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A new reality is taking hold in the Gulf region in the wake of agreements signed by China with Saudi Arabia, on the one hand, and Iran. Among other things, these initiatives have paved the way for a...

During the past three decades ago, the country has witnessed the introduction of several brand identities for the national industrial products to enhance their presence at the local and international...

Banking institutions in the world are showing increasing interest in savings for young people and children, by encouraging them to save part of their money for the future. This effort is not...

Many issues of concern to civil society, companies and the government were raised at the recent Omani Forum for Partnership and Social Responsibility. We focus here on the issue of the social impact...

Scores of families around the world complain about high prices of commodities and products due to geopolitical, logistical and supply chain challenges that have contributed to inflationary trends. In...

Many describe Oman’s foreign policy as representative of the country’s soft power characteristic of its hospitable culture and tolerance towards everyone.Over the past decades, the country's...

The Middle East region is rich in many types of minerals that can be a great source of income, as well as open up job opportunities for the local people. The Sultanate of Oman has plenty of minerals...

Omani institutions are making great efforts to promote national industrial products, some of which currently reach markets in Europe, the Americas and Asia. These efforts are reinforced by...

Despite the measures taken by governments and concerned institutions in combating money laundering operations, they are not always successful due to manipulations by individuals and institutions...

In today's world every person aspires to save their earnings so their families can live content lives. The needs of the world are many, and it is difficult to achieve all that we aim for. Money is as...

A number of small enterprises were adversely impacted over the past period as a result of pandemic-induced closures, suffering declining sales and the effects of the downturn in general. This was due...

Despite the spread of many financial services in the world during the past five decades, there are about 1.4 billion adults without bank accounts as of mid-2022, according to World Bank data. These...

Over the past three decades, the advent of new modern technologies has necessitated the acquisition of new skillsets and expertise. Families hastened to educate, train and prepare their children in...

In this region, there is great interest in developments witnessed by China in the fields of trade, industry and innovation, in addition to the issue of population growth. Relations between the GCC and...

Some private institutions, within the framework of their social responsibility commitments, make efforts to support differently-abled members of society. Their aim is to provide a voice to these...

Present generations, as well as some governments, often find themselves weighed down by debt carried forward from previous years. Ordinary people too complain about their financial challenges although...

International agencies continue to raise warnings about the risk of cyber-attacks by rogue states and terror organisations against the infrastructure of governmental and private institutions around...

Some countries in the world used to record deficits in their annual financial budgets to achieve their financial and economic objectives, notably by obtaining loans from international financial...

The curtain has fallen on the World Cup 2022 hosted by Qatar. It was the best version of a World Cup in terms of efficient organisation, standard of facilities, entertainment and honest competition....

The Islamic banking sector in the region has grown significantly since it was launched in the early seventies of the last century, to become today a competitor to traditional banks and other banking...