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Sunday, 21 November, 2010
By A Staff Reporter - MUSCAT — Vale announced the arrival of its very first iron ore shipment to the Sultanate’s shores on board the MV Ore Moatize, following a 14,312 km journey that began from Tubarão Port in Brazil. The MV Ore Moatize was loaded with 143,524 tonnes of iron ore, from which 50,009
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Sunday, 21 November, 2010
By A Staff Reporter - MUSCAT — Oman Gas Company, the Sultanate's supplier of natural gas to utilites and industry across the country, added a new name in October to its list of customers. Shadeed Iron and Steel LLC is a state-of-the-art facility based in Sohar, one of many established in recent year
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Sunday, 21 November, 2010
By A Staff Reporter - MUSCAT — Bentley Motors is proud to be hosting the international media drive of the new Continental GT coupé in Oman during November 2010. Journalists from all around the world are experiencing the new Bentley against the Sultanate’s unique backdrop of dramatic scenic beauty, c
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Sunday, 21 November, 2010
By A Staff Reporter - MUSCAT — As construction of Oman’s first boutique hotel at Jebel Sifah nears completion, Muriya Tourism Development has appointed Daniel Fanselow (pictured) as General Manager of its very own property: ‘Sifawy’. Having studied hospitality management in the Netherlands, Daniel b
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Sunday, 21 November, 2010
MUSCAT — BankMuscat, the leading financial services provider in the Sultanate, has launched an exciting live radio show featuring the popular al Mazyona savings scheme. The weekly programme on Al Wisal Radio is broadcast from Banki, the Bank’s mobile bank which visits prominent locations, every Wedn
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Sunday, 21 November, 2010
MUSCAT — Reliable International Automotive (RIA), the authorised distributor for Kia in Oman takes immense pride in providing customers with world class products supported with after sales service of equally high standard. For this, the organisation endeavours to keep the skills of its technical sta
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Sunday, 21 November, 2010
MADRID — Spain's Banco Santander could use the exit of the chairman of majority-owned Banesto as a catalyst to combine its domestic retail networks. If Spain's biggest bank scrunches the two networks together, it could then sell part of the merged entity on public markets to raise capital, as it has
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Sunday, 21 November, 2010
HELSINKI — The world's leading mobile phone maker Nokia acknowledged some of its new flagship N8 smartphones, which it hopes will help re-take lost market share, are simply dying. Some customers are reporting that their N8 turned off unexpectedly without any way to turn them back on, or refused to p
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Sunday, 21 November, 2010
WASHINGTON — US farmers hoping for increased sales to South Korea under a free trade agreement may get less than they expected because of President Barack Obama's demand for better terms for US automakers. South Korea had originally hoped to resolve US concerns over autos and beef without reopening
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Sunday, 21 November, 2010
The Kenan-Flagler School at the University of North Carolina, one of the top 25 business schools in the US, has now bitten the bullet with plans to launch a distance-learning MBA that adheres to all the entrance and content criteria used for its other MBA programmes — including a requirement for app
