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China Calls Out Nike On Consumer Rights

US sporting-goods giant Nike has become the latest foreign brand to receive a high-profile rebuke from an influential...

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China Lifts Short-Term Rates For Third Month Straight To Steady Yuan, Battle Debt

China's central bank raised short-term interest rates on Thursday in what economists said was a bid to stave off...

Business

Ecobank Launches Masterpass QR To Boost Digital Payment

Ecobank Ghana has introduced Masterpass QR to boost safe and secure digital payment via the mobile phone for booth the...

Business

Parliament Approves 2017 Budget Tax Cuts

Parliament has approved all four tax bills presented by the Finance Minister to enable the government to enforce tax...

Business

February Inflation Drops Marginally To 13.2%

Ghana has recorded a 13.2% in its year-on-year inflation for February 2017 being the lowest inflation recorded since...

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Ecobank Launches MasterPassQR To Deepen Financial Inclusion

As part of measure aimed at deepening financial inclusion, Ecobank Ghana has launched the Ecobank MasterPass QR to its...

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US Fed Raises Benchmark Interest Rate A Quarter Point

The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised the benchmark interest rate a quarter point, noting that inflation is moving...

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Exporters Undergo Training On Online Registration System

Exporters in the country have been trained on the implementation of a single and shared exporter online registration...

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Inflation Drops Again To 13.2% In February

Inflation for the month of February dropped to 13.2 percent. It represents a monthly change rate of 0.1 percent...

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Adwoa Sarfo Named Minister of State In Charge of Procurement

Member of Parliament for Dome Kwabenya, and Deputy Majority Leader, Adwoa Sarfo, has been appointed a Minister of State...

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Clarify How Ghanaians Will Benefit From Tax Cuts – Minority Demands

The Minority in Parliament is asking government to clarify how its tax cuts announced last two weeks would benefit...

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US Financial Regulator Calls For Easing Rules On Banks

A top Trump administration financial regulator said Wednesday that tough bank capital requirements should be...

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Trump’s Wall Poses A Dilemma For Hispanic Contractors

Some Hispanic business owners in the United States are offering to help build President Donald Trump's wall to keep out...

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Fuel Prices Expected To Drop

The Institute for Energy Sector has predicted that prices of gasoline (Petrol) and gasoil  (Diesel) at the pump are...

International

Unilever Review Covers Costs, Deals, Balance Sheet

"We do see it as an inflection point," Pitkethly said at the conference in Florida. Unilever (ULVR. L) (UNc.AS) is...

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Bangladesh Nobel Laureate Sued Over ‘unpaid Arrears’

Staff at a Bangladeshi company set up by microfinance pioneer Mohammad Yunus are suing the Nobel laureate over millions...

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Donald Trump’s 2005 Tax Return Leak Reveals $38m Bill

US President Donald Trump paid $38m (£31m) in tax on more than $150m (£123m) income in 2005, a leaked partial tax...

Business

Elumelu Speaks On Africapitalism To Youths At Legon

Tony Elumelu visited Ghana as the first stop of his tour of Africa propagating the ideal of Africapitalism. In...

International

Asian Stocks Mark Time, Waiting For Clearer View On U.S. Rates

Asian stocks consolidated recent gains on Wednesday before a U. S. central bank policy meeting that could signal how...