Qatar

March 15, 2011

Iberdrola
09:54 GMT

Qatar Holding LLC and Spain's Iberdrola, S.A. have announced today that they had signed a Strategic Memorandum of Understanding.

March 3, 2011

Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani, Qatari Prime Minister
08:26 GMT

Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani, the Qatari Prime Minister has said his country plans to invest 300 million euros in the capital of Spanish banks.

February 28, 2011

Emir of Qatar
10:32 GMT

The Emir of Qatar, Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, succeeded over the past weekend to foil a coup attempt against him, Arabic press reports claimed on Monday.

February 24, 2011

Issham Al Baher -  Once a royal Saudi yacht, reputedly Greek now. Formerly in King of SA ownership, handed down the line of relatives.  50 million Euros.
14:47 GMT

From the Arab Gulf kingdoms, to the more troubled Mid Eastern hot spots of Egypt and Iraq, leaders and patrons have their serene sea decks to keep them distracted from the noise of the rabble on stormy land! Some of the world’s richest billionaires keep floating palaces and pleasure decks, and some of these happen to be members of the royal or stately echelons of Arabia.

February 17, 2011

Qatar Bourse
12:07 GMT

The management of Qatar Exchange announced the addition of bonus shares to United Development Company (UDC) shareholders’ accounts after the increase of the Company’s capital.

January 30, 2011

Egypt bourse is closed
13:07 GMT

The bourses in several Gulf countries crashed Sunday on mounting concerns over developments in Egypt.

January 25, 2011

Woqod
09:03 GMT

Qatar has announced a hike in prices of petroleum products for the domestic market.

January 17, 2011

Qatar Exchange
14:02 GMT

Qatar Financial Markets Authority has given the green light to implement as of Tuesday the 1st of February a decision to amend tick sizes and daily trading hours at Qatar Exchange.

January 11, 2011

QNB
13:21 GMT

Qatar National Bank (QNB) announced that its net profit as of December 31, 2010 amounted to QR5.7 billion, say they increased by 35.8% on last year.

Qatar
07:46 GMT

The Qatari government has approved to the Qatar Investment Authority to buy the remaining shares in local banks.

January 10, 2011

Wataniya Mobile
08:28 GMT

Qtel says the Palestinian mobile phone operator on Sunday marked its first day of trading on the Palestine Exchange.

December 30, 2010

WikiLeaks
07:16 GMT

Senior officials in several Arab states maintain close links with the CIA.

December 26, 2010

07:43 GMT

CDs and PCs with suspected counterfeit Microsoft software confiscated.

December 22, 2010

Qatar
09:41 GMT

Mercer's 2010 total remuneration survey for Qatar shows more than two-thirds of companies are planning to hire more people in 2011.