Business

New York: Wal-Mart Stores is making another round of job cuts as part of Chief Executive Officer Doug McMillon’s efforts to streamline operations,...

Muscat: Around 100 children in Oman called the child protection hotline in six months of 2016, according to an official at the Ministry of Social...

Muscat: A news report that Oman is holding talks with the Gulf states to secure a multi-billion dollar deposit is false, the Sultanate's Ministry of...

Muscat: Majlis Al Shura will host Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser Al Bakri, Minister of Manpower on January 15 and 16 to discuss the ministry's...

Muscat: Dr. Abdul Latif bin Rashid Al Zayani, GCC Secretary General declared December 24 each year as the GCC Statistics Day. This date is based on the...

Muscat: An increase in bank interest rates and fuel prices are adversely affecting contracting firms, leading to a squeeze in their margins, according to...

Muscat: A special team studying the feasibility of agricultural insurance in Oman recently discussed the requirements of insurance firms and the mechanism...

Muscat: Led by selling in banking and telecom stocks, the MSM30 Index had a subdued session to close at 5,779.81 points. The MSM Sharia Index was unchanged...

Beijing: China's producer prices surged the most in more than five years in December and by more than expected as prices of coal and other raw materials...

New York/Beijing: Alibaba Executive Chairman Jack Ma met US President-elect Donald Trump on Monday and laid out the Chinese e-commerce giant's new plan...