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  • Qatar Central Bank Still Backs Riyal-Dollar Peg, Governor Says

    Qatar’s central bank governor said his country hasn’t changed its support for pegging the riyal to the U.S. dollar after Reuters reported that the bank’s director of research urged a more flexible exchange rate.

  • Stocks to Soccer Add Up for Qatar Needing Funds Back Home

    After paying for stakes in European companies, landmarks in London, uprisings in the Middle East and a soccer title in France, Qatar may be getting ready to go home.

  • Qatar Says Four Companies Consider IPOs Amid Investment Push

    Four companies owned by state-run Qatar Petroleum plan to sell shares to the public in the coming years as the country, home to the world’s third-largest gas reserves, seeks to build its $136 billion stock exchange.

  • Qatar: Attention-Starved Teen of the Middle East

    Here is the genius of Qatar, the peanut-sized Persian Gulf state that provides material support to Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood and possibly some of Syria’s jihadist rebel groups, in a single image: A two-cheeked kiss, in public, between Qatar’s second-most powerful man, the prime minister (and foreign minister), Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, and Haim Saban, the Israeli-American billionaire who funds, among other things, the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution.

  • Syrian Turmoil Dominates Obama’s Talks With Emir of Qatar

    President Barack Obama met with the emir of Qatar at the White House as the two nations consider different approaches toward toppling Syria’s leader and share concerns about Iran’s nuclear ambition.

  • Egypt to Get Another $3 Billion From Qatar as IMF Talks Drag

    Qatar pledged another $3 billion in aid to Egypt, extending the lifeline for Islamist President Mohamed Mursi after repeated delays in loan talks with the International Monetary Fund.

  • Qatari Sheikh Sued for $381,000 in Unpaid Fees by U.K. Law Firm

    A member of the Qatari royal family was sued by SJ Berwin LLP for 250,600 pounds ($381,000) in unpaid fees for advice given in relation to orders by judges in the U.S. and U.K. freezing his assets.

  • Qatar Sheikh Pledges Most Expensive Watch to Sotheby’s

    A member of the Qatari royal family has pledged the world’s most expensive watch and other collectibles valued at almost $83 million to Sotheby’s to cover debts owed to the auction house, according to court documents.

  • Blair Scorned at Home Builds Business Empire Abroad

    Updated 3 hours ago

    On a snowy morning in the middle of February, Tony Blair, looking trim from his four- to five-times- a-week workout regime, is sipping coffee in his office in London’s Mayfair district.

  • Israel Says Qatar Should Use Its ‘Gazillions’ for Peace

    Qatar should use its “gazillions of petrodollars” to finance peacemaking, not confrontation, an Israeli official said today, responding to a planned $1 billion fund to protect “the Arab character” of Jerusalem.

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