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Chinese brands expand in US market despite tariffs

SHANGHAI/NEW YORK: A wave of Chinese consumer brands is expanding into the US to offset sluggish domestic spending and tap into higher profit margins.Throughout 2025, companies including Labubu-maker Pop Mart, trinket...

Many Chinese brands leverage lower prices to appeal to cost-conscious Western consumers. — Reuters

Rollout of AI-powered reverse vending machines begins

Hundreds of Sparklomat-branded reverse vending machines have been installed around the Gulf states

Dollar rebounds as markets await US

Four thousand U.S. dollars are counted out by a banker at a bank in Westminster. REUTERS

Stocks mostly up as traders eye Nvidia

Traders are biding their time ahead of the release of key figures, including Nvidia's earnings and US economic data (ANGELA WEISS)

Scheme to incentivise patronage of local content

The loyalty programme for local content, currently in development, will provide rewards for citizens who purchase local goods and services.

Oman Fisheries witnesses increase in revenue for Q2

Revenue growth is the result of strategic efforts to enhance sales margins and closely monitor fixed costs.

Audit firm Abu Timam Grant Thornton gets one year suspension

Financial Services Authority

Time has come for September rate cut: Fed chairman

deral Reserve Governor Jerome Powell

Markets: Dollar is down; oil gains

US dollar banknotes

Oman Electricity Market records steady growth in 2023: Nama PWP

With the exception of Ibri II, all the generators participating in the Oman Electricity during 2023 were conventional gas-powered plants.

FLAG Logistics to boost Oman presence

FLAG operates from a modern 50,000m² infrastructure in Khazaen Economic City.

Gold imports to Oman are up 41% in 2024

The total weight of gold imported by the Sultanate of Oman by the end of May 2024 amounted to about 8,443 kilograms, compared to 5,675 kilograms in the same period in 2023.

Investment opportunities abound in Dhofar’s industrial and food sectors

Regarding commercial registrations in Dhofar Governorate, the number reached around 2,560 registrations during the first half of 2024, compared to 2,846 registrations during the same period in 2023.

MTCIT annual report 2023 highlights delivery of key digital government initiatives

The report provides a comprehensive overview of the achievements under the 2021-2025 Digital Government Programme.

Gold imports to Oman are up 41% in 2024

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