Over 70 per cent fewer flights operated last year due to pandemic impacts
Sharp declines: Steep drop in passenger numbers recorded at Muscat, Salalah, Suhar and Duqm airports in 2020 – A complete
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Omanis made up 76 per cent of hotel guests in January
MUSCAT: The total number of guests in hotel properties of the 3 to 5-star category in the Sultanate fell 49.5
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Oman set to be a regional hub for leadership programming
Executive Education: University of Arizona partners with Omani government on Leadership Development Programme BUSINESS REPORTER – MUSCAT, MARCH 7 A
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Ministerial delegation tours Oman’s sole industrial bakery
BUSINESS REPORTER – MUSCAT, MARCH 7 A high-level ministerial delegation comprising Qais bin Mohammed al Yousef, Minister of Commerce, Industry
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Meeting Point Hotels deflags Kairaba Mirbat Resort
BUSINESS REPORTER – MUSCAT, MARCH 7 Two years after entering the Oman market with a new brand of Kairaba Hotels
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Opec+ spikes oil while most commodities fret fresh yield rise
The almost synchronised commodity rally seen during the past few months continues to be challenged by an ongoing rise in
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High quality award-winning GAC Motor range with benefits
MUSCAT: GAC Motor is offering customers exclusive benefits across the range. The GS4 has an EMI of RO 108, the
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China export growth spikes to highest in decades
BEIJING: China’s export growth jumped to the highest in over two decades, official data showed on Sunday, with imports also
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China still 30 years away from becoming manufacturing ‘power’
BEIJING: China is at least 30 years away from becoming a manufacturing nation of “great power”, a former industry minister
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Deliveroo to offer £50 million of stocks to customers
LONDON: Deliveroo said shares worth £50 million ($69 million) would be earmarked for customers in its upcoming flotation, with the
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Shake off your ill will, UK tells EU over trade
LONDON: The European Union should shake off its ill will and build a good relationship with Britain as sovereign equals,
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Sunak ‘looking at ways to tax online retail giants’
LONDON: British Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak says he is seeking support from Britain’s allies for a new way
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Opec+ decision a positive step: Oman
Key trends: Sultanate’s output capped at 732k bpd through April 2021; Oman’s crude benchmark soars to $66.41/b The Omani government
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RO 98m Duqm gas pipeline project completed
Energy lifeline: 221km pipeline to supply natural gas as fuel source and feedstock to various projects at Duqm SEZ BUSINESS
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Oman-Nepal webinar focuses on waste management trends
BUSINESS REPORTER – MUSCAT, MARCH 6 The Embassy of Nepal recently organised a webinar between six metropolitan cities of Nepal
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Al Mazunah Free Zone signs six investment pacts
BUSINESS REPORTER – MUSCAT, MARCH 6 Al Mazunah Free Zone Committee held its second meeting this year, chaired by Hilal
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Financial, industrial sector scrips buoy MSM Index
The MSM30 Index ended the week up by 1.41 per cent, supported by the Financial & Industrial index, which rose
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US labour market roars back; full recovery still years away
WASHINGTON: The US economy created more jobs than expected in February as falling new Covid-19 infections and additional pandemic relief
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Oil surges after Opec+ holds cuts, strong US jobs growth
NEW YORK: Oil prices jumped about 3 per cent on Friday, hitting their highest levels in more than a year,
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Venezuela to introduce one million bolivar bill as inflation persists
CARACAS: Venezuela’s central bank said on Friday that it would introduce a banknote worth 1 million bolivars beginning next week,
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Philippine CPI hits 26-month high
MANILA: Philippine inflation picked up pace in February to the fastest rate in 26 months, but the central bank said
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