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Sony Ericsson Championships - Doha 2009 - Day Five

Getty Images 6 days ago

DOHA, QATAR - OCTOBER 31: L-R Victoria Azarenka of Belarus,Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark, Elena Dementieva, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Dinara Safina all of Russia at the players party at the Ritz Carlton Hotel during the Sony Ericsson Championships at the Khalifa Tennis and ...

Fergie fumes over international friendlies

AFP Global Edition 8 days ago

Sir Alex Ferguson has slammed international friendlies like England's clash against Brazil in Doha next month as money-making exercises for Football Association bosses. Ferguson is furious that the majority of his squad will jet off around the world for meaningless friendlies in ...

Fergie fumes over lucrative international friendlies

AFP Global Edition 8 days ago

Sir Alex Ferguson has slammed international friendlies like England's clash against Brazil in Doha next month as money-making exercises for Football Association bosses. Ferguson is furious that the majority of his squad will jet off around the world for meaningless friendlies in ...

QTel net profit growth slows in Q3 as sales drop

AFP Global Edition 16 days ago

Profit growth at QTel shrank to nine percent in the third quarter from 59 percent in the three months to June, hit by market challenges in Kuwait and currency trends in North Africa, the Qatar telecoms giant said on Thursday. Net profit ...

Asia demand for ivory, sharks' fins set for scrutiny

AFP Global Edition 17 days ago

Proposals to restrict or ban international trade in those three products are due to be studied when the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) holds its next triennial meeting in Qatar next year. Monaco has tabled a ban for trade ...

FTSE 100 slightly up in afternoon trade

AFP European Edition 18 days ago

The leading stock exchange climbed higher at the start of trading on Tuesday after Wall Street had struck a 2009 high point overnight on hopes of global economic recovery. London's FTSE 100 index of top shares rose 0.07 percent to 5,285.53 points ...

Qatar trims Barclays bank stake

AFP Global Edition 18 days ago

Qatar's sovereign wealth fund said Tuesday it had trimmed its stake in British bank Barclays to about seven percent, sending the group's share price sliding. Qatar Holding, a division of the Qatar Investment Authority, exercised warrants to buy 379.22 million ordinary shares ...

Qatar sovereign fund sells part of Barclays stake

AP News 18 days ago

Qatar Holding sells 379M shares in Barclays, making it second Gulf fund to cash in on UK bank Barclays shares dropped 5 percent Tuesday after the British bank's largest shareholder, Qatar's sovereign wealth fund, said it was selling a stake worth more ...

Qatar's Barclays stake sale stokes Sainsbury talk

Reuters US Online Report Business News 18 days ago

LONDON (Reuters) - Qatar is selling a 1.3 billion pound ($2.1 billion) stake in British bank Barclays <BARC.L>, stoking talk it will use a big profit to make a move on UK food retailer J. Sainsbury <SBRY.L>. Qatar owns 26 percent of ...

Four Gulf states renew commitment to monetary union

AFP Global Edition 21 days ago

Gulf finance ministers and central bank governors on Saturday reiterated their commitment to a monetary union and a single currency which four states plan to launch next year. The top officials from Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia meeting in Muscat called ...

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