‘Global News’ Archives
The Pearl-Qatar hosts Third Residents Open Day
The community event also marked a significant milestone - the third anniversary of the first residents moving to The Pearl-Qatar with more than 5,000 people now calling the Island their home. Following the success of the inaugural open day in April 2011, the Third Residents Open Day was inaugurated by The Pearl-Qatar's Director of The Central [...]
Qatar ploughs money into Shell
Gas-rich Qatar is ploughing more of its commodity wealth back into the sector with the purchase of a major stake in Royal Dutch Shell, while also reportedly eyeing a chunk of Italian oil major ENI. A Shell spokeswoman confirmed the purchase while declining to detail its size but the Middle East Economic Survey (MEES) reported earlier that [...]
INJAZ Qatar announces launch of 2012 Business Leaders Campaign
NJAZ Qatar, a non-profit organization and affiliate of Junior Achievement (JA) Worldwide, has worked with its trusted partners to develop the Business Leaders' Campaign (BLC). The program, which is delivered by nine local business leaders from a diverse range of sectors, launched at the end of March and is currently rolling out across five local [...]
Sharath, Amalraj fail to make it to London Olympics
New Delhi: Star Indian paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal and national champion Anthony Amalraj failed to book a berth for the upcoming London Games after crashing out of the World Olympic Qualification Table Tennis Tournament in Doha, Qatar on Saturday. Former national champion Poulomi Ghatak also could not qualify for the Olympics after a 2-4 loss [...]
Polysilicon plant to fuel Qatar’s solar power drive
By Bonnie James Deputy News Editor Qatar could eventually generate over 6.5 gigawatt (GW) or 6,500 megawatt of electricity from the sun if all the raw material produced at the $1bn high-quality solar grade polysilicon plant, being set up by Qatar Solar Technologies, is converted into solar panels. “If the initial production of 8,000 metric [...]
Qatar buys ‘major’ stake in oil giant Shell
Qatar is ploughing more of its commodity wealth back into the sector with the purchase of a major stake in Royal Dutch Shell while also reportedly eyeing a chunk of Italian oil major ENI. A Shell spokeswoman confirmed the purchase while declining to detail its size but the Middle East Economic Survey (MEES) reported earlier that Qatar’s [...]
Qatari Businessmen Organise Business etiquette and INTERN protocol
E-Mail Article Printer-Friendly Translate Share Article Text Size (MENAFN - Qatar News Agency) Qatari Businessmen Association (QBA) on Wednesday announced it will organize a business etiquette and international protocol course in collaboration with the business consulting group as of May 20 and runs for three days. QBA [...]
Cox hopes for investment after agreements struck with Qatar
Premier Paula Cox hopes the signing of a pair of major tax and economic cooperation agreements with “impressive” Qatar will lead to investment in the Island by the gas-rich Gulf nation. She noted the Qatar Investment Authority had already invested in global tourism, including a resort in Cuba. Premier Cox said a Qatari delegation planned [...]
Shell Says Qatar Sovereign Wealth Fund to Be Shareholder
Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) welcomed Qatar as an investor as the country’s sovereign wealth fund prepares to buy a 3 to 5 percent stake in Europe’s biggest oil company. “We are delighted to welcome the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) as a long term and major shareholder in Shell, and particularly given our excellent strategic [...]
Iranian rail firms seek foothold in Qatar
DOHA: Iran has a fairly huge rail system and companies that specialize in the construction of rail networks, so given an opportunity these firms could play a major role in the construction of rail and metro networks in Qatar and rest of the GCC, according to a senior official from Iranian Railways. “I am not into politics but I am hopeful [...]
