economy
Corporate Giants Hit With $2.2 Bn Australia Tax Bill
Australia on Thursday said it had slapped seven large multinationals with a multi-billion-dollar tax bill as it pursued...
Let’s Use E-Procurement To Reduce Corruption; Grow SMEs
Mr. Simon Annan, Co-Founder of SmartBid Ghana Limited, has encouraged the utilisation of technology for procurement...
PPA Must Ensure Appropriate Use of Single-Sourcing Procurement
Mr Frank Mante, Lecturer at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) and a procurement...
President Akufo-Addo Inaugurates GIIF Board
The President , Nana Akufo-Addo, has inaugurated the 9-member Board of Directors of the Ghana Investment and...
Vodafone Unveils ‘All-In-One’ Package
Mobile telecommunication network, Vodafone Ghana, has introduced onto the Ghanaian market industry first...
Banks Deposits Hit GHC53.2b
Total deposits of the banking industry as at the end of February 2017 was GH¢53.2 billion, up from GH¢51.8 in...
AFAG Opposes 15% Hike In Transport Fares
Pressure group Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG) has expressed shock at the announcement of a 15% increment in...
Qatar World Cup Labourers Working 18-Hour Days
Migrant World Cup stadium labourers in Qatar can work 18-hour days -- more than twice the maximum amount permitted by...
US Fed Sees ‘considerable Uncertainty’ Over Trump Fiscal Stimulus…
Policymakers at the Federal Reserve continue to see "considerable uncertainty" about the effects of possible fiscal...
U.S. Companies Added 263K Jobs In March
The pace of hiring by the US private sector edged upwards in March, with employers adding more than a quarter of a...
Stanbic Bank Predicts 6% Growth Rate
Stanbic Bank Ghana says growth rate for the Ghanaian economy is not expected to go beyond 6%, a rate which is 0.3%...
US May Widen Ban of Carry-On Computers On Planes
The United States may soon expand its ban on air passengers carrying computers on board on US-bound flights, Homeland...
Mexicans Build Lives Back Home With US Earnings
The Botello brothers grew up in a small stone hut in a remote Mexican village until they went to the United States....
Ho Taxi Drivers Trained In Tourism Etiquette
Taxi drivers in the Ho Municipality have been schooled on soft skills to improve their customer relations to meet the...
Old GHc5 Note Has Not Been Replaced
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has categorically stated that the new circulating GH¢5 note is just a ‘one off...
BoG Justifies Printing of New GHc 5 Bank Note
The Bank of Ghana (BOG) is on a nationwide outreach program to educate Ghanaians about the security features on the new...
Growth In US Services Sector Slows In March
The massive US services sector cooled in March after a strong February, the Institute for Supply Management said...
Iceland Set To Tackle Gender Pay Gap With World’s Toughest Law
Iceland’s parliament is examining a bill that would require companies to prove they offer equal pay to employees. The...
US Private Sector Hiring Edges Up In March
The pace of hiring by the US private sector edged upwards in March, with employers adding more than a quarter of a...