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Don’t Buy Farmers Deli Vienna

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) says the Farmers Deli Vienna product is infested with the dangerous listeriosis and...

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China Cashing Out As Mobile Payment Soars

Yang Qianqian holds out her smartphone to scan a barcode on the mobile of a vendor selling fresh fruit and vegetables...

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Eight Dead In Wall Collapse At Senegal’s Demba Diop

Eight people have died and at least 49 are injured after a wall collapsed at a football stadium in Senegal. It happened...

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Eight Dead At Senegal Football Stadium

Eight people have died and at least 49 are injured after a wall collapsed at a football stadium in Senegal. It happened...

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Alibaba Reveals Echo-Like Smart Speaker

Alibaba is the latest technology giant to unveil a smart speaker. The voice-controlled Tmall Genie can be used to play...

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Need A Ball Or Umbrella? In China There’s A Sharing App For That

Basketballs, electric scooters and rainbow-coloured umbrellas -- nothing seems out of bounds in China's booming...

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Are US Banks Regaining Their Appetite For Acquisitions?

News that JPMorgan Chase considered bidding for British payment company Worldpay signals that big US banks could be...

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US Payments Firm Vantiv Agrees Tie-Up With Worldpay

US payment processing giant Vantiv has agreed to take over British peer Worldpay, the pair said Wednesday, to create a...

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Dr Kofi Amoah’s Life Changing Story

Dr. Kofi Amoah is a celeberated Ghanaian business. He had his secondary education in the 1960’s at Opoku Ware School...

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Euro Hits Year-High Against Dollar; US Stocks Bounce

The euro extended its run higher against the dollar Wednesday, hitting a one-year high, while tech and bank stocks...

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Tech Sell-Off Hits US Stocks; Euro Surges On Draghi Comments

Wall Street stocks took a hit Tuesday as a key vote on President Donald Trump's health care reform was delayed, while...

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Crackdown Takes Toll On Niger Smuggling Hub

With tens of thousands of migrants flooding into the desert city of Agadez en route to Europe, Africa's smuggling...

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Ticket To Europe? Nigeria Girls Lured Into Sexual Slavery

In Benin City, Nigeria's capital of illegal migration, no one says the word "prostitution". The word on the street for...

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Migrant Influx Shifting But No Let-Up

The migrants pouring into Europe have changed routes: the crossing between Turkey and Greece is practically closed, but...

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Pound Firms, Oil Drops As Markets Await British Vote, Comey Hearing

The pound climbed Wednesday on the eve of the British general election, while oil prices fell hard after a US inventory...

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3 Nigerian Internet Fraudsters Get 235-Year Imprisonment In US

Three Nigerian internet fraudsters who befriended many of their victims on dating sites have been handed down huge...

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Update- Girl, 13, Battling Diabetes Gets Support!

When the Diabetes Youth Care, a non-governmental organisation which caters for children with diabetes, visited little...

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Algeria President Replaces PM In Wake of Polls

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Wednesday appointed a new prime minister, replacing his confidant Abdelmalek...

Business

First Atlantic Opens Kasoa, Madina Branches

First Atlantic Bank recently opened branches at Kasoa and Madina near Accra to bring its services closer to clients and...