Economy

Berlin: Protectionism is the wrong answer to the challenges facing the world, and Germany must fight to safeguard free trade, which guarantees wealth and...

Riga: Poland’s government is having a hard time coming to grips with economic growth that fell far short of the level it targeted last year. With gross...

Karachi: Running a wholesale grocery shop in the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi, 43-year-old Khan used to write as many as 40 cheques a month to...

Jakarta: Indonesia’s economy expanded less than forecast in the fourth quarter as government spending was curbed by a legal cap on the fiscal...

Muscat: Oman will celebrate the country’s ‘Industry Day’ on Thursday, which marks His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said’s visit to the Rusayl...

Karachi: Hyundai Motor., South Korea’s biggest automaker, plans to partner with billionaire Mohammad Mian Mansha’s Nishat Mills to start assembling cars...

Muscat: Oman's trade surplus stood at OMR942.2 million for the first nine months of 2016, according to the data of the National Centre for Statistics...

New York: Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal raised the possibility that the Kingdom may need to depeg its currency in the future as the country...

New Delhi: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration may need until May 2017 to replenish the stock of now worthless bills, according to...

Mumbai: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s biggest move to fight tax evasion and graft can add $45 billion to India’s budget, or about three times...