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Dubai: Saudi Arabian lender Alawwal Bank, 40 per cent owned by Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), has picked JPMorgan to advise it on a proposed merger with...

Larnaca: Iraq may look at hedging part of its crude oil production, the head of the Opec member's oil marketer Somo said, as a way to protect government...

Tokyo: Asian stocks handed back earlier modest gains and drifted lower on Monday, running short of incentives to push past two-year highs with many key...

Beijing: Standard & Poor's (S&P’s) is likely to follow its regular ratings review schedule for China, and does not see any basis at this point for an...

Muscat: A number of general aims and objectives for education in the Sultanate are included in the Education Philosophy approved by His Majesty Sultan...

Muscat: Oman’s Special Economic Zone Authority at Duqm (Sezad) plans to invest $1 billion per year for developing infrastructure at the free zone and...

Muscat: The majority shareholders of Oman Hotels and Tourism Company plan to buyback the company’s shares from minority shareholders who own 50,000 shares...

Muscat: Oman’s benchmark MSM30 Index fell by 0.31 per cent to close at 5386.64 points; it’s lowest in fourteen months. The MSM Sharia Index was down by...

Muscat: Oman’s average annual inflation based on consumer price index (CPI) during January- March 2017 period stood at 2.33 per cent mainly due to...

Muscat: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has sent a cable of congratulations to President Dr. Giorgi Margvelashvili of the Republic of Georgia on the...