An amazing display of fireworks, a performance by the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra (QPO) and a parade of international celebrities will mark the opening of the Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF) today.

The inaugural Doha Tribeca Film Festival has announced the world premiere of Jasim to be screened on Friday at the Museum of Islamic Art.

The weather in Qatar will be relatively hot with slight haze and some clouds.

DOHA (Reuters) - International firms have shown increasing interest in launching regional operations in Qatar, one of the few countries worldwide expected to show strong growth in 2009, the Qatar Financial Center Authority (QFCA) said.

DOHA (Reuters) - Qatar First Investment Bank (QFIB) could spend around 45 percent of the firm's 1.6 billion Qatari riyals ($439.8 million) of paid-up capital on acquisitions, to grow its business across sectors, its chairman said on Tuesday.

Vodafone Qatar announced yesterday another milestone. Since the company’s launch of services in July this year, over 250,000 customers have joined to date.

Qatar University (QU) Student Services Department, in cooperation with Supreme Council of Health, began its seasonal anti- influenza immunisation campaign at the institution yesterday.

The American School of Doha (ASD) will represent Qatar in the ‘World Robot Olympiad’ (WRO) in South Korea next month after beating nine other participating schools in the gruelling third ‘Qatar National Robot Olympiad’ held at the Qatar Independent Technical School (QITS) on Sunday.

The average rents for villas have fallen 15-20% in the first two months of this year, while apartment rents have remained stable in Qatar, according to Doha Bank CEO R Seetharaman.

IATA is working hard to lobby for its case at the crucial Copenhagen climate Summit. The member airlines will exert pressure on their respective Ministries of Environment to push for their case at the December Global summit, a top official of the international air transport association said.