Regional stock market indices Regional currency rates Doha Bank opens representative office in japan Doha Bank, established in Qatar in 1979, opened a representative office in Tokyo, Japan as part of the bank’s implementation of its globalization plan. Doha Bank, with 32 branches in Qatar as well as branches and representative offices in Dubai, New York, Japan, Turkey and Singapore posted net profits of QAR744m ($204m) in 2006 up down 5.81% year-on-year. The bank’s total assets rose 42.45% for the same period to reach QAR22 billion ($6 billion) in 2006. UAE’s Etisalat 2006 net profits reached $1.6 billion Etisalat, the sixth largest telecommunication corporation in the Middle East, declared a rise of 37.7% in 2006 net profits to reach AED5.9 billion ($1.6 billion) and a 91% rise in its 2006 total assets to reach AED45.9 billion ($12.5 billion). This rise in assets is mainly attributed to the company’s international expansion,
