Former Barclays chief executive John Varley quit as a director of mining giant Rio Tinto on Wednesday after being charged with conspiracy to commit fraud in Britain. He was among four senior...
Chinese stocks will be included for the first time in a leading US-based index of emerging market shares, New York-based MSCI announced Tuesday. MSCI will include 222 Chinese stocks in its MSCI...
The National Investment Bank (NIB) has hosted a five (5) day workshop on Financial Modeling for Project Finance in Accra. The workshop was held in collaboration with AADFI (Association of African...
MEMBER of Parliament (MP) for Jomoro constituency in the Western Region, Mr. Paul Essien, will soon be dragged before court, Today can report. The intended move, which will be initiated by Mr....
Banks have begun easing out their stance on credit to the private sector following declining interest rates. The Bank of Ghana’s latest Banking sector report reveals that the credit allocation by...
A financial market is a market that brings buyers and sellers together to trade in financial assets such as stocks, bonds, commodities, derivatives and currencies. The purpose of a financial market...
A baby boy born on a plane between Saudi Arabia and India has been promised free flights for life. Indian airline Jet Airways said on Sunday that it had bestowed the honour on a baby born on a Boeing...
European stock markets rose on Monday and US equities ended at records as traders cheered a strong victory for French President Emmanuel Macron's centrist party in parliamentary elections. London's...
Climate change could wipe out more than half of Ethiopia's coffee production unless farmers move to higher ground, scientists warned Monday. Climbing temperatures and dwindling rainfall have already...
Officials from eight companies across industries in Ghana have arrived in the United States where they are expected to explore that country’s market to find areas of interest and make the necessary...
The African Center for Energy Policy (ACEP) has opposed calls for Ghana to hedge its oil against global price fluctuations. According to the Executive Director of ACEP, Benjamin Boakye, the move will...
The government is to launch a $100 million National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Plan (NEIP). The main objective of this flagship government programme, is to create jobs through entrepreneurship...
An Intellectual Property Development Executive, Emmanuel Sackey has criticized government for failing to equip the youth with innovative ideas to go into the agriculture sector. According to him, the...
Chinese Internet users splurged on the mid-year online shopping spree on Sunday. While November 11, or Single’s Day, is the largest online shopping festival in China created by Alibaba’s Tmall,...
After an accumulative investment of over 6 billion euros in China over past two decades, the world’s leading chemical group BASF has recently inaugurated a new plant for emollients and waxes in...
Ecobank has secured shareholders’ approval to raise $400 million in its convertible bonds to restructure its operations and strengthen the group’s capital position. This was secured at the Annual...
Chinese and US experts from think tanks and political circles stressed the importance of more investment in each other while discussing the approaches to enhance mutually beneficial cooperation at a...
Guards check drivers' papers to keep out uninvited guests from gated compounds where Egypt's rich can escape the chaos of Cairo's streets in a country with a widening wealth gap. Built in the deserts...
The first half of the year 2017 witnessed a turnaround of the market from the previous trend seen in the past two years. Key market indexes showed that the stock market has indeed rebounded. Inflows...
The first half of the year 2017 witnessed a turnaround of the market from the previous trend seen in the past two years. Key market indexes showed that the stock market has indeed rebounded. Inflows...
