Ecademy: user blogs (Free subscription) | yesterday
Dave Trevena Three weeks ago my wife ( Elaine Trevena ) and I landed in Doha, Qatar. Happy to meet up with any Ecademists in the region. Warm regards
ArabianBusiness.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Hyatt Plaza shopping centre is latest in Doha to launch family-only days.
i On Global Trends (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
The Brazilian government will propose to world leaders to resume the WTO's Doha Development Round talks as a way to fight the international financial crisis, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said yesterday. In a meeting with businessmen in Sao Paulo, Lula said he had proposed the resumption of the Doha talks to U.S. President George W. Bush over the phone Wednesday. He would make the same
People Daily (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
The Brazilian government will propose to world leaders to resume the WTO's Doha Development Round talks as a way to fight the international financial crisis, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Friday. In a meeting with businessmen in Sao Paulo, Lula said he had proposed the resumption of the Doha talks to U.S. President George W. Bush over the phone Wednesday. He would make the same suggestion...
ArabianBusiness.com (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
Conference in Doha hears that situation in the Middle East region is continuing to get worse.
Liberalism-Capitalis (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
The ambitions of the Doha round has been scaled down and now it is mostly about lowering bound tariffs [...]
Hindu (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
BANGALORE: A two-day ‘World Kannada and Cultural Convention 2008,’ jointly organised by the Karnataka Sangha (Qatar) and “Hrudayavahini” newspaper, Mangalore, will be held in Doha, Qatar, from December 19. ...
Center for Global Development (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
This working paper argues that multilateral cooperation must be improved in ways beyond the scope of the limited Doha negotiations. As a period of relative abundance shifts to one of relative scarcity and as economic integration becomes ever more crucial to global security, the world needs a wider agenda of multilateral cooperation that involves more than just the WTO to address new concerns relating...
The Houston Business Journal (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Qatar Airways is postponing the launch of its Houston to Doha flight until March 30.
informationknot.com (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Reuters * Doha Bank’s 3rd-qtr earnings “consistent” * Doha Bank has no toxic assets * Doha Bank looks to Latin America, interested in Brazil By Juan Lagorio NEW YORK, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Doha Bank’s third-quarter earnings will be “consistent” with recent quarters, when Qatar’s fifth-largest bank by market value posted record profits helped by higher interest income, its chief executive [...]
Thomas P.M. Barnett :: Weblog (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
FINANCE AND ECONOMICS: "Afta Doha: Should free traders applaud the rise of preferential trade deals?" The Economist, 6 September 2008. EDITORIAL: "Regional trade agreements: A second-best choice; India's new trade deal is a good example of why bilateral trade...
The Economist (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Freer trade is under threat—but not for the usual reasons DURING a summer when the economic shadows darkened so dramatically, few paid attention to the collapse—yet again—of the Doha round of global trade talks. Champions of liberal trade, such as this newspaper, wrung their hands, but no one else cared much. The failure in Geneva, where the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is based, seemed something...
Poverty News Blog (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
from New Vision By Alec Van Gelder The recent failure of the World Trade Organisation’s Doha Round and the long-standing failure of aid need not need spell disaster for African economies. The tools for promoting growth and prosperity are in their own backyard and three of the world’s top 10 pro-growth reformers are in Africa, according to the World Bank report Doing Business 2009, released recently....
ArabianBusiness.com (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
RasGas has signed an equity participation agreement with CPC Corporation of Taiwan (CPC), the company has disclosed. The signing ceremony held recently at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Doha was attended by over 50 representatives and officials from Qatar Petroleum, ExxonMobil, RasGas and CPC.
ArabianBusiness.com (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Microsoft founder announced as the keynote speaker at information technology event in Doha.
