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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.

Qatar To Boost European LNG Sales As Gas Trades At 7-Year High

Qatari shipments to Europe under medium- or long-term contracts will rise 22 per cent in 2014, the biggest jump since 2009.

Qatar Plans First IPO Since 2010

Mesaieed Petrochemical, a unit of Qatar Petroleum, plans to launch an $880 million IPO In January.

Qatar Airways Starts Hangzhou Flights

Doha carrier flies into scenic Hangzhou which features a rapidly expanding hi-tech and hotel scene

Al Jazeera Weighs Bid For $1bn Turkish Pay-TV Firm Digiturk

Al Jazeera’s interest in Digiturk stems from the pay-TV operator’s access to football rights in the country, sources said.

Deadly MERS Coronavirus Found in Camels on Qatari Farm

Since September 2012, MERS-CoV has infected at least 163 people and killed 71 of them, according to the WHO.

Qatar Launches Mega Bridge Project Ahead Of World Cup 2022

Construction of the Sharq project will start in 2015 and completion will be by 2021.

Qatar Raises 2013 Economic Growth Forecast To 6%

GDP growth in the world’s top liquefied natural gas exporter is forecast to ease to 4.6 per cent in 2014.

Qatar’s CBQ Eyes Local Bank Tie-Ups, Bonds To Fund Infrastructure

The lender, which recently bought a 74.2 per cent stake in Turkey’s Alternatifbank, is also open to further foreign acquisitions, says CEO.

Qatar Airways Provides Online Tourist Visas

One-month visas can now be booked online priced $55 per person

Mall Of Qatar To Boast “Completely Different” Offering To Dubai

Mall of Qatar’s general manager says the complex will set the standard for malls internationally.

Dubai Index Rises To 5-Year High; Qatar Gains

The DFM General Index climbed 1.3 per cent to 3,199.88, the highest since October 2008.