Economy

Muscat: A consortium of two global energy consultants, Navigant Consulting and Tractebel Engie, is expected to submit a detailed feasibility study on...

Berlin: Germany will investigate whether to tighten the rules that govern when an investor needs to disclose a holding in a company after news that...

Paris: The French economy grew by a stronger than expected 2 per cent in 2017, its best performance since 2011, in a year marked by a surprise acceleration...

San Francisco: Amazon.com has agreed to buy video doorbell maker Ring, the companies said on Tuesday, in what analysts see as a growing bet on delivering...

Washington: The US Commerce Department said on Tuesday it had made a final determination that imports of aluminium foil from China are being sold in the...

Muscat: A new container terminal at Duqm port, which will have an annual capacity to handle two million twenty-foot equivalent units (TUEs), will be ready...

Mexico City: The US negotiator for regional content requirements in autos flew back to Washington from a NAFTA round in Mexico on Monday to talk with car...

Berlin/Frankfurt: Automaker Geely's purchase of a $9 billion stake in Mercedes maker Daimler rekindled fears in Germany on Monday of its highly-prized...

Washington: Sales of new US single-family homes fell for a second straight month in January, weighed down by steep declines in the Northeast and South,...

Jakarta: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde said on Tuesday the global economy was showing broad-based growth, but the...