Business

Saturday 13/February/2016 18:30 PM

Raysut Cement net profit drops

Muscat: Raysut Cement Company, the Sultanate’s biggest cement producer, said its net profit fell by 23.62 per cent to OMR20.95 million for 2015, against...

Saturday 13/February/2016 17:14 PM

Alibaba acquires 5.6% stake in Groupon

Seattle: Alibaba Group Holding bought 33 million shares of Groupon, making it the fourth-largest shareholder in the online deals website that has lost 86...

Friday 12/February/2016 20:06 PM

Calls for overhaul of Arabic teaching in Oman

MUSCAT: There is an urgent need to teach Arabic in a more creative way to arrest the waning interest of younger Omanis in their native language. The younger...