Qatari investment pays off as Shaheen sets record
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Qatar&#39;s multimillion-pound investment in importing sporting talent reaped some benefit when Saif Saeed Shaheen broke the world record for 3,000 metres steeplechase in the Memorial Van Damme in the Stade Roi Baudouin here last night.
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Australian airline Qantas posts a record fiscal first-half profit thanks to cost cutting measures.
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Sete Gibernau will go down in history as the first ever winner of the Grand Prix of Qatar after an incredible race today which he led from start
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The broker breaks records with its third-quarter results.
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Surrey, England (Sports Network) - Retief Goosen posted a record-setting win over Jeff Maggert on Thursday at the HSBC World Match Play Championship.
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A 13th century Koran was sold for 1.14 million pounds ($2.33 million) on Tuesday, setting two world auction records, auctioneers Christie's said.
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The men's and women's singles champions will get a record $1.4 million apiece at this year's U.S. Open and the total prize money will top $19 million for the first time.
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Top-seeded Justine Henin of Belgium won the Qatar Open with a 6-4, 6-2 win Saturday over Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova.
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Justine Henin overcame third seed Svetlana Kuznetsova 1-6 6-4 6-0 to reach the Dubai Open final on Friday, boosting her record against the Russian to 13 wins in 14 meetings.
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The Gulf state of Qatar signed an order Wednesday for 80 Airbus A350 aircraft worth 16 billion dollars (12 billion euros), the largest contract to date for the plane, officials said.
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Investment by Japanese firms hit a record in the first quarter of 2007, official data shows.
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Qatar will invest 335 million dollars in tourist development schemes in the northern Moroccan city of Tangiers, a news agency has said.
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Belgium's Justine Henin, fresh from her victory in Dubai on Saturday, bids for a Gulf double when she starts as overwhelming favorite in the WTA Tour's $1.3 million Qatar Open beginning on Monday.
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Shares in Africa's biggest steel producer surge to a record high on the back of strong interim profits
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A Qatari investment group on Friday said it had increased its stake in J Sainsbury, Britain&#39;s third biggest supermarket chain, to 25 percent.
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Qatar's state investment fund is set to win the auction of Nasdaq's 31 percent stake in the London Stock Exchange Group after lodging a bid of 2.8 billion pounds ($5.6 billion), the Sunday Times reported on Sunday.
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Qatar&#39;s grab of a slice of the London Stock Exchange and its bid for British supermarket chain Sainsbury&#39;s underline the tiny Gulf state&#39;s ambition to become a global economic player and diversify revenues despite its vast gas wealth.