Business

Shanghai: Baidu is often referred to as China's Google with a market value of more than $60 billion. But in 2000, it was an upstart struggling to get...

San Francisco: At this point last year, Twitter was a company that had a hard time attracting new people to surf and tweet, but it was quite skilled at...

Johannesburg: International Business Machines (IBM) is ramping up its digital-skills training program to accommodate as many as 25 million Africans in the...

Muscat: The 2nd Annual Meeting of the Arab Parliament began at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo on Saturday. The Sultanate is represented at the...

Muscat: A “balance” has to be struck when setting fuel prices so that poorer sections of society are protected, according to the deputy chairman of...

MUSCAT: Shura Council members have voted to fix fuel at set prices until the government provides a long term solution to protect those struggling to afford...

Detroit: Ford Motor is investing $1 billion in a months-old start-up founded by two pioneers in the nascent autonomous vehicle sector. The Pittsburgh-based...

Brussels: The European Commission is set to revamp a law enabling it to impose duties on non-EU airlines or suspend their flying rights if it finds they...

Muscat: Amec Foster Wheeler has announced the opening of a new office in the Sultanate. Establishing a permanent presence, there will support the transfer...

Muscat: Octal, the largest polyethylene terephthalate (PET) sheet producer and integrated packaging company in the world, has said it is now geared for a...