Business

Shanghai: China stocks slipped on Monday, as any optimism felt from data showing surging profits at industrial firms was offset by fresh property curbs and...

Doha: Gulf countries are pressing for an early deal on free trade with Britain to secure preferential arrangements after Brexit, and could have a draft...

London: Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is in preliminary talks for an equities licence in Saudi Arabia as the US lender seeks to take advantage of the country’s...

Kuwait City: Kuwait is seeking to follow its Gulf neighbours in its bid to gain emerging-market status. The nation’s Capital Markets Authority plans to...

Muscat: Dr. Ali bin Mas'oud Al Sunaidi, Minister of Commerce and Industry left here on Sunday heading to the Republic of South Africa as per an...

Muscat: Oman’s stock market regulator Capital Market Authority on Sunday cancelled licences of three brokerage firms – Al Shurooq Securities, Tawasul...

Muscat: Oman’s central bank has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with its counterpart in Iran. The MoU aims at strengthening the extensive...

Muscat: Foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Sultanate at the end of third quarter of 2016 exceeded OMR7.02 billion, according to the National Centre for...

Muscat: Recovery in index large caps lifted the MSM30 Index by 0.34 per cent to 5,654.02 points. The MSM Sharia Index was stable at 846.27 points, up by...

Brasilia/Beijing: China lifted a ban on imports of meat from Brazil on Saturday after Brazilian authorities clarified details of a police investigation into...