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Obama Urges “meaningful Debt Relief” For Greece Ahead of Visit

U. S. President Barack Obama urged a "meaningful debt relief" for Greece ahead of his visit to Athens on Nov. 15-16 as...

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Indians Run Out of Patience As Banks & ATMs Run Out of Cash, Post-Demonetisation

India's sudden move of scrapping currency notes of higher denominations to curb the menace of black money seems to be a...

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Bankers Split On Local Dollar Bond Issuance

The Chief Investment Strategist of Standard Chartered Bank Group, Steve Brice, has backed government’s recent...

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Namibia Needs US$320 Million For Infrastructure Development

Namibia's finance minister Calle Schlettwein said Wednesday that the country needs 4.3 billion Namibian dollars (320...

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Terkper Induces Businesses To Invest In Agriculture

Finance Minister, Seth Terkper has encouraged Ghanaian companies to take advantage of the opportunities of...

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Reduce Tax Burden

The Industrial and Commercial Work­ers Union (ICU) and the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) have intensified...

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Maiden 10-Year Bond Fetches Ghana GHS438m At 19% Interest

Government has raised 438 million cedis ($110 million) worth of bids for its first 10-year domestic bond issued today...

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Ghana Chalks Another Success By Halving Extreme Poverty

Ghana became the first sub Saharan African country to halve extreme poverty, an indication that the country’s...

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Ghana’s Economy Scores Another First

Ghana became the first sub Saharan African country to halve extreme poverty, an indication that the country’s...

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Banks Crave More Loan Restructuring Deals

Government’s decision to restructure Volta River Authority’s (VRA) debts has been well received by banks in the...

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Govt Makes Second Payment On Legacy Debt

The President of the Ghana Bankers Association, Alhassan Andani has stated that banks that were owed by government...

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Six Stories You May Have Missed Because of US Election

Six stories you may have missed because of US election Iraqi Kurdish forces seized the town of Bashiqa near Mosul from...

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Chaos As ATMs Run Dry

The government plans to print new 500 and 2,000 rupee notes, to be rolled out later in the week India's sudden...

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Trump Leading With 247 and Hillary 215

6:51 Clinton stays in hotel The reporter assigned to cover Clinton for all the networks has tweeted that she is staying...

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Mahama Commissioning Uncompleted Toilets – Napo Scoffs

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Manhyia South says Ghanaians should expect more uncompleted...

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Terkper Warns Banks To Demand Contract Budgets From MDAs

The Finance Minister, Mr Seth Terkper, has charged banks to conduct due diligence on loan applications by contractors...

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Mexicans Brace For Possible Trump Win

Mexico is bracing for a Donald Trump presidency. Experts anticipate that Mexican officials will take immediate action...

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New Finance Chief Likely To Hold Course

As China announced the appointment of a new finance minister on Monday, analysts said major fiscal policies will not...

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Industries Want Subsidies On Residential Power Removed

The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) has served notice that industries can no longer bear the payment of subsidies...