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Government Must Cut Expenditure To Reduce Interest Rates – Ken Thompson

Government will have to cut down its expenditure significantly if the Ghanaian banking sector is to see a reduction in...

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Gov’t Must Cut Expenditure To Reduce Interest Rates

Government will have to cut down its expenditure significantly if the Ghanaian banking sector is to see a reduction in...

Business

Fuel Prices Expected To Fall By 3%

Fuel prices is expected to fall by about 3% later this month. This is according to the Institute for Energy Security...

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MTN To Sell Shares In Ghana

Telecom giant MTN Ghana will finalize processes to float shares on Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) this year – 2017. MTN...

Business

Fiscal Deficit Likely To Rise

An economist and CEO of the Institute of Chartered Economists, Ghana (ICEG), Gideon Amissah, says there is a likelihood...

Business

Tigo-Airtel Merger Could Cut 10% of MTN’s Market Share

Some players in the telecom industry are predicting the biggest telecom operator in the country, MTN, will be the most...

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Petrol Prices To Go Down Thursday Amid Calls For Increment In Transport Fares

Retail prices of petroleum products will from Thursday drop by a marginal three per cent at the various pumps across...

Business

‘Let’s Not Compromise On Quality’

The Chairman of United Bank for Africa (UBA), Tony Elumelu, has charged African entrepreneurs to ensure excellence and...

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Average Interest On Car Loans Hits 35%

The average interest on vehicle loans offered by commercial banks has reached 35 percent as at the end of February this...

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Loss-Hit Toshiba Nosedives On Fears About Future

Toshiba shares plunged Wednesday afternoon as fears grow about the future of one of Japan's best-known firms, which is...

International

Central Bank of Nigeria Injects $195m Into Forex Market

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday said it will inject $195 million comprising of $150 million for the...

Business

Address Fundamentals Before Implementing Growth Initiatives

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), says government must focus on addressing the macro-economic fundamentals before...

Business

African Governments Urged To Provide Enabling Environment For Businesses

Mr Tony Onyemaechi Elumelu, the Chairman of UBA Group, has called on African governments to provide conducive business...

Business

Support Entrepreneurs If You Want To ‘fight’ Poverty In Africa

The Chairman of United Bank for Africa (UBA) has entreated the African Development Bank (AfDB) to refocus its...

International

Energy Drags On Wall St. As Oil Falls Further; Airlines Slide

U. S. stocks fell on Tuesday as oil prices dropped to their lowest since November and airlines pulled industrial stocks...

Business

Good Corporate Governance Practices Key To Curbing Mismanagement

Former Deputy Senior Partner at accounting firm KPMG, Reindorf Perbi has attributed the slow pace of adoption of good...

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Make Chief Directors Liable – IEA

The Presidential Transition Act will need to be reviewed to empower chief directors of the various ministries to take...

International

Teen Says She Was Forced To Have Sex With 1,000 Men Over 2 Years

Lawyers in Pennsylvania say their client was sexually exploited at a motel for years, alleging the teen girl was a...

Business

Finance Minister Submits Tax Cut Amendment Bills To Parliament

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has submitted to Parliament Tuesday amendment bills of some laws to allow for...