Twenty years ago, 16-year-old Taylor Swift released her debut single, Tim McGraw. To understand everything that has come since – the confessional genius, the brand strategy, the carefully constructed persona – this three-minute-and-fifty-two-second country ballad is a good place to start. As we argue in our edited collection Taylor Swift: Culture, Capital & Critique, Swift […]
Muscat: The Sultanate of Oman’s national budget airline, SalamAir, is exploring new destinations in India and plans to set up a base in Salalah to expand operations in the South of Oman. Speaking to the Observer, Adrian Hamilton-Manns, CEO of SalamAir said, “We will be looking at the Goa in Western India besides the Navi […]
Muscat: Major banks in the Sultanate of Oman have indicated that they will be launching the Maal debit and credit cards. This Central Bank of Oman-initiated local card, to be launched in cooperation with six local banks, aims to strengthen the national payments system and the independence of the financial infrastructure. Bank Muscat, Sohar International, […]
NEW YORK: SpaceX was on course to blow past $2 trillion in market valuation in its Nasdaq debut on Friday, reflecting the frenzy for the Elon Musk-led company and putting it on track to become the sixth-largest publicly listed company in the United States. Shares were indicated to open around $175 a share, or about […]
FMC-Ferrometalco, a leading Egyptian steel fabrication and construction company, has signed an agreement to invest in the establishment of a major facility specializing in the fabrication of steel structures at the Special Economic Zone at Duqm (SEZAD). The project forms part of a portfolio of investments announced earlier this week by the Public Authority for […]
