Oman got a OMR7 billion boost from foreign investors last year

Dear {NAME}, Please find your daily news. [Times of Oman]( Morning Edition [Advertise]( | [Times of Oman Home]( | [Epaper]( | [Contact Us]( [Oman]( [This week, we’ll be looking at how much FDI is ploughed into Oman – and by whom. Last year alone, investors gave a OMR7b vote of confidence in Oman]( August 26, 2017, 9:11 PM [Oman got a OMR7 billion boost from foreign]( [Almost half of all Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) received by Oman last year came from the United Kingdom, with more than OMR3...]( [Some young drivers are customising their car seats so that they can lie back and use their feet to steer, with the car on cruise control. Shabin E]( August 26, 2017, 9:36 PM [Don’t drive with your feet, says Royal Oman]( [Using feet, knees or anything else besides your hands to guide a vehicle’s steering wheel is considered reckless driving]( [According to Oman Air's official twitter account, 192 passengers will be travelling back to Muscat through five alternative routes. Photo-File]( August 26, 2017, 12:10 AM [Oman Air passengers to be flown home from]( [192 passengers were stranded in Bangkok for two days after a "technical glitch". Here's how Oman Air flew them back to...]( [Times TV]( [More than 5,000 new homes will be available for expats to buy under an ambitious OMR4 billion tourism drive]( August 26, 2017, 7:56 PM [5000 homes for expats]( [More than 5,000 new homes will be available for expats to buy under an ambitious OMR4 billion tourism drive]( [Governor Greg Abbott urged residents to evacuate as Hurricane Harvey barrels toward Texas.]( August 26, 2017, 7:58 PM [Texas residents urged to evacuate]( [Governor Greg Abbott urged residents to evacuate as Hurricane Harvey barrels toward Texas.]( August 26, 2017, 3:40 PM [Trump pardons ex-Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio]( [U.S. president Donald Trump granting a pardon to Joe Arpaio on Friday evening, less than a month after the former Arizona lawman was...]( [Business]( [The Saudi government, seeking to diversify the economy beyond oil exports amid a slump in oil prices, told Reuters in April that it was launching a privatisation programme that would raise more than $200 billion. - Bloomberg file picture]( August 26, 2017, 5:09 PM [Saudi to open health, education sectors to]( [Saudi Arabia will allow foreign investors to take 100 per cent ownership of companies in its health and education sectors.]( [The Chinese company had signed a land lease agreement with Oman Wanfang in April this year for establishing the facility. - Times file picture]( August 26, 2017, 5:00 PM [Major Chinese building material facility in]( [A major distribution facility for building materials, which is one of the 10 projects planned by Chinese firms in Duqm, will be ready...]( [Nandan Nilekani. - PTI]( August 26, 2017, 5:05 PM [Infosys chief plans to restore stability]( [Nandan Nilekani, who returned as the Chairman of Infosys after founders staged a dramatic coup, on Friday moved to allay investors and...]( [World]( [Army personnel conduct a flag march after their deployment near Dera Sacha Sauda in Sirsa on Saturday, following violence triggered by the conviction of Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in a rape case on Friday. Photo - PTI]( August 26, 2017, 7:50 PM [India: Toll climbs to 31 in Haryana violence,]( [Violence erupted in Panchkula on Friday after a CBI court convicted Ram Rahim in a 15-year-old case.]( [The Chief of Turku Police Tapio Huttunen, Finland's Prime Minister Juha Sipila and Finnish parliament member Annika Saarikko stand next to the memorial flowers at the Turku Market Square, in Turku, Finland, August 21, 2017. Lehtikuva/Roni Lehti via Reuters]( August 26, 2017, 6:42 PM [Finnish police release man arrested over]( [Two women died and eight people were wounded in last week's attack in Finland's Turku]( [A man carries Buthaina Muhammad Mansour, believed to be four or five, rescued from the site of a Saudi-led air strike that killed eight of her family members in Sanaa, Yemen August 25, 2017. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/File Photo ]( August 26, 2017, 8:04 PM [After Yemeni air strike, little girl is only]( [Residents blame Saudi-led military coalition]( [Sports]( [Oman Air crew finished the day third overall on the leaderboard, but happy to sign off having led all the way at the end. Photo - Supplied]( August 26, 2017, 3:22 PM [Sailing: Oman Air end first day of Extreme]( [On a day of sunshine but shifty breezes the difference between winning and losing came down to a matter of metres on a tight and...]( [Al Faisal Al Zubair said he needs 'to get my head down and try and finish in the points'. Photo - Supplied]( August 26, 2017, 3:38 PM [Oman motorsport: Al Faisal Al Zubair]( [Al Faisal qualified for the first race in the 20th place while the Omani star will start second race from 16th position]( [India's MS Dhoni talks to spinner Kuldeep Yadav during a practice session at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Kandy on Saturday. Photo - PTI]( August 26, 2017, 4:13 PM [Cricket: India eye series win, Sri Lanka seek]( [The visitors have a 2-0 lead in the series and can wrap up the contest with another win here before leaving for the last leg of the...]( [One-click Unsubscribe](