Business

Muscat: As of the end of December 2015, private deposits at commercial banks in the Sultanate rose by 6.13 per cent to OMR11.88 billion, compared with...

Muscat: Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs met with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov yesterday on the sidelines of...

Muscat: Local animal breeds in Oman, such as the Dhofari sheep and dairy cows, are being pushed to the verge of extinction because of unplanned cross...

Muscat: Oman Tourism Development Company (Omran) will need around 500 housing units for its employees over the next few months, according to James Wilson,...

Muscat: Sohar desalination plant is back to its full production capacity after a fault had led to supply disruption on Tuesday. The company rectified the...

Washigton: US economic growth slowed in the fourth quarter, but not as sharply as initially thought, with businesses less aggressive in their efforts to...

Shanghai: The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) called on Friday on the world's 20 biggest economies to step up the slowing...

Dubai: Iran is offering to swap exports of crude oil for imports of refined fuel as some European customers struggle to find banks to process payments, a...

Mumbai: Gold dealers in India, the world’s largest bullion market after China, have deepened discounts to jewellers by as much as seven-fold after a surge...

London: Lloyds Banking Group rewarded investors with a surprise two billion pound payout on Thursday, underlining its intent to be the biggest dividend...