QIB secures top awards at The Asset Awards 2024
Tribune News NetworkdohaQatar Islamic Bank (QIB) the leading Islamic bank in Qatar achieved remarkable recognition at The Asset Triple A Islamic Finance Awards 2024 securing five prestigious awards. The accolades re
Venture capitalists are divided on Harris or Trump
AgenciesBeing a venture capitalist carries a lot of prestige in Silicon Valley. Those who choose which startups to fund see themselves as fostering the next big waves of technology.So when some of the industrys bigg
QDB named Best Digital Bank at 2024 Banking Excellence Awards
AgenciesQatar Development Bank was named the Best Digital Bank in Qatar at the 2024 Banking Excellence Awards by MEED research and media platform in recognition of its distinguished efforts in the field of digital transformation an
ICBF career development workshop empowers attendees on their path to success
The Indian Community Benevolent Forum (ICBF) hosted a highly successful Career Development Workshop titled Empower Your Journey to Success on September 5. Held at the ICBF Kanjani Hall the workshop provided an invaluable opportunity for attendees to gain insights into career advancement clear their doubts about career prospects and
Qatar’s CPI sees 1.15% gain in Aug
QNAdohaThe Consumer Price Index (CPI) for August 2024 reached 107.47 points marking a 0.34 percent increase from July 2024. On a year-on-year (Y-o-Y) basis the CPI increased by 1.15 percent compared to August 2023 according to the National Planning Councils press release.Monthly changes in the CPI
The poor squeezed out by Cape Town housing shortage
AgenciesUrsula Felkers moved to Tin Can Town in 2007 after being evicted from an apartment near the centre of Cape Town when a new landlord took over. She thought she would only be in Blikkiesdorp - where row upon row of shacks stand on a desolate plot next to Cape Towns international airport - for a few months. Intended
QC, Mozambique’s CTA discuss ways to strengthen ties
Tribune News NetworkdohaQatar Chamber (QC) hosted a delegation from the Confederation of Economic Associations of Mozambique (CTA) to explore ways to enhance bilateral economic ties and boost investment cooperation. The meeting held on Sunday was led by Mozambique Vice-Minister of Economy and Finance HE Amilcar Paia Tivane and chaired by QC First Vice-Chairman Moh
Siemens delays for Turkish nuclear plant prompt supply from China
AgenciesThe opening of Turkeys first nuclear plant has been delayed after Germanys Siemens Energy withheld key parts prompting Russias Rosatom to buy them in China a top Turkish official said Wednesday.Siemenss non-delivery could delay launching the Akkuyu power plants first reactor by a few months Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Ba
Lawyers of fallen crypto mogul claim he was judged too quickly
AgenciesLawyers of one-time crytpo mogul Sam Bankman-Fried claim in an appeal filed Friday that the imprisoned FTX founder was the victim of a rush to judgment by a public that wrongly believed he was guilty of stealing billions of dollars from his customers and investors before he was even arrested.The lawyers filed papers with the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
US floats tougher rules on cheap retail products from China
AgenciesThe Biden administration appears to be expanding the scope of trade measures on China to reduce U.S. dependence on Beijing and bolster homegrown industry with the latest move aimed at cracking down on the import of cheap retail products.Yet that could trigger higher prices for U.S. consumers who flock to popular shopping sites like Temu and Shein.President
Tunisia fisherwomen battle inequality, climate change
AgenciesOff a 3quiet Tunisian island Sara Souissi readies her small fishing boat. As a woman in the male-dominated trade she rows against entrenched patriarchy but also environmental threats to her livelihood. Souissi began fishing as a teenager in a family of fishers off their native Kerkennah Islands near the city of Sfax defying men who believed she had no pla
Russian central bank hikes rate; inflation jumps
AgenciesRussias central bank has raised interest rates to 19 percent amid the countrys ongoing Ukraine offensive warning inflation was running too high and it needed to cool the economy.Inflation was running at an annual rate of 9.05 percent in August the countrys statistics agency said earlier this week. Russia has faced economic headaches since launchin
Boeing and striking workers to resume negotiations
AgenciesTalks between Boeing and striking US factory workers are due to resume early next week under a federal mediator the government said Friday after workers voted overwhelmingly to reject an earlier proposal from the embattled aviation giant. Thousands of Boeing factory workers in the United States walked off the job Friday over the pay dispute its first stri
QIB drives innovation, sustainability as platinum sponsor of Arab Banking Conference 2024
Tribune News NetworkdohaQatar Islamic Bank (QIB) Qatars leading digital bank played a key role as the Platinum Sponsor of the Union of Arab Banks (UAB) Arab Banking Conference 2024 which concluded on September 11 in Doha.Held under the esteemed patronage of Qatar Central Bank Governor Sheikh Bandar bin Mohammed bin Saoud Al Thani the con
QC meeting explores investment options in Malaysia’s Selangor
Tribune News NetworkDohaQatar Chamber (QC) hosted a trade delegation from Malaysia led by Tengku Sulaiman Shah Al-Haj Prince of the State of Selangor. QC First Vice Chairman Mohammed bin Ahmed bin Twar Al Kuwari met the delegation which featured representatives of several Malaysian companies.Maryam Masyitah Ahmad Termizi Charge dAffaires of the Ma
What explains the recovery in the Southern European Economies?
The Global Financial Crisis that ignited in 2007 marked the beginning of a prolonged period of economic underperformance for the Southern European Economies (SEE: Spain Greece Italy and Portugal). The significant fiscal and structural challenges faced by the SEE (among others escalating sovereign debt rigid labor markets and over-indebted private sectors) had made these countries part
QIIB announces winners of summer campaign for Visa cardholders
Tribune News NetworkDohaQIIB announced the winners of the exclusive Summer Visa Credit and Debit Card campaign which ran from July 11 to August 31 2024 and gave opportunity to all cardholders to enter the draw to win one of the 31 cash prizes totalling QR400000.The campaign draw was held in the presence of an official representative from the Ministr
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QNADohaPrime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani on Sunday attended the graduation ceremony of the 2024 batch of members of the Shafallah Center for Persons with Disabilities.The ceremony was att
Tribune News NetworkDohaThe Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) has announced the commencement of an upgrade of X-ray machines at three health centres -- Abu Bakr Al Siddiq Gharrafat Al Rayyan and West Bay starting from Sunday September 15.The insta
Tribune News NetworkParisAbdulla bin Fahad Al Attiyahs ChEzza claimed the Qatar Cup - Prix Dragon (Gr 1 PA) while Juddmontes Bluestocking won the Gr1 Qatar Prix Vermeille at the Qatar-sponsored Qatar Arc Trials Day at ParisLongchamp on Sunday.Bot
Tribune News NetworkdohaCommercial Bank has achieved an impressive upgrade in its MSCI ESG rating moving from BBB to an A rating in its most recent assessment. MSCI a leading provider of research and data on Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) factors
