Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has overtaken Bill Gates and is now the richest person in the world, with a fortune topping $90 billion for the first time ever. When markets opened on Thursday, Bezos had a...
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos on Thursday became the world's richest person, as a jump in the share price of the US tech giant enabled him to overtake Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Forbes magazine...
Ghana’s electricity sub-sector will soon have an oversight body regulating its activities, as envisaged in a Legislative Instrument passed by Parliament in 2008. Officials of the Energy Ministry...
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has cautioned that government will miss its 2017 budget target should it fail to spend in critical sectors of the economy. The IFS argues that government’s...
The International Monetary Fund on Thursday weighed into the US health care debate, urging the Trump administration to "protect" the gains achieved under President Barack Obama. As the US Senate...
According to Forbes and Bloomberg, the Amazon CEO had a net worth of over $89 billion as of the close of markets Wednesday, while Bill Gates had a net worth of just over $90 billion....
Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh, Minister of Education, on Wednesday inaugurated the National Council for Curriculum Assessment (NACCA). The 21- member Council is chaired by Professor Kwame Osei Kwarteng. Dr...
British American Tobacco, fresh from its takeover of US peer Reynolds, reported on Thursday sliding first-half net profits, but sales jumped on the back of the Brexit-hit pound. Profit after tax slid...
Orders for major US-manufactured goods spiked in June to a three-year high as civilian aircraft orders more than doubled, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. The monthly gain in durable goods...
Figures from the Bank of Ghana have shown that Ghana’s total balance of trade recorded a surplus of 1.429 billion dollars as at June this year. This is equivalent to 3.1 percent of GDP. The surplus...
Procter & Gamble reported increased quarterly profits Thursday and forecast higher sales in its next fiscal year as it sought to beat back a challenge by activist investor Nelson Peltz. The consumer...
Moroccan police have arrested a British dealer in virtual currency Bitcoin wanted on fraud charges in the United States, a source close to the investigation told AFP on Thursday. Police said only...
Twitter failed to boost its user base and saw a drop in revenues in the past quarter, the social network said Thursday, sending its shares tumbling in pre-market trade. The message platform, which...
Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways said Thursday it posted a $1.87 billion loss last year, hit by "one-off" impairments on aircraft and investments in troubled Alitalia and airberlin. The government-owned...
Authorities in the United Arab Emirates have banned a leading business website and magazine for one month for allegedly publishing "false news" on failed real estate projects in Dubai. Arabian...
The Ghana Export and Promotion Authority (GEPA) has begun a nationwide engagement to increase exports revenue by ten billion dollars within the next four years. As a result, the Authority has met...
Giant Human Resource Recruitment and Advertising Agency, L’aine Services, has launched its new event centre located along the Kojo Thompson road, Adabraka in Accra. The launch of the L’aine...
2017 edition of the annual e. TV Ghana & Japan Motors Corporate Run and Walk event has been launched at the Silver Star Tower, Accra, with a special focus and support to the blind (visually impaired)...
Pharmaceutical giants AstraZeneca and Merck said on Thursday they had agreed a multi-billion-dollar deal to jointly develop key cancer drugs. "The strategic collaboration is expected to further...
The government of the Peoples Republic of China through the Chinese Embassy in Ghana has donated sixteen agro processing e equipment worth USD 217 400 to the Savannah Accelerated Development...
