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Qatar To List $12bn Firm With Wealth Fund Assets

Qatar Holding’s vice-chairman says the firm will invest in shares, bonds and private equity.

FIFA is considering a request from the South American Football Confederation for hosts Qatar to play Ecuador a day earlier than previously planned

Qatar To Spend $120bn In Seven Years For 2022 World Cup

The tiny Gulf state will spend $220 billion in total as part of its National Vision 2030.

Drake & Scull Wins QAR300m Qatar Contract

As part of the contract, DSI will undertake MEP works for a mixed-use real estate development in Doha.

Qatar Insurance To Sell 20% Stake To Qatar Holding

The company will sell 21.4 million new shares to existing shareholders priced at 45 riyals each.

Qatar May Invest Up To $3.5bn In Russian Bank VTB

VTB, Russia’s second largest bank, could issue the Qatari wealth fund with $1.5 billion of new equity, says report.

Qatar Boosts Tiffany & Co Stake To 8.7%

The Qatar Investment Fund first acquired a 5.2 per cent stake in April last year.

Credit Suisse’s Banking Head In Qatar Resigns

Rami Touma, a director at the bank, has been running Credit Suisse’s Qatar investment banking business since 2007.

Qatar Posts $26bn Budget Surplus In Q2

More than double the 42.2 billion riyal surplus recorded in the same quarter of the previous year.

Barclays’ Bosses Duck Qatar Questions

UK authorities have been investigating the bank’s fundraising from Qatar at the height of the 2008 financial crisis since July.

Qatar Steel Awards Siemens $38m Contract

Qatar Steel, a subsidiary of Industries Qatar, launched a $5.7 billion aluminium plant in December 2009.

Dubai’s ENOC Signs Contract With Qatar For Condensates

Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) aims to reduce imports of extra light oil from Iran.

Qatar To Invest $1.34bn In Greek SMEs

The Greek investment scheme is similar to a Qatari plan to invest in Italian companies.

Qatar Puts Hold On £3bn Chelsea Barracks Plan

The UK economy has given the Gulf state reasons to be concerned about the development.

Qtel CEO Addresses Telecoms Gender Divide

Dr Nasser Marafih uses the World Economic Forum in Davos to highlight the issue.

Qatar’s CBQ Posts 19% Q4 Profit Jump, Missing Estimates

The bank earned 447 million riyals in Q4. Analysts had forecast profit of 452.4 million riyals.

Qatar Islamic Bank Appoints New CEO

Bassel Gamal will be responsible for “all the companies and institutions affiliated to QIB inside Qatar and abroad.”

Qatar’s Hamad International Airport Opening April 1

Initially 12 airlines will fly to the new airport and Qatar Airways will move its entire operations in the second half of the year.

Greek PM To Visit Qatar To Discuss Investment

The trip follows the withdrawal of Qatar last week from a multi-billion euro tender to develop Athens’ old airport.

Qatar Telecom Close To Clinching $1bn Loan

Qtel plans to use the amount to fund general business operations, sources said.

Vodafone Qatar Reports Narrowing Q3 Loss

A 26 per cent rise in customers helps the operator trim its losses.

Currency Crisis Won’t Stop Qatar’s Soc Gen Buy

The Gulf bank is buying a 77 per cent stake in National Societe Generale Bank.

Qatar Airways Denies Talks To Buy SpiceJet Stake

Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker says the carrier has no plans to acquire stakes in any Indian airlines.

Qatar Flying Dreamliner To Munich, Zurich And Frankfurt

Four European routes now feature the aircraft, which remains the subject of an FAA review

Doha Bank Sells Shares To Increase Capital

The Qatari bank will hold a local rights issue as it plans to match the capital levels of its peers.

QNB Posts 11.1% Rise In 2012 Net Profit; Plans To Hire Thousands

Qatar National Bank, the Gulf state’s biggest lender, made a record net profit of QAR8.3 billion last year.

Qatar Airways Sells Cargolux Stake To Luxembourg

Qatar Airways bought the 35 per cent stake last year and sold it back for the original price of $117.5 million.

Qatar Calls For Arab Force In Syria

Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani said Arabs “must think seriously” about resolving the crisis.

Tiger Woods Excluded From Qatar Masters

Qatar Golf Association refuses to meet the former world number one’s $3 million fee.

Qatar Airways’ Al Baker Dismisses Dreamliner Concerns

The carrier’s chief executive has said he is not worried by the latest faults to affect Boeing’s 787 aircraft.

Further Problems For Boeing Dreamliner Aircrafts

Two more 787s have been grounded after mechanical problems and fuel leaks.