Economy

Shanghai: Li Mingjie is a pet industry investor's dream. The 23-year-old e-commerce worker spares little expense to make his pooch happy. He is far from...

Dubai/Khobar: London-listed NMC Healthcare is in talks with the Riyadh government to take over the running of a struggling Saudi hospital, according to four...

Muscat: More than $14 billion worth of hotel project contracts will be awarded in 2018, according to MEED Projects – an online tracking service. The value...

Muscat: Imports from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia, which are going to introduce value added tax (VAT) on January 1, will not cost more...

Muscat: Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) on Thursday marked the graduation of 471 young Omanis from company-sponsored training schemes to take up full-time...

London: British households turned increasingly cautious in the three months to September as they raised their spending at the slowest annual pace since...

Lisbon: Portugal's budget deficit was just 0.1 per cent of gross domestic product in the 12 months ending in September, putting the country on course to...

Washington: US consumer spending accelerated in November and shipments of key capital goods orders increased for the 10th straight month, data showed on...

Beijing/Shanghai: China's trade with North Korea edged up to $388 million in November but remained around its lowest levels this year, data showed on...

Muscat: Oman’s SME Development Fund (SMEF) plans to provide loans to the tune of OMR14.5 million next year to small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The...