Columns

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

International

Khartoum warns of new Abyei flare-up

Monday, 14 March, 2011

KHARTOUM — Sudan's ruling party yesterday warned of serious violence in the flashpoint Abyei region within days. Al Dirdiri Mohammed Ahmed, the National Congress Party's chief negotiator on Abyei, said that if the southern army does not withdraw thousands of "irregular" troops from the volatile dis
Two killed in Iraq prison riot

Monday, 14 March, 2011

TIKRIT — A prison brawl in the Iraqi city of Tikrit yesterday triggered a riot in which two inmates were killed and 12 people injured, a security official said. "Among the inmates two were killed and seven wounded. Among the guards, five were hurt, including a police major," he said. Officials ini
Crowley steps down amid flap

Monday, 14 March, 2011

WASHINGTON — State Department spokesman Philip Crowley resigned yesterday after slamming the Pentagon's treatment of a US solider suspected of leaking thousands of diplomatic cables and military documents to WikiLeaks as "counter-productive." "Given the impact of my remarks, for which I take full r
Obama pokes fun at possible 2012 challengers

Monday, 14 March, 2011

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama left no target untouched yesterday poking fun at his potential rivals in the 2012 presidential election in a speech to journalists and high-powered Washington officials. Speaking at the Gridiron Club dinner in Washington, where the policy is to singe but not burn
Senator urges tapping oil reserve

Monday, 14 March, 2011

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama should tap the country's strategic oil reserve to combat rising fuel prices, a top Senate Democrat said yesterday. Dick Durbin, the Senate's No 2 Democrat, said the run up in gas prices in recent weeks could hurt the economy's recovery and urged the president to
Tokyo launches huge rescue effort

Sunday, 13 March, 2011

50,000 military and other rescue personnel mobilised - Countries offer to send teams for help - TOKYO — Japan mobilised 50,000 military and other rescue personnel to spearhead a Herculean rescue and recovery effort, a day after being hit by its most devastating quake and tsunami on record. Every win
Experts discount threat of ‘Japanese Chernobyl’

Sunday, 13 March, 2011

BRUSSELS — Japan should not expect a repeat of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster after an explosion blew the roof off one of its nuclear power plants that had been shaken in a huge earthquake, experts said yesterday. Japan’s Daiichi 1 reactor north of the capital Tokyo began leaking radiation after the
Internet helps people locate loved ones

Sunday, 13 March, 2011

TOKYO — Searching the Internet on sites such as Google, Twitter and their local variants has become more effective in finding loved ones than sifting through wreckage following Japan’s devastating tsunami. Frantic friends and relatives leapt onto their computers to find information about people who
Survivors voice N-fears

Sunday, 13 March, 2011

MINAMISOMA — Stunned survivors of Japan’s quake and tsunami catastrophe confronted a deadly new threat yesterday — the spectre of a nuclear reactor meltdown in the desolate disaster zone. In shattered towns along the vast Pacific coast — where a massive tidal wave devoured and spat out entire neighb
Libya troops push dissidents east

Sunday, 13 March, 2011

BREGA, Libya — Libyan troops forced dissidents to retreat overnight from the outskirts of the oil town of Ras Lanuf, pushing the front line eastwards, and the dissident council’s chief said more volunteers were ready to fight. The front line now stands between the dissident-held town of Uqaylah and