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Qfinace Niche Theme; Global...
Product pegging is a core skill and Nigel Newton, Chief Executive, Bloomsbury, has honed it well. The launch of QFinance, the one-stop guide for finance professionals, is testimony for that. Created by Bloomsbury Information Ltd in association with Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) Authority, the publication has been compiled by finance profes...
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Disabled Children in a...
Jasim Abdul-Rahman Al Haydous has never missed a single day of class at Abu Baker Aseedeq Preparatory Independent School for Boys. Every morning he enters the Principal's office with a cheerful greeting, then saunters down the hallway in a faintly lopsided gait. He is familiar with the corridors - on the left are photos of HH Sheikha Moza...
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Human Sigma Managing Employee...
Dr John H. Fleming Principal and Chief Scientist, Customer Engagement and HumanSigma for Gallup In an exclusive two-part interview to Qatar Today, Dr John H Fleming, Principal and Chief Scientist, Customer Engagement and HumanSigma for Gallup throws light on what companies can do to keep employee engagement u...
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Bust Goes the Balance:...
End of 2007, the world woke up to a new concept in finance – sub prime. But that was in the US, we all thought. September 15, 2008 saw Wall Street giant Lehman Brothers filing the largest bankruptcy petition in US history. And the stock indices – from Nikkei to Hang Seng to Kospi to BSE Sensex to FTSE to Dow Jones Composite Av...
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QT TOP 10
Despite the differences in the decline in price indices among GCC and Arab Stock exchanges, panic and fear still prevailed. The scenario got much worse as majority of the investors started liquidating their shares, and the share price indices plunged to unprecedented levels in what appeared as a series of continuous and endless falls. ...
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To be the best in the world
This is the mandate of one of the most visible, most conspicuous brands in the country. And this self-given mandate comes from none other than the steward of the brand for 11 years, Akbar Al Baker, CEO, Qatar Airways. Al Baker is succinct when we ask him how he feels having nurtured Brand Qatar Airways for nearly a decade. "I am never co...
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Back to BasicsQatar experiments with organic farming to produce more home-grown productsBy Nadia Ismail Qatar's food production will soon take on a whole new meaning, with the proposed introduction of organic farming to the country. Under a new scheme introduced by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Agriculture (MMAA), the beginnin...
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Online Education - Reaching...
Internat Penetration in the Middle East as of 2007 was 17.4 percent against the global figure of 20 percent. With such high penetration levels it is assumed that the use of technology in education is high in the region. But through a survey conducted to perceive the attitude and perceptions of Young Arabs towards Online Education (OE...
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Niche banker, par excellence
The pronounced trait of this understated banker is a quiet confidence that is born of sound knowledge and well rounded exposure to his trade. “It would be unwise for anyone to think that we will not be impacted in Qatar by the global financial crisis. However, HSBC believes that Qatar has a prudent economic management system and str...
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Looking at Stronger Ties
A second stint in Doha after a gap of almost 30 years should give a seasoned diplomat a reasonable time space to reconstruct the image of the city in his mind's eye. While his impression of the country continues to be fine-tuned, His Excellency Joseph Evan Lebaron, US Ambassador to Qatar, who took charge here last July, has no doubts abou...
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