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Seoul: General Motors’ South Korean unit plans to slash 5,000 jobs, or about 30 per cent of its workforce, but keep production steady if Seoul agrees to...

London: Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin are failing as a form of money and have shown clear signs of being a financial bubble, but their technology could...

Mexico City: From a hotel in Mexico City, Ann Wilson, a senior executive at the US Motor and Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA), is fielding calls...

Beijing: China does not want a trade war with the United States but will defend its interests, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Sunday, after US President...

Muscat: Oman Telecommunications Company (Omantel), the leading provider of integrated telecommunications services in the Sultanate, has partnered with...

Muscat: The regulatory framework in Oman is comparable to the world’s leading economies, according to Yang Jiantao, co-chairman of Crowe Horwath, one of...

Muscat: Total loans and advances of Omani banks grew by 6.4 per cent to OMR23.55 billion in 2017, from OMR22.13 billion in the previous year. The average...

Muscat: Oman’s central bank has announced issue of government development bonds to the tune of OMR150 million. The issue, which will have a maturity of 10...

Frankfurt: Big time politics from elections to trade wars will overshadow the European Central Bank's (ECB’s) policy meeting next week, keeping...

New York: There is little doubt on Wall Street that US corporate profits are on track to rise at a healthy rate this year, with an overall estimate for...