Total state spending stood at QAR178.2 billion, slightly below the initial plan of QAR178.6 billion for the fiscal year ended in March.
The Bayt.com index survey found that 30 per cent of MENA companies are hiring in the next three months.
The carrier will operate its Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet to Delhi and Bangalore from September 1.
A security source said the nine were “prominent participants suspected of incitement and chanting hostile slogans”.
Ali bin Saleh Al-Barrak has been serving as the CEO of the utility since October 2006.
Tumbling bonuses in the west and improved employment prospects in the UAE are attracting British expats to the country.
The industry is growing because of increased business activity in the region.
The German automotive brand saw deliveries for its Passat model rise 415 per cent on last year.
Skrill, an online payment system in Europe, was sold to funds advised by CVC Capital Partners.
UAE-based Crescent Petroleum is one of the companies to bid for the onshore and offshore blocks.
Saudi foreign minister Prince Saud al-Faisal met French president Francois Hollande with both calling for fresh elections in Egypt.
Emirates NBD, a majority stake-holder in UP, sold down its stake from around 48 per cent to around 31.4 per cent in the first half of this year.
What’s it like for pilots and crew onboard an A380? Dominic Ellis popped into the Emirates Aviation Experience to find out.
The majority of students in Dubai-based universities are from the UAE, according to official data.
David Bernstein, former chairman of the English Football Association said moving the event from summer to winter was not viable.
Gallup’s annual ‘Payroll to Population’ survey finds that 56 per cent of the region’s population does not participate in the workforce.
The prince said Tareq al-Suwaidan, who has more than 1.9 million Twitter followers, had identified himself as “one of the leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood”.
Dubai’s aircraft movements rose 7.4 per cent in the first half of this year as compared to same period last year.
Political unrest and sectarian conflicts in countries like Egypt and Syria have deterred potential investments in the region.
Activists in the Kingdom have been demanding more democratic reform for two and a half years.
Egyptian Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi proposed dissolving the group in a move that would force it underground and could usher in mass arrests of its members countrywide.
The Foreign Office said on August 6 it had withdrawn all staff from the embassy due to a high threat of kidnapping.
Hundreds were killed in Egypt last week when the security forces cleared protest camps set up by the Muslim Brotherhood.
GFH Capital offloaded a 10 per cent stake to Bahrain-based International Investment Bank earlier this year. It has now sold a total of more than half the shares.
Karman was the first Arab woman and second Muslim woman to win the Nobel peace prize.
Bullion imports are plunging as an increase in tax on financing shipments boosts costs for jewellers. But can the move really save the country’s economy?
The contractor revealed second quarter net profit of Dhs92.4 million, up from a loss of Dhs11.6 million on the same period in 2012.
Banks in Qatar have been waiting for the central bank’s guidance on how debt instruments will be treated under the new Basel standards.
Abu Dhabi duty free revenues touched Dhs437.6 million in the first half of 2013, up 17.4 per cent from the same period last year.
The investment firm has acquired a stake in Republika Academic Apartments, which has two buildings in Istanbul.