Business_Finance
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Becomes World’s Richest Person
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos on Thursday became the world's richest person, as a jump in the share price of the US tech...
Cabinet Approves Establishment of Electricity Market Oversight Panel
Ghana’s electricity sub-sector will soon have an oversight body regulating its activities, as envisaged in a...
Govt May Miss 2017 Budget Target Over Low Expenditure – IFS
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has cautioned that government will miss its 2017 budget target should it fail to...
IMF Urges US To ‘protect’ Gains Won Under Obamacare
The International Monetary Fund on Thursday weighed into the US health care debate, urging the Trump administration to...
Jeff Bezos Beats Bill Gates To World’s Richest Man Title
According to Forbes and Bloomberg, the Amazon CEO had a net worth of over $89 billion as of the close of markets...
Council For Curriculum Assessment Inaugurated
Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh, Minister of Education, on Wednesday inaugurated the National Council for Curriculum Assessment...
British American Tobacco Wins Brexit Sales Boost
British American Tobacco, fresh from its takeover of US peer Reynolds, reported on Thursday sliding first-half net...
Aircraft Jump Causes US Durable Goods To Soar In June
Orders for major US-manufactured goods spiked in June to a three-year high as civilian aircraft orders more than...
Ghana’s Trade Surplus Hits 1.4 Billion Dollars
Figures from the Bank of Ghana have shown that Ghana’s total balance of trade recorded a surplus of 1.429 billion...
P&G Sees Higher Sales In Fiscal 2018; Earnings Up
Procter & Gamble reported increased quarterly profits Thursday and forecast higher sales in its next fiscal year as it...
Morocco Arrests British Bitcoin Dealer Wanted In US
Moroccan police have arrested a British dealer in virtual currency Bitcoin wanted on fraud charges in the United...
Twitter User Growth Stalls, Revenue Dips
Twitter failed to boost its user base and saw a drop in revenues in the past quarter, the social network said Thursday,...
Etihad Airways Says It Lost $1.87 Bn In 2016
Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways said Thursday it posted a $1.87 billion loss last year, hit by "one-off" impairments on...
Dubai Bans Popular Business Website Over ‘false News’
Authorities in the United Arab Emirates have banned a leading business website and magazine for one month for allegedly...
GEPA Targets $ 10bn Exports By 2021
The Ghana Export and Promotion Authority (GEPA) has begun a nationwide engagement to increase exports revenue by ten...
L’AINE Launches Event Centre
Giant Human Resource Recruitment and Advertising Agency, L’aine Services, has launched its new event centre located...
E.TV, Japan Motors Launch Corporate Run To Support the Blind
2017 edition of the annual e. TV Ghana & Japan Motors Corporate Run and Walk event has been launched at the Silver Star...
AstraZeneca, Merck Strike Key Cancer Drugs Partnership
Pharmaceutical giants AstraZeneca and Merck said on Thursday they had agreed a multi-billion-dollar deal to jointly...
China Supports ‘Planting For Food and Jobs’ With Processing Equipment
The government of the Peoples Republic of China through the Chinese Embassy in Ghana has donated sixteen agro...