Economy

Freetown: Sierra Leone's finance minister on Friday played down a decision by the IMF to delay a disbursement because of the West African country's...

London: Gold edged lower on Thursday as investors shifted their focus to US jobs data due at the end of the week for guidance on monetary policy for the...

Kuwait: Kuwait on Monday announced a state budget for the year ending on March 31, 2019, that projects spending at 20 billion dinars ($66.7 billion) and...

Muscat: Qatar is emerging as an important trading partner of Oman, with the Sultanate’s non-oil exports to the GCC country surging ahead by 144.1 per...

Tokyo: Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck Inc said on Sunday it would return about 46.3 billion yen ($425 million) of the virtual money it lost...

London: Euro zone businesses kicked off 2018 in much better shape than anyone polled by Reuters expected, ramping up activity at the fastest rate since the...

New York: JPMorgan Chase unveiled a $20 billion investment plan on Tuesday to hike wages, hire more, open new branches and expand its business as it takes...

Muscat: Oman’s non-oil exports surged by 31.4 per cent to OMR2,364.7 million for the first nine months of 2017, from OMR1,799.6 million for the same...

Seoul/Beijing: South Korea and China protested on Tuesday against US President Donald Trump slapping steep import tariffs on washing machines and solar...

Davos: Russian pension funds are considering investing in Saudi Arabian state oil major Aramco when it lists its stock in a move to strengthen the...