Economy

Muscat: Private deposits at commercial banks in the Sultanate at the end of February 2018 rose 0.85 per cent to OMR12.55 billion, compared to OMR12.45...

MUSCAT: The National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) will conduct on Sunday its annual comprehensive survey of foreign direct investment (FDI)...

Beirut: The Lebanese government completed a $5.5 billion debt swap with the central bank on Friday, issuing Eurobonds to the central bank in exchange for...

Zurich: Global insurers are taking stock of how the US withdrawal from an international agreement to deny Tehran nuclear weapons, and threatened sanctions...

Washington: US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross is having a second look at trade remedies in the case of China telecommunications company ZTE Corp "and...

London: Britain's trade minister Liam Fox will invite overseas investors on Thursday to submit bids for financing 30 billion pounds ($40 billion) of...

Muscat: Telecommunications company Omantel registered a net profit of OMR57.4 million in 2017, the company CEO Talal Mamari announced. Mamari added that the...

Muscat: The fourth Strategic Roundtable was organised in Muscat on Tuesday at the Ministry of Oil and Gas. The Oil & Gas Year (TOGY), conducted the event in...

Oranjestad: US oil company ConocoPhillips has brought new court actions to seize two cargoes of crude and fuel near a terminal operated by PDVSA subsidiary...

Washington/Tokyo: The United States is seeking a trade deal with China, White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Tuesday as talks between the...