Business

Muscat: Oman’s total electricity customers have increased by 7 per cent last year, thanks to a surge in number of domestic customers by 47,815 in several...

Muscat: Excluding a block deal, trading remained tepid with the MSM30 Index closing at 5,952.46 points, down by 0.12 per cent. The MSM Sharia Index declined...

Muscat: MAN Diesel and Turbo along with their local partners OHI are setting up a state-of-the-art ‘Rotating Equipment Workshop’ in Rusyal, Oman. The...

Muscat: Omani businesses have “little time” to acclimatise to the VAT (Value Added Tax) regime, which the Sultanate plans to implement from January,...

London: The head of exploration at BP, Richard Herbert, is leaving the British oil major after slightly more than two years in the job, a period in which...

London: Europe's poorly-performing initial public offering (IPO) market suddenly needs to find room for a handful of big deals. That should be an...

New Delhi: US tech giant Apple on Wednesday announced setting up a software laboratory in Bengaluru to support startups and developers working on the...

Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday set out a plan to get 1.17 million more people into the workforce by the fiscal year starting April...

Tokyo: Japan's economy expanded at the fastest pace in a year in the first quarter, thanks in part to a leap year consumption boost, but analysts say...

Muscat: Danube group plans to open four retail stores, including two this year, in Oman, taking the total number of stores to five. The four retail stores...