Business

Brussels: Euro-area manufacturing expanded last month at the fastest rate since April 2011, in a sign that the currency bloc’s recovery is intact heading...

Seoul: Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors, South Korea’s largest automakers, forecast sales to climb 4.7 per cent this year as they count on new model...

Mumbai: A private gauge indicates that India’s manufacturing sector will shrink for the first time in a year as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s...

Mumbai: State Bank of India (SBI), the country’s largest lender, is predicting an acceleration in loan growth from a 25-year low after slashing borrowing...

Beijing: China should set a more flexible 2017 economic growth target to give policy makers more room to enact reform, according to Huang Yiping, an advisor...

Muscat: Certain fees for civil services provided by Royal Oman Police will be amended to increase revenue for the government, the 2017 state budget...

Muscat: With more austerity, cuts and the targeting of funds only to those projects and schemes that will make the country future-proof, Oman's...

Muscat: Oman expects to generate around OMR300 million as fee on expatriate licenses in 2017, the state budget data released on January 1 reveals. Detailing...

MUSCAT: Oman’s Budget 2017 is tackling falling oil prices head on with a plan to put the country on the right path. With more austerity, cuts and the...

Muscat: Privatisation of Muscat Electricity Distribution (MEDC) will be completed in the first half of 2017, according to the Ministry of Finance. The...