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Why do managers fail to lead their people?
By Salim Al Riyami — DO Managers have what it takes to manage their de
Nothing has changed
By Majed Al Sulaimany — Before I start on today's topic I need to make
Loss of smell deprives us of the flavour of life
By Dr Fahim Ahmed Shah — Olfaction is the sense of smell. This sense i
True education
By Mohammed Al Balushi — THERE were days when people were been duped a
How to fix the price in Omani market
By Syeda Ishrat J — OMAN has very interesting and vibrant customer bas
Refugee blues
Dr Rajan Philips - Say this city has ten million souls, Some are liv
Progress sans jobs
Nasir Hafeez - GOVERNMENTS, faced with difficult times, can save mone
How to combat monopoly in the local markets?
Haider al Lawati - AN issue was raised during the past years in the s
Two-child policy
Hasan Kamoonpuri - MYANMAR recently re-imposed a two-child limit for
Counting money through dots and lines
ON THE AIRWAVES - By Lakshmi Kothaneth - HOW many times have we take
Promising future
Ali al Matani - ESTABLISHING Public Authority for Development of Smal
Capacity for extreme cruelty!
Majid Al Suleimany - WHAT is happening in Syria now! It is very painf
Effective ways to wow your audience
By Salim Al Riyami — WHETHER you are delivering a speech, running a me
The bigger picture!
By Majed Al Sulaimany — Before I start on the main topic, I do not min
Money matters
By Mohammed Al Balushi — IT was reported that a local bank had lost ar
Core of the Business called ‘Sales’
By Nada Ali — If you work just for money, you’ll never make it. But
Start with low cost, and grow at your own convenience
By Syeda Ishrat J — Continuation from the last week on the topic: To
Demand for hiring people with cumulative experience
By Haider Al Lawati — IN some countries around the world, the demand f
Exchanging data
By Nasir Hafeez — COMMUNICATION between an individual or an entity and
Stealing One’s Thunder
By Dr Rajan Philips — At a wedding, the bride and the groom are the st

New space taxi plans

Sat, 04 August 2012

WASHINGTON — Three aerospace firms were awarded a combined $1.1 billion from Nasa yesterday to develop commercial spaceships to carry astronauts into space within the next five years, the US space agency said. Sierra Nevada Corporation, SpaceX and Boeing were given the green-light from Nasa for development of the craft in the next phase of a programme aimed to jump-start the commercial space industry and allow Nasa to focus on other priorities. — DPA