Business

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...

San Francisco: Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday that he agreed "in spirit" with a strict new European Union law on...

Washington/Beijing: China condemned the United States on Wednesday as the Trump administration pushed ahead with plans to slap tariffs on about $50 billion...

Washington: The Trump administration on Tuesday raised the stakes in a growing trade showdown with China, targeting 25 per cent tariffs on some 1,300...