Business

Sydney: Retail giant Wesfarmers wrote off British hardware chain Homebase for more than its purchase price, saying on Monday it had made a series of...

Cairo: Egypt's non-oil private sector business activity stabilised in January after a slump in the previous month, with an overall positive outlook...

Dubai: Abu Dhabi-owned Etihad Airways is pulling five Boeing 777-200LR passenger jets from its fleet after deciding last year to drop some flights that the...

Muscat: India’s construction conglomerate Larsen & Toubro said it has secured a major construction contract valued at Rs.4.3 billion ($67 million) for a...

Muscat: Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs, affirmed the Sultanate's welcome to Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, President of...

Muscat: The Sultanate and UNICEF signed an agreement on a plan of action for a national programme to help children in the country, on Sunday. A statement...

Muscat: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said received President Abdel Fattah El Sisi of Egypt who arrived on a three-day state visit to the Sultanate. An...

Muscat: Positive momentum in financial stocks continued and the MSM30 Index gained 0.44 per cent to close at 5,057.55 points. The MSM Sharia Index ended at...

Muscat: Sohar Aluminium successfully resumed full operations in record time after an unexpected disruption in its normal operations, which led to the...

Muscat: The just-concluded year recorded a substantial growth in the production of regular grade (M91) petrol (gasoline), as consumers attempted to offset...