About 70 per cent of companies in the GCC are also planning to increase headcount next year, says new survey.
The company made a third quarter net profit of 1.07 billion riyals while domestic revenue for the first nine months rose 9.4 per cent.
Senior spokespeople confirm that Qatar will meet its construction deadline for the World Cup.
The tiny Gulf state is looking to host pre-season testing and eventually its own grand prix at its Losail Circuit.
Reports claimed that Silvio Berlusconi was considering selling a 30 per cent stake to Qatar for 250 million euros.
Global firms and large regional names are losing their top talent to Qatari lenders who offer better pay and stability.
Qatar’s indicator for sector performance in the region reports a 15 per cent rise in net profit for first nine months of the year.
The assets being sold include land in Qatar and the Barwa New Cairo project in Egypt.
The Qatari telecoms operator is to own almost all of Kuwait’s Wataniya network as Kuwait Investment Authority sell up.
Order books for the deal reportedly hit over $6 billion ahead of launch.
The Qatari lender, part-owned by Qatar Holding, revealed profits last year of 243.7 million riyals.
Chief Executive Al-Baker says his airline will not join British Airways as part of the airline alliance.
As Qatar modernises itself for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, conservative traditionalists express concern.
A whistle-stop tour of Singapore, UAE and London as Deutsche Bank, HSBC and QInvest LLC are mandated for the Islamic bond.
The Gulf state will help set-up a Franco-Qatari fund aimed at investing millions of Euros into depressed French suburbs.
The investment bank is reducing staff in Dubai and relocating some jobs to Qatar, say sources.
The Qatari lender said that it will use the additional capital to meet strategic business requirements.
Sheikh Abdullah bin Saud al-Thani estimates two to three per cent inflation for 2012.
The bank has hired HSBC, Standard Chartered, Deutsche Bank and QInvest to manage the issuance.
The Qatari bank has bought the properties as it looks to capitalise on London’s growing demand for high-end real estate.
Egypt’s biggest investment bank, EFG Hermes and Qatar’s QInvest had reached an agreement in May 2012.
Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund has built up a stake of more than 12 per cent in mining company Xstrata.
Qatar Telecom has already received approval to buy the remaining 47.5 per cent stake in Wataniya for $2.2 billion.
Saudi Arabia came second, followed by the UAE in the World Economic Forum’s annual ranking.
The hacking attack is the latest in a wave of cyber attacks on news agencies and energy companies in the region.
The bank has hired JP Morgan to advise on its planned buyout of the French bank’s Middle Eastern asset.
The company confirmed that operational systems both onsite and offshore are secure and that production is not affected.
The state-owned operator repaid the five-year syndicated term loan from existing funds.
Fees from Qatar Investment Authority paid to the British bank are being scrutinised by the UK’s Serious Fraud Office.
The increasing volume of activity in the build-up to the 2022 FIFA World Cup has pushed up costs in Qatar, says study.