Weekly jobless claims drop 92,000 to 498,000; about 16.2mn on unemployment benefits in mid-April; layoffs decrease sharply in April

A majority of Rio Tinto’s shareholders rejected the global miner’s executive pay packages yesterday, in a backlash over its destruction last year of ancient rock shelters in Western Australia.

The Qatar Stock Exchange Thursday saw more than 51% of the traded constituents make gains although it treaded a flat path overall for the second consecutive day.

Bilateral trade between Qatar and India amounted to nearly $8.7bn in 2020, and India ranks as Qatar’s third trade partner, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry said on Thursday.

Floward, the go-to online flowers and gifts delivery destination announced its support for the charitable project “Feed the Fasting” aimed at distributing Iftar meals for people in need ...

As Singapore’s government assesses any potential change to a planned travel bubble with Hong Kong following a spike in local virus cases, families on both sides of the South China Sea are waiting and watching with bated breath – again.

Middle Eastern airlines’ passenger traffic demand fell 81.6% in March compared to March 2019, improved over an 83.1% demand drop in February, versus the same month in 2019, IATA’s latest report has shown.

Foreign institutions were increasingly net buyers on the Qatar Stock Exchange, which however treaded almost a flat path on Wednesday, amidst higher trading.

Ooredoo has announced yet another way in which its business customers can access its services with the introduction of a WhatsApp ordering facility.

QNB Group has recently received the award for ‘The Most Promising Commercial Cards Programme in MEA’ from Mastercard in recognition of the bank’s highly competitive set of commercial payment propositions.

The Qatari delegation to the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) is expected to be amongst the largest business delegations yet to be formed for an external forum of this type, noted Qatari-Russian Center for Co-operation

The UK will this week announce a new traffic light system for foreign travel to replace the current ban and kickstart this year’s summer travel. They will be rated green, amber and red, with different restrictions on travel in each of the three categories.