K-Pop Band Praise Plastic Surgery Beauty
Rounder eyes, narrower faces, bigger breasts: a South Korean girlband is celebrating the country's obsession with surgically-enhanced beauty by going under the knife to praise the virtues of...
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Fighting Transfer Pricing Must Not Be A Mere Promise
In a world where the chase for international capital has become like a rat-race, multi-national companies seem to be having a field day by playing games with the economies of developing countries...
China Says Industrial Policy Not Aimed At Foreign Firms
China on Saturday tried to downplay concerns it is reducing market access for foreign enterprises, days after a report by an EU group accused Beijing of trying to skew its business playing field...
Akufo-Addo Appoints 1st Public Procurement Authority CEO As Boss Again
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed Agyenim Boateng Agyei as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Public Procurement Authority. Mr Boateng Agyei is heading back to a position he...
Agyenim Boateng Adjei Appointed Procurement Authority CEO
President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed Agyenim Boateng Adjei as the Chief Executive Officer of the Public Procurement Authority in accordance with the Public Procurement Authority Act 2003. The...
Agyenim Boateng Adjei Appointed New Procurement Authority CEO
President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed Agyenim Boateng Adjei as the Chief Executive Officer of the Public Procurement Authority in accordance with the Public Procurement Authority Act 2003. The...
Australia Goes 25 Years Without Recession
Australia's economy gained momentum in the last quarter of 2016, allowing the resource-rich economy to extend its 25-year streak without recession. It brings the country close to breaking the...
India Needs More Inclusive Growth
India's rapid economic growth has lifted 140 million people out of poverty in the past decade but many of its people still lack access to elecricity and toilets, the OECD said Tuesday. GDP per capita...
Civil Servant’s Death Highlights World’s Lowest Birth Rate
Trying to raise the world's lowest birth rate is among the missions of South Korea's welfare ministry -- a challenge starkly illustrated when one of its own working mothers died at her office. The...
Women’s Life Expectancy On Track To Hit 90 In Some Nations
By 2030 life expectancy for South Korean women could top nine decades, an average lifespan long thought to be out of reach, researchers said Wednesday. South Korea is not only the first country in...
Ghana @ 60: Taking Stock, ‘did We Go Or Did We Come’ As A Nation?
SIXTY years in the life of a man (and I mean this in generic terms) is a very important milestone. If Ghana were a human, he/she will be hitting the retirement age in March. You know what that...
Challenges, Solutions and Strategies For Lawyer Akoto Apaw, Incoming Special Prosecutor
The latest news coming from Ghana my motherland is that, President Akufo-Addo has settled on lawyer Akoto Ampaw as the first person to fill the position of Independent or Special Prosecutor. Sources...
Human Misery Monetized…Capitalizing And Profiteering From The Occupation
While the new cold war is taking its momentum, the world community is gradually forgetting other pressing issues; such as human rights, right to labor, human dignity and respect. Of course, the...
Human Misery Monetized
While the new cold war is taking its momentum, the world community is gradually forgetting other pressing issues; such as human rights, right to labor, human dignity and respect. Of course, the...
Brazil’s Locomotive Breath
Abstract The Brazilian ‘locomotive’ has stopped. Oil production has been one of crucial drives in fostering not only economic but social growth in Brazil, but now sees the country gripped by...
Apple Fights Back With Appeal Against EU Irish Tax Ruling
Apple has filed an appeal against a European Union ruling that it should pay up to €13bn (£11bn) in back taxes in the Republic of Ireland. In August, the EU ruled Apple's tax arrangements in...
Serious Governments Need Serious Citizens [Article]
It is trite knowledge that economic prosperity requires, among others, hard work, honesty (a form social capital), and sacrifice. This does not only require a strong work ethic but also investment in...
Serious Governments Need Serious Citizens
In writing this article – No free lunch…, Professor Atsu Mageshie a Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics and Finance, University of Guelph, Canada, has really spoken the minds of...
Serious Governments Need Serious Citizens
No free lunch: Serious governments need serious citizens By Prof. J. Atsu Amegashie It is a trite knowledge that economic prosperity requires, among others, hard work, honesty (a form social...
Mahama Is Corrupt According To 2005 United Nations Convention
President Mahama and his NDC government corrupt practices have resulted in excessive public spending, less efficient tax system , needless high public deficit and destabilization of national budgets,...