a larger-than-planned capacity of 30 million.

Qatar’s QNB Q4 Profit Up 13.7%

The bank reported a net profit of 2.4 billion riyals ($659 million) for the final three months of 2013.

Qatar Central Bank To Sell $6.6bn In Bonds, Sukuk

The conventional bonds will be worth QAR13 billion, while the rest of the issuance will be in the form of sukuk.

Qatar: More Than Just A Gas Nation?

With a new leader at the helm and the emirate’s gas boom coming to an end, can Qatar maintain its economic and political momentum?

Controversy Over FIFA Comments On Qatar 2022 World Cup Timing

FIFA backtracks on comments made by secretary general Jerome Valcke that the 2022 World Cup in Qatar would not be played in the summer.

Qatar’s Doha Insurance Plans $120m Rights Issue

The insurer has received regulatory approval for the issuance of 24,260,000 new shares.

Qatar To Create 127,000 Tourism Jobs By 2030

Qatar’s hospitality sector is expected to boost job creation as the country continues investing heavily to promote tourism.

Egypt Summons Qatari Envoy After Criticisms Of Crackdown

Egypt accuses Qatar and its Doha-based Al Jazeera television channel of backing the Muslim Brotherhood.

Qatar Signs Aid Deal Worth $1.25bn For Morocco

Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the UAE agreed in 2012 to provide aid worth a total $5 billion to Morocco in the period 2012-2017.

Assessing Qatari Real Estate In 2013

Preparations for the 2022 FIFA World Cup are driving the Qatari real estate market forward, says Dr Tobias Plate, Senior Partner at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants Middle East

Qatar Offers To Help Iran Develop World’s Biggest Gas Field

According to the IEA, the South Pars field holds around 51 trillion cubic metres of gas and some 50 billion barrels of condensate.

Qatar Fund In Talks To Invest $200m In Indian Property

Qatar Investment Authority is holding “conversations” with Kotak Realty Fund, says source.

Dubai’s Drake & Scull Wins $109m Contract In Qatar

The firm won a deal for mechanical, electrical and plumbing work at the Mall of Qatar, which is now under construction near Doha.