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Muscat: A joint meeting of the State Council and the Majlis Al Shura was held at the Council of Oman building yesterday. The first meeting of the 2nd annual...

Muscat: The corporate sector in Oman is experiencing a dearth of value added tax (VAT) professionals, as the roll-out date for the new tax regime draws...

Muscat: Momentum in selected banking and telecom stocks lifted the MSM30 Index to 5,756.84 points, up by 0.42 per cent. The MSM Sharia Index closed at...

Muscat: Muscat: His Highness Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmoud Al Said, Deputy Prime Minister for the Council of Ministers yesterday received Borge Brende, Minister...

Muscat: Dr. Ali bin Mas'oud Al Sunaidi, Minister of Commerce and Industry received Borge Brende, Minister of Foreign Affairs in Norway, yesterday. The...

New York: It's hardly a happy new year for Alibaba Group Holding. Just before Christmas, the US Trade Representative added Alibaba's Taobao...

Singapore: Swim or sink: That’s the message shipping executives in Asia are taking into the new year. Faced with a prolonged trade slowdown and depressed...

Mumbai: India will spend $10 billion annually on new power transmission lines to satisfy growing demand in under-served areas, according to the country’s...

Frankfurt: The euro-area economy finished 2016 with the strongest momentum in more than 5 1/2 years, bolstering the region as it heads into a year of...

Dubai: Dubai Financial Market (DFM) said it plans to introduce regulated short-selling in the "coming months,” the latest sign of efforts by stock...