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With its rare blend of stability and dynamism, Oman is fast emerging as a global investment magnet. In April 2025, more than 300 business and government leaders from over 30 countries convened at the ...

The Strait of Hormuz is one of the world's busiest shipping lanes, so any disruption would hit the energy markets hard.

The World Bank says tariffs will hurt global growth, estimating that the trade war will shave almost half a percentage point ...

India, long tipped to be a world tech power, ranks tenth overall, and seventh for its development of AI. It has plenty of ...

Xi's Shanghai trip, his first to China's main international financial hub since November 2023, comes at a time when the tariff fight with the U.S. has raised the stakes for global economic growth ...

A leading business figure says the North East is entering a key period to secure growth in the regional economy. Port of Tyne CEO Matt Beeton was speaking as the port reported a big rise in revenues ...

While some recruiters said higher living costs and competition for sought-after skills had pushed up pay, others noted that tighter hiring budgets had weighed on the overall increase. The South of ...

Ever since President Donald Trump introduced his first set of higher tariffs, it’s been a waiting game to see just how big an impact they’ll have on the global economy.

That's when global financial leaders met at a fancy hotel in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, and hammered out the details of a new global economic order that would take hold after World War II ended.