LONDON • Gulf Arab oil producers are unlikely to decide on a new deadline to launch a single currency until next year as the 2010 target for monetary union becomes “difficult”, Bahrain’s central bank governor said yesterday.

UNITED NATIONS • Although Doha's hotels were slightly less full during the first quarter of 2008 than against the same period last year, the outlook for tourism in Qatar remains positive, according to a new UN report.

QNB, the country’s largest bank by assets, has reported a healthy 54% growth in first half net profit to QR1.86bn.

THREE Qatar University students have made a documentary on the inflationary pressures in Qatar, particularly the impact of the rising rents, as part of their graduation project.

FOREIGN investment in Qatar leapt to $1.79bn in 2006 from $252mn in 2000, the Qatar Statistics Authority (QSA) said in a report released yesterday.

AS part of its summer campaign, Qtel will introduce from tonight “Late talkers”, a promotion aimed at winning postpaid, prepaid and landline customers.

LONDON: Rafael Nadal dethroned five-time champion Roger Federer as king of Wimbledon yesterday with an epic 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (5/7), 6-7 (8/10), 9-7 win in one of the greatest Grand Slam finals of all time.

Thousands evacuated after Doha Jadeed blaze

ANIMAL boarding kennels in Doha are feeling the strain as they are overburdened with cats and dogs whilst families escape the searing heat and return to their home countries for the summer.

THERE is “huge potential” for development of business relations between Qatar and Turkey, according to the chairman of the newly established Turkish Businessmen Association, Muammer Arikan.