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Office Cosmetics to set up shop in Oman - Oman: With the rapid growth of country's lifestyle sector, Office Cosmetics, a US brand, plans to foray into the Omani market, taking the ATF as a launch pad for its products. [AMEInfo.com]
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Muscat Private Hospital announces Cardiac Surgery Program - Oman: Muscat Private Hospital (MPH), Oman's premier Private Health destination announces its cardiac surgery program for the correction of cardiac disorders. [AMEInfo.com]
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Origin Oman e-survey in full swing - Oman: The Origin Oman Buy Local campaign has begun its end-of-year e-Survey. [AMEInfo.com]
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Oman Air inaugurates its new Contact Centre - Oman: Oman Air, the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman has officially launched their new Contact Centre at Knowledge Oasis Muscat (KOM) - the emerging IT Park of Oman.
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Oman Mobile ends 2008 as top brand - Oman: Before the dawn of 2009, Oman Mobile Telecommunications Company - Oman Mobile - has emphasized its rating the leading telecommunication brand in the Sultanate as a unique mobile services provider, maintaining its distinguished rank among the Mideast telecommunications companies. [AMEInfo.com]
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Shop till you drop at the families day at ATF - Oman: Its Families Day today at ATF 2008, a special day allocated for the whole family to bond and shop together to their hearts content. [AMEInfo.com]
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Oman's largest development downgraded - Oman: The Blue City project in Oman has had its bond rating downgraded to junk status by Moody's Investor Services due to slow sales at the development and a 'less favourable economic environment', The National has reported. The $20bn development - the largest in Oman - is designed to create a new lifestyle city over the next 20 years with hotels, schools, hospitals and housing for 200,000 people. The shortfall in sales revenue could jeaopardize the project, Moody's said. [AMEInfo.com]
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Oman Arab Bank achieves revenue growth and ROI from SMS based banking services - Oman: Derdack, provider of mobile messaging platforms and notification workflow software today announced that Oman Arab Bank, a leading bank in Oman, has achieved significant efficiencies in customer service and the opening of new revenue streams from SMS-based mobile banking. [AMEInfo.com]
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The Wave, Muscat wins UK magazine awards - Oman: The Wave, Muscat has won five accolades at the Homes Overseas Awards held in London. Homes Overseas, awarded The Wave, Muscat the Gold award for Best Development in the Middle East, Silver awards for Worldwide Best Luxury Development, and Worldwide Best Marina Development and Off Plan Top Twenty award. They were also awarded the Readers Choice Award. [AMEInfo.com]
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Oman Shipping and Emirates agencies set up joint venture - Oman: Oman Shipping Company (OSC) and Emirates for Trade Agencies (ETA) have signed an agreement to establish a 50-50 joint venture company, which will buy three crude oil tankers, each with a capacity of 300,000 tonnes. The Sultanate and the UAE have joint objectives and strategies to achieve economic development for both the countries. [AMEInfo.com]
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Yemeni health products available at ATF 2008 - Oman: Anyone who has problems with hair, liver, skin, or has a weak immune system should not miss ATF 2008 on December 10-19 at the Oman International Exhibition Centre. [AMEInfo.com]
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Environmental society campaigns against plastic bag usage outside the Capital - Oman: The town of Sur became the target of an environmental campaign recently to reduce the use of plastic bags in the Sultanate. [AMEInfo.com]
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Galfar awarded OR18.5m deal - Oman: Galfar Engineering and Contracting has been awarded the contract to carry out the civil works for the construction of the nine million tonnes per annum pelletising plant being constructed in Sohar by Vale. The deal is worth an estimated OR18.5m. A leading global mining company with headquarters in Brazil, Vale employs over 100,000 people worldwide, while Galfar is the largest construction company in Oman. [AMEInfo.com]
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Price of Oman crude increases - Oman: The price of Oman crude oil for immediate loading increased by $2.33, or 5.5%, on Friday to $44.45 a barrel. Oman crude oil for February loading rose 1% to a premium of nine cents a barrel of its official price. Oman crude oil futures for February delivery, however, fell 36 cents to $44.79 a barrel on the Dubai Mercantile Exchange. [AMEInfo.com]
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Oman, Libya launch joint finance venture - Oman: Oman and Libya have signed a $500m deal to establish a joint investment company to be based in Tripoli. The company will invest in economic, real estate, tourism, industrial, services and energy projects and will also set up joint stock companies to undertake different projects. [AMEInfo.com]
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The Wave, Muscat wins five prestigious international property awards - Oman: The Wave, Muscat has won top accolades at Homes Overseas Awards held in London. [AMEInfo.com]
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Knowledge Horizon participates at AIESEC Symposium - Oman: 'For me the great thing about the AIESEC Symposium was the audience,' says Abeer Al Jasim, GM of Knowledge Horizon Training Institute. [AMEInfo.com]
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Spices make a big boost at ATF 2008 - Oman: Besides making food taste great, research shows spices can promote health and well being including anti-aging and inhibiting of degenerative disease.
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Ladies Day on December 14 at ATF '08 - Oman: Good news ladies, ATF - Eid's ulitmate shopping exhibition has set aside a special day exclusively for women to explore the event and shop uninhibited, to their hearts content. [AMEInfo.com]
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CGGVeritas announces multi-year extension of Oman processing contract - Oman: CGGVeritas announced that it has been awarded a multi-year contract extension by Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) to perform seismic data processing and imaging services at its Mina Al Fahal site. [AMEInfo.com]
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Thrifty Car Rental further expands Oman operations - Oman: Thrifty Car Rental, a subsidiary of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc., announced today the opening of a seventh branch in Oman. [AMEInfo.com]
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Honda Oman launches special offers - Oman: Honda has announced the launch of new special offers available at Honda showrooms across the sultanate of Oman. [AMEInfo.com]
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First residents move into the Wave, Muscat - Oman: Nick Smith, CEO of The Wave, Muscat, tells Edward Poultney why he believes that the type of investor targeted by the group will help the project escape the effects of the GCC's current real estate slowdown [AMEInfo.com]
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Media boom in Oman - Oman: Apex Press and Publishing is planning to add a new English daily newspaper in Oman, reported Gulf News. The Sultanate is experiencing a media boom as it already has three English dailies and three English weeklies besides a host of specialised business and other publications. And it is not only print media that is witnessing a boom, as new FM radio channels have given residents a wider choice unlike in the past when only one FM channel catered to the needs of all Oman residents.
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Muscat hospital offers women's health services - Oman: Muscat Private Hospital has launched a state-of-the-art one-stop service that covers all areas of women's health. The Women's Health Services, which is the first of its kind in the country, provides an innovative and quality health care programme to women and their families by integrating medical, educational, and social courses in a confidential and compassionate atmosphere, according to a press statement.
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