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‘Could have been worse’ City says to BA and RBS numbers

06.11.09
Investors were doing their best to look on the bright side today after the combined losses from Royal Bank of Scotland and British Airways reached £1.79 billion during the first six months of the year ... more

City remains positive despite shockers from BA and RBS

06.11.09
Stock market investors were doing their best to look on the bright side today after the combined losses from Royal Bank of Scotland and British Airways reached £1.79 billion during the first six months of the year ... more

Fears grow over fitness of Rio Ferdinand

06.11.09
Rio Ferdinand is facing an extended period on the sidelines as Manchester United try to get to the bottom of his latest injury concern... more

Harry Redknapp has no regrets about offloading Darren Bent

06.11.09
Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp insists he has no regrets about selling Darren Bent over the summer, despite the striker's barnstorming start to the season with Sunderland... more

Zavon Hines full of beans as he satisfies hunger for a win

05.11.09
Substitute Zavon Hines was West Ham's matchwinner against Aston Villa and could now be set for a run in the team after England striker Carlton Cole suffered a hamstring strain... more

Aaron Lennon doubt for England

04.11.09
Aaron Lennon is set to miss England's friendly against Brazil in 10 days' time but could return to Premier League action for Tottenham against Wigan on 22 November... more

For sale: Three UK banks surplus to requirements

03.11.09
Banking analysis: The Government wants to create three new High Street banks to increase competition in the UK - and today it finally became clear what these banks might look like... more

Arabs cash in £600m profit on Barclays investment

20.10.09
Barclays’ biggest shareholder, the Middle Eastern state of Qatar, today began to sell a large chunk of its warrants on the bank stock market, making more than £600 million profit... more

Svetlana Kuznetsova heads for Qatar pay day

05.10.09
Svetlana Kuznetsova has become the fifth woman to qualify for the £2.8million season-ending Sony Ericsson Championships in Qatar later this month... more

Wharf backers up stake

18.09.09
Sovereign wealth funds from Qatar and China pledge to plough millions of pounds into Canary Wharf weeks after rescuing its owner from collapse... more

Canary Wharf owner brought back from disaster by Qatar and China cash

28.08.09
The debt-ridden owner of Canary Wharf has secured its future with hundreds of millions of pounds of investment from sovereign wealth funds in Qatar and China... more

China and Qatar pull Canary Wharf back from the brink

28.08.09
The owner of Canary Wharf was today rescued by cash from Qatar and China in a deal which could see the overseas investors take control of more than half the company.... more

Chilling story of world gas shortage could be all hot air

25.06.09
Energy analysis: The world, and Britain in particular, is running out of gas and having to rely on imports from states with giant reserves but which are politically volatile or happy to manipulate the market... more

Panmure lands £23m of funding from Qatar backer

21.05.09
City stockbroker Panmure Gordon secured £23 million of funding from the Middle East after a dramatic three-way battle between potential investors ... more

Prince Charles risks diplomatic row over Chelsea Barracks

06.04.09
Prince Charles has intervened in the £1billion Chelsea Barracks scheme sparking fears that it could spiral into a political and diplomatic row... more

Man denies manslaughter of Arab student

13.03.09
A 21-year-old man pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter of a teenage Arab student in a seaside town when he appeared in court... more

Qatar in Derby sponsor frame

02.03.09
Horse racing: The Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club has emerged as a potential sponsor for the Epsom Derby in June... more

Ex-Guantanamo prisoner detained on visit to britain

25.02.09
A former Guantanamo Bay prisoner said that he was detained at Heathrow while visiting a human rights lawyer... more

Coltart in the mood for a Qatar repeat

23.01.09
Former champion Andrew Coltart claimed the outright lead at the Qatar Masters after picking up two shots during his second round at an overcast Doha Golf Club... more

Keothavong's primed for Aussie Open

12.01.09
Anne Keothavong reached the second round of the Moorilla International in Hobart today.... more

Cartel move sparks fears of a surge in natural gas prices

24.12.08
Energy: Fears were growing that the price of natural gas could rise sharply after the world's biggest suppliers agreed a charter which could see them form a cartel as powerful as the oil exporters' Opec... more

Barclays raiser backed

24.11.08
Barclays today won shareholder backing for its highly controversial £7 billion fundraising, for which most of the money comes from Qatar and Abu Dhabi... more

Qatar may invest in Olympic Village

07.11.08
Investors from the Gulf state of Qatar have proposed a rescue bid for the financially-troubled Olympic village... more

Barclays rounds up £7.3bn of new funds

31.10.08
Barclays thumbed its nose at the sceptics, as the bank raised up to £7.3 billion of new capital to allow it to pass the regulators' capital demands without any recourse to the Government bailout... more

Sovereign funds lose £22bn on bank bets

13.10.08
Banking: As Barclays turned down taxpayer money and sought foreign investment, the extent emerged of the losses made by sovereign wealth funds betting on Western banks... more

Wealth funds lose £22bn on bank bets

13.10.08
As Barclays today turned down taxpayer money and sought foreign investment, it became clear how much sovereign wealth funds have lost in betting on Western banks... more

Qataris stick Chelsfield stake in shopping basket

29.09.08
Gulf state Qatar has become a major shareholder of Camden Market after buying a 20% stake in property group Chelsfield... more

The moment that football learned money is global

04.09.08
Over the past few years, British business has become used to seeing some of its best-known names fall into foreign hands... more

City Comment: Pessimism will prevail in end

03.07.08
One of the odd things about the credit crunch so far is that it has affected confidence rather than behaviour... more

Snub for LSE as Euronext signs $1 billion Qatar pact

24.06.08
London Stock Exchange chief Clara Furse suffered a serious setback as Gulf state Qatar signed a $1 billion deal with her arch-rival NYSE Euronext to create a leading financial market in its capital Doha... more

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