Columns

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
Leadership can’t be faked
By Susan Bagyura — Leadership is a funny thing in that it just can’t b
A new window
By Hasan Kamoonpuri — SINCE 2010, when I wrote a book titled Top Busin
Slump continues in Britain’s retail trade sector
By Andy Jalil — Foreign Correspondent — IT has been a long struggle in

Head stories

'Comet factory' found

Saturday, 8 June, 2013

SANTIAGO — A "dust trap" surrounding a young star could help explain how planets are formed, astronomers with Chile's ALMA space observatory said. The findings provide insight into how dust particles in the disk around a young star grow in size so that, over time, they form comets and planets. "It's
Steps to contain spread of virus

Friday, 7 June, 2013

Monitoring system being strengthened — MUSCAT — The department for monitoring and control of infectious diseases conducted a workshop to discuss ways for containing coronavirus infections at the Higher Studies Centre at the Royal Hospital in the presence of Dr Ahmed bin Mohammed al Saeedi, Minister
World food output growth to slow

Friday, 7 June, 2013

BEIJING — Growth in global agricultural production is expected to slow in the coming decade, the UN food agency and the OECD said in a joint report yesterday, warning threats to food security remain. The world's agricultural output is projected to grow at an average 1.5 percent annually from 2013 to
Indian rupee hits 11-month low

Friday, 7 June, 2013

NEW DELHI — The Indian rupee slumped to 57 to a dollar yesterday, its lowest since June 22. In early morning trade the partially convertible rupee traded at 56.99 against Wednesday's close of 56.72 per dollar. The Indian currency was trading higher in afternoon trade at 56.82 on dollar selling by ex
HM greetings to Sweden king

Thursday, 6 June, 2013

HIS Majesty Sultan Qaboos has sent a cable of greetings to King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden on the occasion of his country's National Day. His Majesty expressed his sincere greetings along with his best wishes of good health and happiness to King Gustaf and the friendly people of Sweden further progre
HM thanked by Jordan king

Thursday, 6 June, 2013

HIS Majesty Sultan Qaboos has received a cable of thanks from King Abdallah II of Jordan in reply to His Majesty's congratulatory cable on the occasion of the 67th Independence Day of Jordan. King Abdallah expressed his utmost thanks for His Majesty's noble fraternal feelings, praying to the Almight
Road casualties a big challenge

Thursday, 6 June, 2013

By A Staff Reporter — MUSCAT — Oman will have 250 health institutions at the end of the current Five-Year Plan and work is under way on 10 new hospitals, some will be completed soon and some will replace the existing hospitals. This was stated by Dr Ahmed bin Mohammed al Saeedi, Minister of Health,
6,600 jobs at tourism port

Thursday, 6 June, 2013

MUSCAT — The project for conversion of Sultan Qaboos Port into a tourist port will provide 6,600 jobs and will include a marine facade, yacht marina to accommodate more than 100 yachts, a terminal for cruise ships, in addition to a hotel complex and natural rock garden. This was revealed by Dr Ahmed
MSM index rises

Thursday, 6 June, 2013

MUSCAT — Muscat Securities Market (MSM) general index 30 yesterday added 45.03 points, comprising a rise of 0.7 per cent to close at 6,498.05 points. The trading value yesterday stood at RO 16.16 million, comprising a slight fall by 2.27 per cent compared to the last session, which stood at RO 16.54
Global $200m credit card ring busted

Thursday, 6 June, 2013

NEW YORK — Eleven people in the United States, the UK and Vietnam have been arrested and accused of running a $200 million worldwide credit card fraud ring, US and UK law enforcement officials said yesterday. "One of the world's major facilitation networks for online card fraud has been dismantled b