US President-elect Donald Trump has named Gen James Mattis, a former marine who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, as his defence secretary. "He's our best," Mr Trump said, as he announced his pick in a...
Some bank treasuries are anticipating a relative stability of the cedi in the short to medium term following the Bank of Ghana’s auctioning of dollars to commercial banks. According to them, the...
The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Dr Mohammed Ibn Chambas has expressed confidence in the Electoral Commission (EC) to deliver...
The first candidate-driven statewide recount of a presidential election in 16 years began in Wisconsin, a state that Donald Trump won by less than a percentage point over Hillary Clinton after polls...
Leadership is one of the biggest failures of the African continent. It is unfortunately blessed with a handful of non-performing and sit-tight leaders who have refused to abdicate political power....
Barclays bank has launched two credit cards as part of measures to improve service to its customers. According to bank, it launched the cards as a result of a survey it conducted to identify the...
Malaysian police have arrested three people for allegedly selling babies following an Al Jazeera investigation into the country's underground baby trafficking trade. A woman and two men were arrested...
A commodity trading company, Finatrade, is said to have begun series of job cuts in anticipation of an eventual liquidation as the company is soaked in more than GH¢1 billion debt that is...
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has doubled up on its open market operations (OMO) over the last 10 months, in an attempt to mop up extra liquidity and drive down inflationary pressures. From GH¢4.8 billion...
The Ghana Export Import Bank (Ghana EXIM) was yesterday launched in Accra to provide long term and patient capital, export insurance and financial advisory services for businesses operating in the...
'The opposite of love is not hatred, it is indifference", so the saying goes. Experience and our grey-haired men should constantly remind us that, a nation that decides to play the proverbial rope...
Considering its devastating consequences, equating joblessness to a demon which needs to be exorcised is undoubtedly justifiable. The need to exorcise this age-old demon – joblessness, or better...
Some bankers have ruled out huge layoffs of their human resource following the adoption of modern technologies in their operations. According to them, the job losses could largely be blamed on the...
The Central Bank of Ghana has introduced a new set of business regulations and corresponding sanctions to effectively regulate the microfinance industry. Limits of risk management and effective...
Three players, two crew members and one journalist survived, Colombian authorities said. Just before LaMia Flight 2933 crashed into a hillside near Medellin, Colombia, a crew member onboard told air...
The Social Security and National Insurance Trust SSNIT has said that plans are advanced for the rehabilitation of the Salaga Market and Rawlings Park in Accra. The plan, according to the Director...
The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers Ghana has announced that fuel prices have gone down at the pump between 1 to 4 percent, barely a week to the December 7 polls. A statement signed by Duncan Amoah,...
An economist, Dr. Lord Mensah, has said the auctioning by the central bank of part of the US$1.8 billion cocoa syndicated loan proceed could impact negatively on the local currency. His argument...
Wholesalers and distributors are being encouraged to use the Instant Pay (GIP) for their transactions to ensure quick payment and delivery of goods particularly during this yuletide. The Instant Pay...
Trump vows to back away from business to focus on White House U. S. President-elect Donald Trump vowed on Wednesday to step back from running his global business empire to avoid conflicts of interest...
