Economy

Muscat: Oman’s economy has achieved a robust 12.9 per cent growth at OMR6,438.9 million in the first quarter of 2017, against OMR5,703.2 million for the...

Muscat: Foreign companies exporting goods and services to Oman can have multiple agency agreements with local firms and Oman government does not allow...

Washington: US job openings jumped to a record high in June, outpacing hiring, the latest indication that companies are having trouble finding qualified...

Mumbai: The rupee strengthened by 5 paise to trade at a fresh two-year high of 63.65 against the dollar, buoyed by hopes of more capital inflows, coupled...

Beijing: China's trade with isolated North Korea rose more than 10 per cent in the January-June period from a year earlier, a Chinese official said on...

Brussels: The European Union's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier warned British ministers and businesses who are calling for "frictionless...

Luxembourg: Greece's international lenders are expected to agree on Thursday to unblock as much as 8 billion euros in loans that Athens desperately...

Paris: Greece's European creditors "shouldn't play with fire" over the country's debt relief programme, EU Economic and Financial...

New Delhi: Several factors including the global situation were responsible for decline in GDP growth to 6.1 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2016-17,...

* Minutes from latest Fed meeting not as hawkish as expected * Euro edges back towards 6-1/2-mth high * BOC's upbeat economic view, buoyant oil boosts...