Wall Street opened lower Friday, taking a break from the steady rally of the past three weeks, amid a generally cautious move in global markets. Twenty minutes into trading, the Dow Jones Industrial...
A former deputy Interior minister has urged President Akufo-Addo to tread cautiously in creating an office of Independent Prosecutor because it can become an uncontrollable monster. James Agalga,...
Japan's Prime Minister will spend Friday afternoon meditating while staff at some of the country's biggest firms are also quitting work early -- in time for a bit of shopping or maybe a boozy train...
Barclays has reached agreement with its African subsidiary about the details of their divorce, a key step before the British bank can sell more shares in its Johannesburg-listed offshoot. Two people...
When a scandal over unauthorized accounts rocked Wells Fargo & Co's (WFC. N) retail division last fall, executives at its asset management arm sprang into action to limit its fallout at an already...
Iraqi forces backed by jets and helicopters battled their way towards southern Mosul on Monday and prepared to take on the Islamic State group's stronghold in the city's west bank. The fresh push in...
Chinese banks lent more money in January alone than the annual GDP of South Africa, as borrowers rushed to take advantage of government policies intended to stimulate the economy with easy credit....
U. S. food company Kraft Heinz Co (KHC.O) withdrew its proposal for a $143-billion merger with larger rival Unilever Plc (ULVR.L), the companies said on Sunday, raising questions about whether Kraft...
Unilever, whose brands include Marmite and PG Tips, has strongly rejected a takeover bid from US giant Kraft Heinz. The UK-based household goods maker said it saw "no merit, either financial or...
The billionaire South Korean heir to the Samsung empire has been arrested over $40million bribery claims - and is being held in prison, it has emerged. Lee Jae-Yong, who normally lives in a $4million...
Kim Jong-Nam´s modest life in Macau was a far cry from the opulence and power enjoyed by his half-brother, the supreme leader of North Korea, but he was still seen by Pyongyang as a dangerous...
Shared fears over US President Donald Trump's policies could bring Iran and Gulf Arab countries closer together, analysts said after a fence-mending regional tour by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani....
New US claims for jobless benefits edged up in the second week of February but continued their record streak of low levels, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Amid robust job creation in recent...
The Trump administration's combative view of traditional news media as the "opposition party" and "fake news" is turning out to be the best hope in 2017 for newspapers struggling to attract more...
Boeing hourly workers in South Carolina headed to the polls Wednesday to determine whether to unionize in a region of the United States historically hostile to organized labor. About 3,000 Boeing...
Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo has taken power with ambitious plans to revive once spectacular economic growth, only to discover a $1.6 billion hole in the budget and a deficit twice as high as...
Chinese smartphone maker Huawei managed to gain ground on Samsung and Apple in terms of market share last year, following the problems encountered by the two sector giants, the Gartner consultancy...
Chinese smartphone maker Huawei managed to gain ground on Samsung and Apple in terms of market share last year, following the problems encountered by the two sector giants, the Gartner consultancy...
Libya's transition has been bogged down by insecurity and chaos, leaving the country looking like a "failed state" six years after the NATO-backed uprising that ended Moamer Kadhafi's rule. "We got...
US wholesale inflation continued its upward trend in January, recording its largest monthly gain in more than four years, according to data released Tuesday by the Labor Department. The Producer...
