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Muscat: Dr. Ali bin Mas'oud Al Sunaidi, Minister of Commerce and Industry received Borge Brende, Minister of Foreign Affairs in Norway, yesterday. The...

New York: It's hardly a happy new year for Alibaba Group Holding. Just before Christmas, the US Trade Representative added Alibaba's Taobao...

Singapore: Swim or sink: That’s the message shipping executives in Asia are taking into the new year. Faced with a prolonged trade slowdown and depressed...

Mumbai: India will spend $10 billion annually on new power transmission lines to satisfy growing demand in under-served areas, according to the country’s...

Frankfurt: The euro-area economy finished 2016 with the strongest momentum in more than 5 1/2 years, bolstering the region as it heads into a year of...

Dubai: Dubai Financial Market (DFM) said it plans to introduce regulated short-selling in the "coming months,” the latest sign of efforts by stock...

San Francisco: Tesla Motors reported fourth-quarter deliveries that fell short of its own forecasts, sending shares lower in after-market trading, as...

Muscat: Oman’s long term foreign and local currency issuer default rating (IDR) has been placed at ‘BBB’ with a stable outlook, thanks to low public...

MUSCAT: New figures show Oman continued to enjoy an increase in tourists, with an additional hundreds of thousands visiting the Sultanate. Some 2.5 million...

Muscat: Tanfeedh, the National Diversification Programme was discussed and approved by the Majlis Al Shura Economic and Financial Committee. It also decided...