Showing posts from November 5, 2012

Sweden targets MENA markets for growth

ASIF IQBAL DOHA A HOST of Swedish firms are targeting the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region to increase exports to offset the slowdown in the European markets, and the government is taking …

QNB, IQ among FT’s top 500 global firms

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA THE Financial Times (FT) recently released its list of the top 500 global companies by market capitalisation as at end- September 2012. The total market capitalisation of t…

Algeria offers incentives to energy firms

REUTERS ALGIERS ALGERIA plans to start linking taxes on foreign energy firms to profits instead of turnover, according to draft amendments to its hydrocarbons law aimed at making the sector more att…

Erdogan signals Turkish Air, Lufthansa ‘joint management’

REUTERS ISTANBUL LUFTHANSA and Turkish Airlines should deepen their existing ties, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday, but it was not immediately clear what he meant and both com…

Sandy-hit NY’s oil terminal IMTT resumes operations

REUTERS NEW YORK THE 16-million-barrel International-Matex Tank Terminals (IMTT) oil terminal in Bayonne, New Jersey has partially re-opened following power losses due to superstorm Sandy, its opera…

ASD volunteers work in Maldives, Mozambique

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA STUDENTS and teachers at the American School of Doha (ASD) volunteered during their Eid holidays to work on two of ASD’s homegrown conservation and service projects in the …

Katara unveils 3 expos to coincide with DTFF

RAMY SALAMA DOHA THREE art exhibitions featuring cinematic figures such as Elizabeth Taylor and classic television series ‘I Dream of Jeannie’ opened at Katara on Sunday to coincide with the upcomin…

QU, US varsity renew research partnership

CATHERINE W GICHUKI DOHA QATAR University’s (QU) Social and Economic Survey Research Institute (SESRI) on Sunday renewed its partnership agreement with the University of Michigan’s (UM) Institute fo…

MoI training programme educates Asian expatriates on traffic safety

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA THE first traffic safety training programme for representatives of Asian community bodies organised by the Traffic Department of the Ministry of Interior concluded recently…

Army chief to visit Lanka in December

IANS HYDERABAD TORRENTIAL rains continued to batter coastal Andhra Pradesh on Sunday, claiming 22 lives, inundating hundreds of villages, paralysing road and rail traffic and damaging crops. The rai…

75% votes cast in Himachal assembly polls

IANS SHIMLA/NEW DELHI HIMACHAL Pradesh on Sunday registered a record high polling of around 75 percent in elections for 68 assembly constituencies, Election Commission officials said. The state’s Ch…

Congress attacks detractors, highlights reforms at rally

IANS NEW DELHI BUFFETED by charges of corruption against its government, a combative Congress on Sunday hit out at detractors saying it would give them a “fitting reply” and also touted the benefits…

69% Qataris in professional, clerical jobs; workers’ number up 5%

ASIF IQBAL DOHA NEARLY 69 percent of economically active Qataris are professionals or clerks though white collar workers comprise only 9 percent of the country’s labour force, a Qatar Statistics Aut…

Iran’s hope of Syria hostage release rests on Qatar: Salehi

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA THE Emir His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani’s visit to the Gaza Strip has been lauded by Iran as exemplary for other Arab and Islamic countries. Having expresse…

SNC makeover meet remains divided

AP DOHA SHARP disagreements arose on Sunday on the first day of a Syrian opposition conference meant to forge a more cohesive leadership that the international community says is necessary before it …
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