Trading activity in terms of volumes on the stock market decreased by 63.25% in the week under review as volumes of shares traded scaled down by 2,029,759. Further, the total values of shares traded...
Singapore state investment giant Temasek Holdings' global portfolio has netted a record high valuation, the fund said Tuesday, in a sharp turnaround from the previous year as global markets regain...
British publisher Pearson said Tuesday it has agreed to sell almost half of its stake in Penguin Random House (PRH) to joint venture partner Bertelsmann. The 22-percent stake in PRH is being...
Eleven US legislators are urging regulators to block a Chinese takeover of the niche Chicago Stock Exchange, according to a letter sent Monday. The letter called on the Securities and Exchange...
Twelve public sector labour unions have given government up to the end of July 2017, to pay their tier two pension contributions. According to the unions, their contributions have been held at the...
Research wing of Groupe Nduom (GN) conglomerate, GN Research, has stressed that reductions in the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) will continue to have marginal effect on commercial bank rates so far as...
A mass burial service was on Friday, July 7, 2017, held for the twenty-two (22) illegal miners who were trapped in a galamsey pit at Nsuta in the Prestea Huni-Valley District of the Western Region....
Labour unions in Ghana are to petition parliament on what appears to be an illegality being committed by the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta. The 12 labour unions say Mr Ofori-Atta used the 2017...
A growing chorus of voices denouncing sexist culture is echoing through male-dominated Silicon Valley, knocking a number of internet industry executives from their perches. Accusations concerning the...
The former CEO of collapsed Bitcoin exchange MtGox heads to trial in Tokyo next week on charges stemming from the disappearance of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of the virtual currency from...
The White House has championed a new era of US leadership in space, but its aspirations are complicated by tight budgets, vacancies in top posts and the rising role of private industry in aerospace...
Uber is pulling its primary service out of Finland as it waits for a law that will deregulate the taxi market to be passed. The cab firm, which exclusively operates in the nation’s capital...
Ghana Music Rights Organisation (GHAMRO) has hinted that churches in Ghana will be paying royalties for songs they sing during their services. Speaking at a media workshop last week, Chairman of the...
Government is to hold a national stakeholders forum to find sustained solutions to the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Minister of Health, Mr. Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, has announced. “It’s...
Some players in the banking industry have indicated of their plans to expand their operations with insurance companies to increase penetration in the insurance market. According to them, the slow...
Dun & Bradstreet (D&B), an international business service company that promotes financial infrastructure and provides credit risk facilities, yesterday held a workshop for insurance providers and...
Business Associations protesting the implementation of the 3% VAT Flat rate scheme are skeptical of a positive outcome for the appeals to get the tax scrapped. They contend that the apparent support...
Investment fund managers are upbeat of the impact of the disbursement of the fourth tranche of the IMF’s extended credit facility, on the stabilization of the cedi. They believe the move should...
Wall Street stocks rallied and the dollar advanced Friday following a better-than-expected US jobs report for June, while equities elsewhere were mixed as a tense G20 summit got underway. The US...
Chief Executive Officer of Ghana National Petroleum Commission (GNPC), Dr. Kofi Kodua Sarpong has hinted of plans by GNPC to venture into the production of fertilizer, ethanol and other petrol...
