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MSCI Includes Nine UAE Stocks, 10 Qatari Stocks In Emerging Markets Index

QNB, Industries Qatar and NBAD will be the three largest additions to the MSCI Emerging Markets Index.

Qatar Sets Out Labour Reforms After Rights Criticism, But No Timetable

The proposed reforms include replacing a contentious sponsorship law, known as “kafala”, in which workers need their employer’s permission to change jobs.

Qatar’s Ooredoo Signs Islamic Loans Worth $498m

The company has agreed one-year murabahas – a sharia-compliant cost-plus-profit arrangement -with Qatar Islamic Bank, Masraf Al-Rayyan and Barwa Bank.

Etihad Makes Shift To Qatar’s New Hamad Airport

The Abu Dhabi carrier flies four times daily to Qatari capital Doha.

Qatar’s Katara Hospitality Inks Deal With Starwood To Operate Milan Hotel

Katara-owned Excelsior Hotel Gallia will be a part of Starwood’s Luxury Collection portfolio, making it the brand’s seventh hotel in Italy.

Qatar Airways Moves To The New Hamad International Airport

The facility will become the new home for the national carrier of the state of Qatar.

Qatar Bourse Says To List First Exchange-Traded Funds

The launch of the two funds will follow MSCI’s upgrade of Qatar to emerging market status later this month.

QP To Spend Around $11bn To Redevelop Offshore Oil Field

The project includes the expansion of a QP-owned gas processing plant at Mesaieed to help collect about 900 million cubic feet of sour gas per day.

Serco Enters Middle East Defence Market With Qatar Deal

Serco will provide postgraduate-level military education courses for Qatar’s officers in the navy, army and air force, in partnership with Britain’s Ministry of Defence and King’s College London.

Qatar Sees No Worrying Rise In Concentration Of Bank Lending

Qatar spent roughly 6.5 per cent of GDP on capital injections and other measures to maintain stability in its banking sector following the 2008 global credit crunch.

Barwa Real Estate To Sell Project To Qatari Diar For $2bn

The deal is part of an agreement by Barwa to sell assets worth a $7.1 billion to Qatari Diar.

Qatar Airways To Receive Its First A380 By Early June

Delivery coincides with the Doha-based carrier shifting its operations to Hamad International Airport

Qatar Airways CEO Says Company Fully Government Owned

Qatar’s sovereign fund bought a 50 per cent stake from Qatar’s former prime minister and other shareholders last year.

Qatar Airways To Launch Al Maha Airways In KSA In November

CEO Akbar Al Baker said it will operate eight A320s in the Kingdom.

Wyndham Brings Garden Hotel Brand To Doha

The four star property will be Wyndham’s second in Doha, following the opening of the Wyndham Grand Regency in 2011.

Qatar Lifts Retail Diesel Prices By 50%

The move apparently aims to curb smuggling of fuel in the Gulf country, a local newspaper reported.

Qatar’s Ooredoo Q1 Net Profit Rises On Asset Sale

The telco made a net profit of 887 million riyals ($243.62 million) in the three months ended March 31, it said in a statement.

Qatari Fund Buys UK’s Heritage Oil For $1.6bn

Heritage said that it was recommending a 320 pence per share cash offer, which represented a 25 per cent premium to its closing price the day before the approach was announced.

Qatar’s Barwa Real Estate Q1 Net Profit Jumps 67%

The developer said its profit for the three months to March 31 was 265.1 million riyals ($72.8 million), up from 158.5 million riyals in the same period of 2013.

Hamad International Airport Takes Off

Ten airlines are now operating out of the $17 billion facility and all others will switch by May 27

Commercial Bank Of Qatar Q1 Net Profit Rises 8%

The bank earned a net profit of 548 million riyals ($150.5 million) for the opening three months of 2014.

MSCI To Cut Weights Of Some Qatar, UAE Stocks

The document said the weightings of eight stocks would be reduced “as they may pose accessibility issues to international institutional investors”.

Qatar’s Al Jazeera Files $150m Damages Claim With Egypt

The company filed a compensation claim on Monday for what it said was damage to its media business inflicted by Cairo’s military-backed rulers.

Qatar Airways Launching A380 London Heathrow Services In June

Airline’s first superjumbo scheduled to take off from the new airport

Kuwait Signs LNG Import Deal With Qatargas

Rising air conditioning demand during summer and a lack of domestic supply means Kuwait needs to import more gas each year to run its power plants.

Industries Qatar Q1 Net Profit Falls 38%

Revenue for the quarter was 1.32 billion riyals against 1.67 billion riyals in the prior-year period, it said in a statement.

Qatar’s Nakilat Q1 Profit Rises 17%

The firm made a profit of 206.3 million riyals ($56.66 million) in the three months to March 31.

FIFA Probe Into Qatar World Cup Vote May Be Over By June

FIFA’s investigation was launched last year into alleged corruption surrounding the voting procedure for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, awarded to Russia and Qatar respectively.

New Qatar Airport To Open Next Week After Delay

Initially budget airlines will operate at the airport, while other airlines will start services there in May, the airport authority said.

Qatar’s Masraf Al Rayan Q1 Net Climbs 8%, Beats Estimates

Net profit for the opening three months of the year was 432.4 million riyals ($118.8 million) , a company statement said.