 | Qatar-China trade up 72%: QBA AS part of the plan to promote
and strengthen the Sino-Qatari
relations, the Qatari
Businessmen Association (QBA)
has signed a memorandum of
understanding (MoU) with the
China-Qatar Business Council
(CQBC).
The MoU was signed by QBA
Chairman Sheikh Faisal .
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| | Greece´s creditors leave
Athens, talks to continue |  THE representatives of
Greece´s private creditors left
Athens unexpectedly on
Saturday without a deal on a
debt swap plan that is vital to
avert a disorderly default,
sources close to the negotiations
told Reuters.
Negotiations will continue
over the phone during the
weekend but it is unlikely that
an agreement can be clinched
before next week, the sources
said, as Athens races against
the clock to strike a deal.
A lot of progress has been
made on the details of the plan
during talks between Athens
and Institute of International
Finance chief Charles Dallara,
sources say, but any deal
needs the approval of the IMF
and eurozone countries, who
insist on a substantial cut in
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| | G20 pushes Europe for extra steps to fight crisis |  GROUP of 20 nations agreed
to push Europe to take extra
steps to resolve the debt crisis
on Friday as they inch toward
a deal to boost the
International Monetary
Fund´s firepower.
Mexico Deputy Finance
Minister Gerardo Rodriguez
said talks between G20 officials
in Mexico City on
Thursday and Friday were a
"good starting point" but no
specifics were agreed on how
to shore up the Washingtonbased
lender.
"I think there is a good willingness
for dialogue with all
the countries, European, non-
European, the United States,
Brazil," he said at a news conference
at the end of the twoday
meeting, the first of
Mexico´s G20 presidency.
"There is a recognition of the
measures Europe ... |
| | Brewer to head Sam´s Club
retail chain of Wal-Mart |
 WAL-MART Stores on
Friday named Rosalind
Brewer president and chief
executive of its Sam´s Club
warehouse retail chain,
marking the first time that
the world´s largest retailer
will have a woman and an
African-American leading
one of its three business
units.
Brewer, 49, will replace
Brian Cornell on February 1
at the start of the company´s
fiscal year, Wal-Mart said.
She most recently ran
Walmart US operations on
the East Coast.
Cornell, 52, recently told
Bentonville, Arkansas-based
Wal-Mart that he and his
wife want to move back to the
Northeast to be closer to their
children.
Wal-Mart also promoted
two other women on Friday ... |
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