Seoul: In its rush to beat rival products to market, notably Apple's new iPhone, Samsung Electronics has accelerated new phone launch cycles, but its...
Muscat: Islamic insurers in the Gulf Corporate Council (GCC) region saw gross contributions (gross premiums) increase by an impressive 20 per cent or so...
Muscat: Stock markets in the Gulf region receded, despite a smart recovery in oil prices last month.
Despite Brent crude gaining 10.7 per cent last month,...
Muscat: Value Added Tax (VAT) is a transactional tax applicable on all supplies of goods and services taking place every day unlike Corporate Tax which is...
New York: Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan, whose tenure at the central bank ended this month, hopes the process of cleaning up...
Muscat: Oil being the main source of public revenues and the mainstay of economy in the GCC countries, the drop in prices in the second half of 2014 had...
Muscat: The drop in Islamic finance growth is likely to continue in 2017 and that the estimated industry’s total assets will reach $2.1 trillion by the...
Muscat: Amid dull trading volumes, the MSM 30 Index gained 0.36 per cent to close at 5,748.56 points. The MSM Sharia Index ended at 887 points, up 0.17 per...