A trade and real estate investment delegation from Hong Kong and China visited Qatari Diar’s Lusail headquarters yesterday.

THE Prime Minster of Greece, Costas Karamanlis, addressed the Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry yesterday, promising to “exert all possible efforts to enhance bilateral economic and cultural relations with Qatar.”

Customers of Qtel’s prepaid mobile phone service are set to benefit from more attractive tariffs with the company going to revamp it in a major way.

Qatar Investment Authority is set to boost its investment in British bank Barclays as part of a £2bn ($3.1bn) rescue package, The Observer reported yesterday.

“Your home is the biggest investment you will ever make. Imagine suddenly losing your home or the furniture inside to fire, burglary or a natural disaster”.

The Qatar Investment Authority has increased its stake in the shares of Credit Suisse Group to 8.9 percent, while Saudi conglomerate Olayan has 3.6 percent, the Swiss bank said on Friday.

The Doha securities Market (DSM) yesterday announced a new-look DSM 20 Index with effect from January 1 next year. Four companies which make up the benchmark Index have been shunted out and four others will now take their place.