Business

Muscat: Oman’s conventional banks have achieved a 6.5 per cent growth in total credit disbursements, while credit to the private sector alone grew by 8.6...

Muscat: Major listed companies on the Muscat Securities Market have announced dividend proposals, which are as follows. BankDhofar proposes cash dividend,...

Chicago: Chevron posted its first annual loss since at least 1980 as the world’s biggest oil companies struggle to emerge from the worst collapse in a...

San Francisco: Alphabet, Microsoft and Intel, which all posted quarterly results on Thursday, reinforced what’s become a truism in technology: the biggest...

Muscat: Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) on Thursday signed a $1.2 billion contract to supply piping for its drilling operations through Duqm. The...

London: Auto-industry investment in the U.K. plunged by more than one-third in 2016 as carmakers concerned about Brexit deferred long-term commitments...

Washington DC - Donald Trump’s pledge to impose a border tax on American companies that make products abroad to sell back in the U.S. is fanning concern...

Paris: To convince investors to finance a pan-European war against Uber Technologies Inc., a French ride-hailing app 50 times smaller has a one-word pitch:...

Muscat: As part of expenditure control measures, the Ministry of Finance has issued a series of circulars to government departments. On the budget of...

Muscat: Many actions have been initiated to enhance food security in the Sultanate, said Dr Fuad bin Jafar Al Sajwani, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries...