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Euro Advances After French Vote; US Tech Shares Tumble Again

French election results favoring President Emmanuel Macron's party boosted the euro but hit European equities Monday,...

Business

The Tradesmen of Kumasi

To mark the 60th anniversary of the end of colonial rule, London-based photographer Ricky Darko headed back to his...

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Fire Ravages Stores Near Kumasi Central Market [Photos]

Fire has gutted several stores and a truck at Roman Hill, close to the Kumasi Central Market in the Ashanti Region....

Business

Cedi Hits GHc4.16 Against US Dollar, Best Since Dec. 2016

The cedis sustained appreciation against the U. S dollar may not be ending anytime soon as the local currency is still...

Business

Foreigners Laundering Gold Money

The Ashanti Regional branch of the Ghana Gold Buyers Association is alleging that foreigners engaged in gold buying in...

Business

Cedi Ends January With 2.80% Depreciation Rate

The Ghana Cedi ended the first month of 2017 with a depreciation rate of 2.80 percent against the US dollar, according...

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Performance On Gold Stocks To Improve In 2017

Gold production is expected to significantly increase this year, given the huge investments and expansion drive by...

Business

BoG Unlikely To Change MPR

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the central bank is set to review the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) on Friday...

Business

BDCs Says Government Debt Rises To US$384 Million

Ghana's domestic oil importers said on Friday they may take legal action against the government to recover interest on...

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These Currencies Got Crushed In 2016

A few countries have fared well, but others have seen the value of their currencies fall dramatically. Egypt took the...

Business

Treasury Securities Continue To Slide

Yields on treasury securities continued their downturns as government’s appetite for short term securities declines....

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BoG Auctions $1.8 Bn Cocoa Syndicated Loan From Today

The Bank of Ghana(BoG) will today auction the first of three dollar auctions for this year to commercial banks in the...

International

Asia Shares, Emerging Currencies Stumble As Trump Anxiety Deepens

A searing selloff rocked Asian shares and emerging market currencies on Friday as investors feared higher U. S....

International

U.S. Stocks, Dollar Fall On FBI Review of Clinton Emails

Wall Street recovered some losses on Friday but still closed lower, with U. S. stocks and the dollar falling after the...

International

World Stocks, Commodities Climb As Economic Confidence Lifts

World markets had a swagger about them on Tuesday as upbeat economic data and signs of a revival in inflation pushed up...

Business

Cedi To Sell At GHC4:1$ By End of 2016

The Ghana cedi is projected to sell at a higher amount in relation to other major currencies on the global interbank...

Business

Benchmark Rate Inches Up

The yield on the Government of Ghana 182-day treasury rate edged up by 0.01 per cent to settle at 24.70 per cent at the...

Business

Lending To Oil Sector ‘risky’

Founder of UT Holdings, Prince Kofi Amoabeng, has advised the banking sector to be cautious in lending to importers of...