Key Trump Economy Adviser Cohn Resigns
US President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser Gary Cohn is resigning, the White House has said. It is the latest in a series of high-profile departures from President Trump’s team. There has...
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Global Markets Split Amid Corporate Earnings
Wall Street and major European stocks ended in mixed territory on Monday amid a busy weak of US corporate earnings. Meanwhile, the dollar continued to weaken on receding expectations that the US...
Asian Markets Rally With Wall St As Yellen Sparks Buying Spree
Asian markets surged on Thursday, extending a global rally that saw another record on Wall Street after the head of the Federal Reserve indicated it would take a gradual approach to raising US...
US Dollar Rebounds While Global Stocks Post Gains
Rising oil prices and investor appetite for financial stocks helped boost most major US and European equities on Monday while the dollar rebounded on exchange markets ahead of the July 4 holiday in...
Asia Markets End Week On Quiet Note As US Healthcare Bill Returns
Asian markets limped into the weekend, with energy firms still struggling after a bruising few days, while investors eye Donald Trump's revised healthcare bill hoping its success will open the way...
William Baah Busted with 37 ‘Stolen’ Government Vehicles near Nsawam
The Asset Retrieval Taskforce at the Presidency yesterday seized expensive vehicles said to belong to the state from an individual. The taskforce stormed an area called Oforikrom, near Nsawam in the...
Troubled Airbag Maker Takata Plummets More Than Half
Takata shares plummeted by more than 50 percent in early trade Thursday on fears the troubled airbag maker plans to file for bankruptcy and sell its assets to a US company. The company at the centre...
Pound Struggles To Rebound In After Shock British Vote
The pound struggled on Monday to recover from last week's sharp losses that came in the wake of a shock British election result that has thrown the country into uncertainty. Sterling took a beating...
Toyota Ends Electric-Car Ties With Tesla
Toyota has terminated its tie-up with Tesla and stepped up efforts to develop electric vehicles by itself, a newspaper said Saturday. In 2010, the two companies agreed on a comprehensive cooperation...
Equities Advance Despite Weak US Jobs Report
Global stocks rallied Friday, with US and German markets hitting records after a lackluster US jobs report raised expectations the Federal Reserve could take a more gradual approach to increasing...
SoftBank-Saudi High-Tech Vision Fund Raises $93bn
Japanese mobile carrier SoftBank said, with Saudi partners, it has raised nearly $100 billion in pledges to launch a major global fund for long-term, high-tech investments. The SoftBank Vision Fund...
Markets Fall As Trump Turmoil Grows
Big falls on US stock markets have dragged down Asian shares over fears the political controversy surrounding President Trump will blunt his ability to deliver tax and regulatory reform. Wall...
Toyota Eyes ‘flying Car’ Future
Toyota has its sights set on a Blade Runner future as the Japanese automaker backs a move to launch a flying car in time for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The company is giving about 42.5 million yen...
Most Asian Markets Retreat After Upbeat Week
Most Asian markets turned lower Friday following a healthy run-up in the week, tracking a sell-off on Wall Street where a plunge in retail giant Macy's fanned concerns about the key US retail sector....
UK Virtual Reality Firm Improbable Raises $500m
A London-based virtual reality firm has raised $500m (£388m) in one of the biggest investments in an early stage European technology business. Japan's Softbank is backing Improbable in a funding...
Toyota Suffers First Profit Fall In Five Years
Japanese car giant Toyota has seen profits fall for the first time in half a decade. The firm said it sold more cars in the year to March 2017 than in the previous 12 months but that higher costs and...
Toyota Says Annual Profit Drops 21%, First Fall In Five Years
Toyota said Wednesday its annual net profit fell for the first time in five years, with the Japanese automaker unexpectedly warning of more declines as a stronger yen takes a bite out of its bottom...
How Ministry of Food and Agriculture Sold Gov’t Pickup For GHC1,000
The Ministry for Food and Agriculture blatantly flouted all of the country’s laws regarding the disposal of government vehicles by auctioning some state vehicles for as low as GHc 1,000.00. A...
How Agric Ministry Sold Pickup For GHc 1,000 [Infographic]
The Ministry for Food and Agriculture blatantly flouted all of the country’s laws regarding the disposal of government vehicles by auctioning some state vehicles for as low as GHc 1,000.00. A...
Airbag Maker Takata Shares Plunge Nearly 20% On Bankruptcy Report
Takata shares dropped nearly 20 percent on Thursday after a media report said the embattled Japanese airbag maker was considering filing for bankruptcy protection and then rolling its key businesses...