Topic: Qatar
Mideast investors eyeing possible deal with BP as oil giant seeks major funding, reports sayBP may look to sovereign wealth funds, including in the oil-rich Middle East, to fend off takeover bids amid mounting costs from the Gulf of Mexico oil leak ...
DOHA (Reuters) - Qatar is expected to be the largest source of global real estate capital during 2010, real estate consultancy Jones Lang LaSalle said in a report published on Sunday. The country, which has emerged as "a new global powerhouse," is ...
Eleven major natural gas exporting countries meeting in Algeria decided on Monday to work towards a long term plan to index prices with oil, Algeria's Energy Minister Chakib Khelil said. "A reliable and adequate supply of gas at a price that reflects ...
A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the worldA look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Tuesday: ___ ATHENS, Greece — Greece's borrowing costs shot up following a report, later denied, ...
Decisions to tighten or relax trade protection for elephants in Zambia and two species of sharks prized for their fins or meat could be overturned on the last day of a key UN wildlife meeting on Thursday. The final plenary session of ...
Europe's biggest car maker, Volkswagen, on Tuesday unveiled a huge capital increase designed to ensure financial stability and strong credit ratings as it takes over the sports car maker Porsche. VW said it would raise around 4.42 billion euros (5.96 billion dollars) ...
After a string defeats for conservationists on marine species, a temperate zone shark was listed Tuesday for trade protection by the UN body that oversees cross-border commerce in wildlife. The Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), meeting in Doha, ...
The UN body overseeing global trade in threatened species has rejected a bid to regulate cross-border commerce in hammerhead shark -- most highly prized by Asian gourmets of sharkfin soup. The 175-nation Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), meeting ...
The UN body overseeing commerce in endangered wildlife on Thursday rejected a proposal to outlaw international trade in eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna, a sushi mainstay in Japan. The controversial proposal for so-called Appendix I status was quashed with 68 votes ...
The UN body overseeing commerce in endangered wildlife on Thursday rejected a proposal to outlaw international trade in eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna, a sushi mainstay in Japan. The controversial proposal for so-called Appendix I status was quashed with 68 votes ...