Business

Beijing/Washington: China hit back quickly on Wednesday against the Trump administration's plans to impose tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese goods,...

Sydney: Asian share markets faltered on Wednesday as simmering Sino-US trade tensions overshadowed a bounce on Wall Street and left investors reluctant to...

Muscat: Buoyed by a strong oil price of $70 per barrel, Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul shot up by over 6 per cent in March 2018, according to Kuwait Financial...

Muscat: Higher oil prices coupled with improved global economic conditions are expected to support growth momentum of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)...

Muscat: Techween, one of Oman Technology Fund’s (OTF) investment programmes, on Wednesday, held a demo day in Knowledge Oasis, Muscat (KOM), for 10...

London: Manufacturing growth in Britain cooled to a one-year low in the first quarter of 2018, according to a survey on Tuesday that suggested the economy...

Brussels/Frankfurt: An early Easter helped drive a pick-up in euro zone inflation in March, keeping the European Central Bank on track with preparations to...

Doha: Qatar National Bank (QNB) aims to increase its profit by 5-8 per cent this year and loans and investments by 10-12 per cent, helped by expansion into...

Manama: A new discovery off the coast of Bahrain is estimated to contain at least 80 billion barrels of tight oil, the kingdom's biggest ever find,...

Tokyo: Japanese government officials are bracing for Donald Trump to get tough in trade talks, and are particularly anxious that the US president could...