Business

Berlin: German business confidence fell more than expected in February while remaining at a high level, a survey showed on Thursday, suggesting that...

Shanghai: China's major stock indexes scored their best single-day gains in more than 18 months, as investors played catch-up buying after the week-long...

Muscat: A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Sohar Port and Freezone and Netherlands-based Strukton International for the development of a...

MUscat: The value of Oman’s non-oil exports touched OMR2,600.8 million in the first 10 months of 2017, 28.2 per cent up from the OMR2,028.4 million...

Muscat: The MSM30 Index closed the session at 4,987.37 points, down by 0.26 per cent. The MSM Sharia Index declined by 0.19 per cent to close at 704.85...

Manama: Bahrain will go ahead with imposing a value-added tax (VAT) to strengthen state finances, Minister of Finance Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa...

Tokyo: A second year of slowing growth in the US auto market is forcing Japanese automakers to look beyond discounts to grow market share and focus more on...

London: The emergence of self-driving electric cars and travel sharing are set to dent oil consumption by 2040, oil and gas giant BP said, forecasting a...

London: Opec is closing in on its goal of reducing oil inventories held by industrialised nations to their five-year average, the original target of a...

London: US gasoline consumption has levelled off as the stimulus provided by low and falling oil prices between 2014 and 2016 has faded, so refiners are...