Sri Lanka is keen on importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar as part of government policy to shift to clean energy, Minister of City Planning and Water Supply Rauff Hakeem has said.

The recently-concluded ‘Made in China 2016’ exhibition has attracted more than 6,000 visitors during its second instalment in Qatar, an official of Qatar Chamber said.

Larger local banks in the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) are approaching saturation in their home market and hence starting to venture out to attractive markets such as Africa, according to Ernst and Young (EY).

The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) in Qatar recently organised an event on ‘Emerging Trends in Internal Audit’, featuring resource speakers from KPMG.

Nimai Management Consultants, a Dubai-based financial consultancy firm, has opened its Doha branch through the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) as part of efforts to expand its operations in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region.

Saudi Arabia’s government has made payments of 40bn riyals ($10.7bn) that it owed to private sector companies, the kingdom’s Arab News newspaper quoted a senior construction industry executive as saying.

Exxon Mobil Corp is negotiating with Chad’s government about a record $74bn fine the oil company was told to pay last month by a court in the central African nation because of a dispute over royalties.

Credit Suisse has moved more than 1mn customers into a new Swiss bank which went live yesterday, a step towards what could be Switzerland’s biggest stock market listing in more than a decade.

The Bank of England isn’t backing down. Deputy Governor Ben Broadbent launched the latest salvo in the central bank’s defence of its monetary policy on Friday, reaffirming that officials aren’t willing to sacrifice jobs or wage growth to counter inflation.

Philip Hammond will set out on Wednesday an investment plan to boost productivity, including a £1.3bn ($1.6bn) programme to improve British roads, in his first budget statement as UK chancellor of the exchequer.

It turns out not all iPhone 7s are created equal. The latest Apple smartphones that run on Verizon Communications’ network are technically capable of downloading data faster than those from AT&T.

Thailand’s currency is proving to be Southeast Asia’s most resilient this month, as a trade surplus cushions the impact of unprecedented outflows from the nation’s bonds.