91-Day Bill Yield Falls To 16.4%
The yield on the Bank of Ghana’s weekly 91-day bill fell to 16.4281 percent at an auction on Friday December 23, from 16.6759 percent at the last sale on Dec. 16, a report by Reuters has said. The...
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91-Day Bill Yield Falls To 16.4%
The yield on the Bank of Ghana’s weekly 91-day bill fell to 16.4281 percent at an auction on Friday December 23, from 16.6759 percent at the last sale on Dec. 16, a report by Reuters has said. The...
Blindsided By SUV Boom, Hyundai Motor Trims Costs
Headed for a fourth straight annual profit decline, Hyundai Motor (005380. KS) is trimming its cost fat; scaling back on business class flights and annual family home trips for overseas employees,...
Fresh Advance In East Mosul To Begin Within Days
Iraqi forces will resume their push against Islamic State inside Mosul in the coming days, a U. S. battlefield commander said, in a new phase of the two-month-old operation that will see American...
Workers On Strike At AngloGold Gold Mine In Eastern Guinea
Workers at an AngloGold Ashanti gold mine in eastern Guinea are on strike in a dispute over year-end bonuses, Saadou Nimaga, secretary general of the ministry of mines, said on Sunday. "The strike...
Major Quake Jolts Chile Tourist Region On Christmas Day
A major 7.6 magnitude earthquake jolted southern Chile on Sunday, prompting thousands to evacuate coastal areas, but no fatalities or major damage were reported in the tourism and salmon farming...
Al Shabaab Militants Shoot Prosecutor Dead In Somalia’s Puntland
Al Shabaab Islamist militants shot dead a military prosecutor in Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region on Sunday, witnesses and officials said, the type of targeted killing that Al Qaeda-allied...
Freed Chibok Girls Reunited With Their Families For Christmas
More than 20 Nigerian "Chibok girls" who were released by the Islamist group Boko Haram in October have rejoined their families for Christmas. It is the girls' first return home since they were...
Stocks Could Suffer As Trump Trade Policy Takes Shape
The year-end stocks rally on the heels of the election of Donald Trump as U. S. president was built on expectations of reduced regulations, big tax cuts and a large fiscal stimulus. Now signs are...
Star Wars Actress Suffers Heart Attack
Carrie Fisher, who played Princess Leia in the Star Wars films, is in intensive care after suffering a heart attack during a flight, her brother says. Fisher, 60, went into cardiac arrest minutes...
Star Wars Actress ‘suffers Heart Attack’
US actress Carrie Fisher, who played Princess Leia in the Star Wars films, has suffered a heart attack during a flight, reports say. Fisher, 60, went into cardiac arrest on the London to LA flight,...
First Passengers Released At Airport
The first people have been allowed off a hijacked Libyan jet during a stand-off at Malta International Airport. At least 65 people have been released from the domestic Afriqiyah Airways flight, which...
Egypt Delays UN Motion On Israel As Trump Intervenes
Egypt has delayed a UN vote on a text condemning Israeli settlements in occupied territory after Israel asked Donald Trump to intervene. Israel contacted the US president-elect's transition team...
Egypt Delays UN Resolution On Israel As Trump Raises Concerns
Egypt has suddenly delayed a vote on its UN resolution condemning Israeli settlements in the West Bank as Donald Trump made his opposition clear. A US official told the BBC that it had been...
Egypt Delays U.N. Vote On Settlements After Trump, Israel Urge U.S. Veto
Egypt postponed a U. N. Security Council vote on Thursday on a resolution it proposed demanding an end to Israeli settlement building, diplomats said, after Israel's prime minister and U.S....
U.S. Jobless Claims Rise To Six-Month High Last Week
The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits rose to a six-month high last week, but remained below a level that is associated with labor market strength. Initial claims for state...
Clashes Between Police, Militia In Northwest Congo Kill 18
Congo has seen series of violent clashes in recent times Clashes between police and a militia led by a Christian pastor in northwestern Congo's Mongala province killed 15 militiamen and three...
Hacker Group Takes Over Netflix Twitter Account
One of Netflix Inc's (NFLX. O) Twitter accounts was hacked on Wednesday by an entity calling itself "OurMine". Several mocking tweets were sent from the Netflix US Twitter account (@netflix)....
Tunisian ‘sought Over Market Deaths’
German police are searching for a Tunisian man over Monday’s Berlin Christmas market attack, reports say. According to a temporary-stay permit found in the cab of the lorry that ploughed into...
Nintendo’s Mobile Mario Game Sets Download Record But Pricing Proves Sticking Point
Nintendo Co Ltd's (7974. T) first Mario smartphone title has set a download record but gamers baulked at the one-time cost of unlocking content, prompting investors to push the Japanese game makers'...