business - Building green
In the midst of burgeoning infrastructural development within the GCC comes the growing need for more sustainable construction technologies.
business - Behind on Backup
Companies routinely risk everything by ignoring basic backup procedures. Learn the few simple steps that could one day save your business.
Qatar Foundation and FC Barcelona
Just two weeks after Qatar was chosen as the host country for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Qatar Foundation has become the most generous shirt sponsor in football history.
business - Securing a cleaner world
An engineer at Texas A&M University-Qatar (TAMUQ), Prof. Ozalp has won awards even before testing has verified her discovery. Indeed, she could be holding the key to the economically viable production of one of the cleanest, safest forms of fuel and electricity. Testing of Prof. Ozalp’s production process in a solar reactor built by Germany’s prestigious Frauenhofer Institute and verified by the German Aerospace Centre constitutes the litmus test.
Business Reads
This month we review four titles that were short-listed for the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award. The award honours the book that offers the most moving and enjoyable insight into modern business issues, with the 2010 winner…
Al Dhameen Direct Finance
In October this year, Qatar Development Bank (QDB), the leading provider of direct financing for the development of the State’s private sector, introduced the Al Dhameen Indirect Lending Programme targeting local entrepreneurs under the slogan by telling them to ‘leave it with us’.
Something Ventured, Funding Gained
Got a big idea but banks don’t want to lend? Don’t lose that entrepreneurial spirit. You can Capitalise elsewhere! The end of the recession has entrepreneurs ready to launch new businesses and ideas. But with banks still reluctant to lend, how does the start-up get itself off the ground?
Banking on the Future
Qatar’s Virgin Health Bank has an ambitious plan that could shape the future of the Arab world.
