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  • Ras Bufontas special economic zone render
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    The Special Economic Zone Project Is A Go

    The Ismail Bin Ali Group will start construction on the first special economic zone this month, Manateq announced. Manateq, the leading provider of special economic zones, logistics parks and industrial zones…

  • Qatar is the world's biggest LNG producer
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    Qatar Boosts LNG Production

    Qatar, which already supplies a third of the world’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) needs, is boosting production substantially. Qatar Petroleum have announced that the country is seeking to expand its LNG…

  • China Strikes Gold
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    China Strikes Gold

    China has just discovered the biggest ever gold deposit in the country’s history in a mine that could produce gold over the next 40 years. Shandong Gold Group announced on Tuesday…

  • Qatari Foreign Investments Surge
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    Qatari Foreign Investments Surge

    In partnership with the country’s Qatar 2030 vision, the oil-rich nation is spending billions of dollars in foreign investments. It has become a news regularity for Qatar to take up headlines…

  • Fast food will be included in Qatar's new selective tax law
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    Qatar To Introduce Selective Tax

    Qatar’s cabinet announced that a draft law has been approved to introduce a selective tax on some luxury goods in the country. The Qatari cabinet announced that they approved a draft…

  • Qatar Sets Budget For 2017
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    Qatar Sets Budget For 2017

    Qatar put down a tighter budget for 2017. The Qatari Emir has approved the a new draft budget for the upcoming year. The state is predicting a slight deficit of QAR…

  • Models walk the runway during the Balmain show as part of the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear FallWinter 2016-2017 in March, 2016 in Paris, France
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    Qatar Buys Balmain

    Qatari investors are eyeing the French luxury fashion house Balmain. A Qatari investment fund, which already owns the iconic Italian Valentino, is acquiring the popular French luxurious fashion house Balmain. On…