Qatar Focus
New IT system for QNB
- Qatar National Bank has gone live with a brand new IT system from Misys, the latest innovation from this forward thinking local financial institution.
- Qatar: Thursday, May 26 - 2005 at 10:00 |
Qatar due to overtake Swiss per capita GDP
- Next year GDP per capita in Qatar is likely to overtake Switzerland, making Qatar the richest country on earth.
- Qatar: Tuesday, May 17 - 2005 at 15:25 |
Doha has 37 hotel projects in progress
- Driven by its ambition to be the biggest producer of LNG in the world by 2012, Doha also recognizes the need to expand its local hospitality industry mainly for commercial visitors. Indeed, Doha now has an impressive 37 new hotels under construction or in advanced planning.
- Qatar: Monday, May 09 - 2005 at 16:27 |
Qatar Finance Centre launches on May 1
- The new Qatar Finance Centre, offering a special legal environment and regulatory zone for financial institutions is to launch on May 1. How will it measure up to the existing regional financial hub in Bahrain, and its upcoming rival the Dubai International Financial Centre?
- Qatar: Saturday, April 30 - 2005 at 09:23 |
Qatar Shell to be a major Shell subsidiary
- This year Qatar Shell has signed landmark agreements for the $6-7 billion Qatargas 4 LNG plant and a $2 billion petrochemical plant deal. Plus Qatar Shell is an anchor tenant for the Qatar Foundation’s new Science & Technology Park, and has the multi-billion dollar Pearl gas-to-liquids project agreed last July.
- Qatar: Monday, April 25 - 2005 at 17:48 |
Sir John Bond visits HSBC in Doha
- Earlier this month HSBC Group Chairman Sir John Bond visited Doha. This is a mark of just how important the world’s second largest bank now views its operations in Qatar where the government is planning to spend in excess of $100 billion over the next few years.
- Qatar: Sunday, April 24 - 2005 at 14:53 |
Is The Pearl-Qatar the best real estate investment in the Gulf?
- With an estimated net rental yield of around 10%, large floor plans and plots, and a unique location in one of the world’s fastest growing economies, The Pearl-Qatar is an outstanding investment opportunity.
- Qatar: Sunday, April 24 - 2005 at 10:42 |
Doha Securities Market: how much higher can share values go?
- Spotting a stock market that is in the final stages of ‘irrational exuberance’ should not be difficult. The Doha Securities looks to be such a market heading for a fall despite some impressive economic fundamentals.
- Qatar: Saturday, April 23 - 2005 at 16:34 |
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