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S. Korea Lifts Court TV Ban Ahead of Park Sentencing
South Korea's Supreme Court on Tuesday lifted a ban on the filming of trials, opening the possibility of live TV...
Japan Aims To Reduce Suicides By 30% In 10 Years
Japan aims to cut suicides by 30 percent over 10 years, with the government Tuesday approving a plan which seeks to...
NPP To Miss Budget Deficit Target If … – Terkper
Former Finance minister, Seth Terkper has predicted that the NPP government will miss its budget deficit target for...
Indian Stocks Hit Record, Break 10,000 Barrier
India's stock markets hit record highs on Tuesday with the National Stock Exchange's much-watched Nifty index breaking...
UK Serious Fraud Office Probes Rio Tinto Guinea Project
Britain's Serious Fraud Office has opened an investigation into mining giant Rio Tinto for "suspected corruption"...
Iran’s Tech Sector Blooms Under Shield of Sanctions
The names may be unfamiliar but the services are immediately recognisable: Snapp is Iran's answer to Uber, Digikala is...
Premium Bank Launches GH?5M Credit Facility For Startups
Leading SME focused commercial bank, Premium Bank, has announced a GH₵5 million integrated credit facility for...
Global Markets Split Amid Corporate Earnings
Wall Street and major European stocks ended in mixed territory on Monday amid a busy weak of US corporate earnings....
Policy Rate Pegged At 21%
Policy rate has been reduced to 21 per cent, thus a 150 basis point. This is the fourth time in the year that the...
US Existing Home Sales Slide In June
Sales of existing US homes dipped in June, squeezed by a tight market struggling to keep up with demand, according to...
BoG Reduces Policy Rate By 150 Basis Points
The Bank of Ghana has reduced its policy rate to 21 percent. The figure represents a 150 basis points reduction from...
Premium Bank Launches GH?5m Credit Facility For Startups
SME-focused commercial bank, Premium Bank, has announced a GH₵5 million integrated credit facility for members of the...
IMF Says Global Recovery On Firmer Footing
The global economic recovery is on firmer footing as improving growth in China, Europe and Japan offset downward...
10 Companies Honored At 2017 Trade Facilitation Awards
Ten companies have been awarded for their role in trade facilitation for the year under review. They were rewarded at...
Eight Bodies Found In Texas Truck, ‘human Trafficking’ Suspected
Eight suspected migrants were found dead early Sunday inside an overheated truck in a Walmart parking lot in Texas, and...
Ghana’s Debt Stock Reaches GHS137bn
New figures from the Bank of Ghana(BoG) has shown that the country’s total public debt as at May this year was...
Debt To GDP, Debt Stock and Matters Arising
In 2016, the issue about debt stock and debt to GDP ratio were important part of public financial and economic...
China Cashing Out As Mobile Payment Soars
Yang Qianqian holds out her smartphone to scan a barcode on the mobile of a vendor selling fresh fruit and vegetables...
No-Show Inflation Poses Conundrum For US Fed
After tightening monetary policy last month for the second time this year, the US central bank is expected to pause for...