Business

New York: Sorry, Target Corp., but the US consumer isn’t the problem. That’s the view of Wal-Mart Stores, which boosted its forecast on Thursday...

Mexico City: Exxon Mobil, Chevron and Hess have agreed to bid together for rights to drill for crude in Mexico’s deepwater oil areas, according to a...

Copenhagen: A.P. Moeller-Maersk said it’s still considering several options in its strategic review after a local newspaper reported that the Danish...

Muscat: Dr. Yahya bin Badr Al Ma'awali, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Social Development met today (Thurdsay) with the Palestinian delegation,...

Muscat: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said on Thursday issued four Royal Decrees. The first is to issue a law to continue the validity of licenses for...

Paris: France’s unemployment rate dropped to its lowest level in almost four years, helping President Francois Hollande fulfill a promise to cut...

Zurich: Nestle SA reported the slowest first-half sales growth since 2009 as the world’s biggest food company struggled to raise prices. Revenue increased...

Sydney: Australia’s largest lenders and 11 international banking peers are being sued by funds in a US lawsuit over alleged manipulation of the South...

Muscat: An anti-begging team will photograph beggars and use video as evidence in court, a reliable source at the Ministry of Social Development (MoSD)...

Muscat: Hundreds of expat government sector medical staff who have been removed from service and handed reduced gratuity payments have taken their case to...