Brazil’s Locomotive Breath
Abstract The Brazilian ‘locomotive’ has stopped. Oil production has been one of crucial drives in fostering not only economic but social growth in Brazil, but now sees the country gripped by...
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Toyota President Met Pence In Washington, Company Says
Toyota Motor Corp (7203. T) on Thursday said that company President Akio Toyoda met with U.S. Vice President-elect Mike Pence in Washington earlier this week as the incoming U.S. administration...
Former MI-6 Spy Known To U.S. Agencies Is Author of Reports On Trump In Russia
Christopher Steele, who wrote reports on compromising material Russian operatives allegedly had collected on U. S. President-elect Donald Trump, is a former officer in Britain's Secret Intelligence...
Pay Attention To Health, Safety Standards [Article]
A very Happy New Year to you and your team. I also congratulate you on becoming the leader of this nation. Mr. President, two weeks after you won the elections, I had the urge to write to you about...
Harmony Gold’s Kusasalethu Mine In South Africa Hit By Wildcat Strike
An operation that has been a flashpoint of labour unrest and violence in the past. JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African bullion producer Harmony Gold said on Thursday that 1,700 miners were staging...
Aidan Heavey To Serve As Tullow Group Chairman
Founder and current CEO of Tullow Oil Aidan Heavey is to take up the position of chairman of the Tullow group. The move is however subject to approval by shareholders through a vote on its next AGM...
Microsoft Staff Sue Company For Failing To Protect Them
Two former Microsoft employees are suing the company for not protecting them from the psychological effects of viewing disturbing material. The two men were left with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder...
Samsung Boss Questioned In South Korea Corruption Probe
Samsung chief Lee Jae-yong has been questioned at the prosecutor’s office in Seoul as a suspect in South Korea’s biggest political corruption scandal. The firm is accused of giving donations to...
Trump Organization Handover Plan Slammed By Ethics Chief
The director of the US Office of Government Ethics has sharply criticised Donald Trump’s plan to hand his global business empire to his sons before his inauguration on 20 January. The plan does not...
Afia Schwarzenegger Takes A Dig At Avram Grant
Black Stars coach, Avram Grant, has lately come under the scrutiny of football fans for the poor performances of the team in the last few games. However, although Grant led the team to triumph over...
Golden Globes Organisers Endorse Speech
The organisation behind the Golden Globe Awards has praised Meryl Streep for her championing of the press. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) described the actress as a "class act" after...
Trump Condemns Spy Agency ‘leak’ of ‘fake News’
President-elect Donald Trump has accused US intelligence agencies of leaking allegations that Russia has compromising material on him. "That's something that Nazi Germany would have done," he said....
Investment Opportunities Are Available For Young Entrepreneurs
Accra, Jan. 11, GNA - Starting a business is not easy, but the joy of not being financially handicapped or unemployed overshadows the strenuous ordeal one has to go through to establish a company and...
A Good Leader Masters the Art of Communicating Properly
Poor communication will destroy even a good leader. In war, it is important to maintain communication with your superiors. It is also important to maintain very good communication with your...
‘Fair Assumption’ Putin Behind Hacks
It is a "fair assumption" that Russian President Vladimir Putin was behind US election hacks, secretary of state nominee Rex Tillerson has said. The former CEO of Exxon Mobil told his Senate...
Donald Trump Calls CNN ‘Fake News’
President-elect Donald Trump refused to take a question from CNN reporter Jim Acosta during a press conference Wednesday, calling the network “fake news.” Acosta repeatedly tried to get Trump’s...
Quantum Global Africa Hotel LP, Acquires Movenpick Ambassador Hotel From Kingdom Holding Company
Quantum Global is an international group of companies active in the areas of private equity investments, investment management as well as macroeconomic research and econometric modelling. Quantum...
Labour Unrest Continues At Mantrac
Management of Mantrac Ghana is said to be frustrating its employees who want to finally pull out from the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) last year to join the Ghana Mine Workers Union...
Trump Confirmation Hearings Enters Day 2
Welcome to Day 2 of President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet hearings, which will feature more scrutiny for Jeff Sessions and former Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson's day in the hot seat. All of that could be...
Kardashian West Chauffeur Freed In €9m Paris Robbery Inquiry
Three people have been released without charge by French police investigating a Paris jewellery robbery that targeted TV reality star Kim Kardashian West. They include her chauffeur in Paris, Michael...