Business

Muscat: A comprehensive privatisation programme for state-owned companies and standalone investment banks are pre-requisites for developing a vibrant...

Muscat: Continued pressure on the banking sector drove down the MSM30 Index by 1.08 per cent to close at 5,543.09 points. The MSM Sharia Index ended at...

Amman: His Highness Sayyid Asa'ad bin Tariq Al Said, Deputy Prime Minister for International Relations and Cooperation Affairs and Personal...

Dubai: Amazon.com has agreed to buy Middle East online retailer Souq.com, thwarting a last minute bid by Dubai billionaire Mohamed Alabbar's Emaar Malls...

London: Qatar's $335 billion sovereign wealth fund sees opportunities to invest in Britain after Brexit and is looking at infrastructure, healthcare and...

Seoul: Tech giant Samsung Electronics said late on Monday that it plans to sell refurbished versions of the Galaxy Note 7 smartphones, the model pulled from...

Lagos/London: Earlier this year, an open letter in the Nigerian media from a group of businessmen attacked the "shameful" record of central bank...

Shanghai: China stocks fell on Tuesday on concerns about tightening liquidity conditions after the central bank refrained from injecting short-term funds...

London: Britain's biggest retailer Tesco has agreed to pay a $162 million fine plus compensation to settle an investigation over a 2014 accounting fraud...

Beirut: Lebanon's cabinet has approved the country's first budget since 2005, state news agency NNA reported on Monday, citing Information Minister...