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• Solarworld Jumps on Reports of Qatar Interest in Holding

  Solarworld AG, Germany’s biggest maker of solar panels, rose the most in four months after newspapers reported that Qatar Solar Technologies will help finance a restructuring by acquiring a 30 percent stake.

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  Bharti Gets $1.26 Billion Investment From Qatar Foundation

  Bharti Airtel Ltd., India’s largest mobile-phone operator, will sell a 5 percent stake to the Qatar Foundation Endowment for $1.26 billion after the carrier posted quarterly profit that missed estimates.

• Obayashi, Bin Khalid Win $687 Million Qatar Building Contract

  Obayashi Corp., Japan’s biggest builder by market value, and Hamad Bin Khalid Contracting won a a 2.5 billion riyal ($687 million) contract to redevelop properties in the center of Qatar’s capital, Doha.

• World Cup Host Qatar Seals `Record' Deal to Sponsor Barcelona's Jerseys

  Qatar, which won the rights to host the 2022 World Cup, agreed to sponsor the jerseys of three-time European soccer champion Barcelona until 2016.

• Vodafone Qatar to Borrow $100 Million for Fixed-Line Network

  Vodafone Qatar, a venture between Vodafone Group Plc and the state-owned Qatar Foundation, plans to obtain a $100 million loan in the next 45 days to establish a fixed-line phone network in the Persian Gulf emirate, said John Tombleson , the company’s acting chief executive officer.

• Vodafone Qatar Says Has 600,000 Customers at End of September

  Vodafone Qatar, a venture between Vodafone Group Plc and the state-controlled Qatar Foundation, said its customer base reached 600,000 at the end of September.

• Qatar Asks Potsdam Institute to Study Global Warming Impact

  Qatar entered into a partnership with the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research to study the effects of global warming on the nation, a spokesman for the country said at a briefing.

• Vodafone Qatar Loss Narrows to $125 Million in Nine Months Ended December

  Vodafone Qatar, a venture between Vodafone Group LLC and state-controlled Qatar Foundation, said nine-month loss narrowed to 456.8 million riyals from 495.6 million riyals in the year-earlier period.

• Punj Lloyd Gains in Mumbai After Qatar Solar Awards Contract

  Punj Lloyd Ltd. gained as much as 2.1 percent in Mumbai after Qatar Solar Technologies, a unit of the Qatar Foundation, awarded an engineering, procurement and construction contract to Punj Lloyd Group. The shares rose 1.6 percent to 53.25 rupees at 9:16 a.m. local time.

• Vodafone Qatar Full-Year Loss Narrows as Revenue Triples

  Vodafone Qatar, a venture between Vodafone Group LLC and state-controlled Qatar Foundation, said its full-year loss narrowed as revenue almost tripled.

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