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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...

San Francisco: Tesla Motors reported fourth-quarter deliveries that fell short of its own forecasts, sending shares lower in after-market trading, as...

Muscat: Oman’s long term foreign and local currency issuer default rating (IDR) has been placed at ‘BBB’ with a stable outlook, thanks to low public...

MUSCAT: New figures show Oman continued to enjoy an increase in tourists, with an additional hundreds of thousands visiting the Sultanate. Some 2.5 million...

Muscat: Tanfeedh, the National Diversification Programme was discussed and approved by the Majlis Al Shura Economic and Financial Committee. It also decided...

Muscat: A number of labour issues related to workers at the private sector, the Labour Law and the Social Insurance Law was discussed by Majlis Al Shura...

Muscat: Dr. Sa’aud bint Mohammed Suleiman Al Lawatiyah, Deputy Chairperson of the State Council yesterday received Rosemary McCarney, Canada Ambassador...