Business

Beijing: China’s economy slowed in December, capping the weakest quarter of growth since the 2009 global recession, as the Communist leadership struggles...

Singapore: Steel output in the world’s largest producer posted the first annual contraction in a quarter century. Mills in China, which make half of...

Muscat: Local selling in a tepid market led to the MSM30 closing unchanged at 4,981.58 points. The MSM Sharia index declined 0.23 per cent to close at...

Muscat: Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs received in his office on Tuesday Retno Marsudi, Foreign Minister of the...

Muscat: On behalf of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said, His Highness Sayyid Asa'ad bin Tariq Al Said received separately in his office on Tuesday...

London: Emerging nations will need to invest twice as much in electricity than developed countries over the next two decades in order to power fast-growing...

Tehran: For Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, the lifting of sanctions brings "the opportunity for an economic leap." Foreign financiers are going...

Zurich: Unseasonably warm weather and rising supply will keep the crude oil market oversupplied until at least late 2016, the International Energy Agency...

Muscat: Removal of fuel subsidies and the government’s austerity measures to tighten spending could provide a welcome boost for public private...

Recruits holding No Objection Certificates (NOCs) are already being turned down for new jobs in the Sultanate by the Royal Oman Police, company officials...