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There’s a great deal of change in the commercial environment right now,” said Rashmi Mitra of Knowledge Horizon at the start of the training centre’s new Effective Manager Course, part of Knowledge Horizon’s popular Training Time programme. “There’s tremendous pressure...

The 12th session of the Egyptian-Omani Joint Committee will begin here today. The meeting will be presided over by Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah, minister responsible for foreign affairs; and Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Egyptian minister of foreign affairs. Senior officials...

A group of researchers from the Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Centre in Sultan Qaboos University who analysed the characteristics of 27-year rainfall data in the Sultanate of Oman, found that Muscat and surrounding areas are susceptible to tropical cyclones...

Last year, more than 100 exhibitors and international brands were represented at the Termium. This year they were only 50 and no major companies bothered to show up. “International companies are cutting their marketing budgets, they prefer to send their...

The new 30-second ad for the Google / Verizon / Motorola-built Droid phone is a must-see clip, and not in a good way. Watch it in YouTube HD format below. (I’m still trying to find out which agency made the...

Saudi Arabia expects to complete its Manifa heavy oil field in 2015, four years later than originally planned, according to a statement on the Web site of state-run oil company Saudi Aramco. The project, which involves building a man-made causeway...

Luxury Swiss watch brand TAG Heuer has announced the opening of its first boutique in Abu Dhabi and the eighth in the Middle East at the Abu Dhabi Mall recently. The opening of the new boutique, the third in the...

At this rate, her trees could sell out by mid-December, she said. That's good news for her business after a severe drought wiped out 5,000 of the farm's trees in 2007, causing Volunteer Tree Farm to skip tree sales last...

Oman's gross domestic product surged by 41 per cent last year, standing at 22.3 billion rials as compared to 15.7 billion rials in 2007. The Sultanate took extensive efforts last year to increase its revenues in accordance with an economic...

The General Holding Corporation for Property Development and Investment "Shibam" has stated that it is to inaugurate during 2010 implementation of five strategic projects in property, service and tourist fields at a total cost of $14.6 billion. According to the...