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Tokyo: Japan’s three biggest shippers agreed to combine their container operations to create the world’s sixth-largest box carrier, as the industry...

Singapore: General Electric (GE) is nearing a deal valued at about $30 billion to combine its oil and gas business with Baker Hughes, the Wall Street...

Muscat: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has sent a cable of congratulations to Dr. Rodney Errey Lawrence Williams, Governor-General of Antigua and...

Dubai: Iraq published data showing a rare level of detail for its oil production and exports, a week after inviting energy reporters to Baghdad to make a...

Muscat: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has sent a cable of congratulations to President Abdelaziz Bouteflika of the People's Democratic Republic of...

Tokyo: Honda Motor raised its forecast for full-year profit as demand for Vezel and XR-V sport utility vehicle models surged in China, the carmaker’s...

London: Eight years after Lehman Brothers’ collapse sparked the financial crisis, Europe’s banks still have 1.2 trillion euros ($1.3 trillion) of...

Tokyo: Sony cut its annual profit forecast by 10 per cent after taking an impairment on the sale of its battery unit in the latest move by the consumer...

Muscat: The new mining law, which will be announced soon, is expected to speed up processing of mining licences and bring more clarity to help mining firms...

Muscat: Oman plans to build a new independent water project (IWP) with a desalination capacity of 16,000 cubic metres of water per day in Khasab. The Oman...