Business

Washington: The US unemployment rate fell to a nine-year low of 4.6 per cent in November, as employers added another 178,000 jobs, making it almost certain...

MUSCAT: Increasing global crude prices are a positive sign, but they still need to reach at least $65 per barrel, an oil firm official and an economist...

London: The dollar traded just off a 9-1/2-month high against the yen on Thursday, steadying after a jump along with U.S. bond yields on the details of a...

Muscat: Villagers’ lives are set to become easier as the Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (TRA) is installing telecom stations which are expected to...

Muscat: In the coming budget, private-public partnerships (PPP) will be discussed to boost the Oman economy, according to a Majlis Al Shura member who...

Muscat: Commercial operations of Sohar Refinery Improvement Project are expected by the early part of the second quarter of 2017. The expanded capacity will...

Muscat: Oman’s banking regulator plans to raise OMR150 million through a government development bond isssue. The Central Bank of Oman (CBO) said that the...

London: Oil prices jumped more than 8 per cent on Wednesday to a five-week high as some of the world's largest oil producers gathered in Vienna for a...

Muscat: Trading volumes on the Muscat bourse were driven by special deals. However, the MSM30 Index remained stable at 5,487.68 points, up by 0.12 per cent....

Muscat: Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs received yesterday Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Secretary General of the Arab...