To eat or not to eat: it is the question many have to ponder now, as a new wave of food safety scares has renewed fears in China over continued food safety problems.
Lin Min, a resident of the city of Hangzhou in east China's Zhejiang Pro…
Americans are becoming increasingly more likely to go online to get quotes for auto insurance, a study shows.
An insurance shopping study found for the first time a majority of first-time auto insurance buyers initiated their policy purch…
Bill Ford, executive chairman of U.S. automaker Ford Motor Co., said the next chief executive would likely come from the ranks of the company.
Ford said the company had an obligation to look "everywhere," but, "I really like our talent an…
U.S. college graduates from 2011 have almost half of the graduates from 2010 to compete with in the job market, a survey said.
The study done at Rutgers University found 90 percent of graduates from 2006 through 2007 had begun their worki…
A British study says nearly half of all teenagers should be required to take high-quality vocational training to help reduce the youth unemployment rate.
Tim Oates, director of research at the Cambridge Assessment exam board, also suggest…
India, one of the world's fastest growing economies, is trying to become a green economy, according to new poll that showed Indians narrowly prioritise environmental protection over economic growth.
Bulk of the population, those who a…
Gold prices Saturday rose by Rs 110 to Rs 22,780 per ten grams on buying by local parties amid the marriage season and firming overseas trend.
Sliver snapped its three-day losing streak, gaining Rs 450 to trade at Rs 54,450 per kg in …
The chancellor of the University of Oxford, Lord Chris Patten, wants India's Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia to be the next managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Speaking at the launch …
Nigeria Enacts Freedom of Information Law And Leaves Ghana in the Cold& All Africa.com, Abuja After 12 years of struggle and lobbying by civil society groups and the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Freedom of Information
Act has b…
How we can engage the Private Health Sector : Oped by Professor Eyitayo Lambo Former Nigerian Minister of Health When I started my tenure as Minister of Health of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria in 2003, I discovered that there was nei…
Action Aid Ghana, an NGO, has earmarked £8,000.00 in support of national food security.
As part of this, farmers would be assisted to acquire improved farming techniques and high yielding seeds.
Dr Queronica Quarley Quart…
Parliament on Friday approved a mixed credit facility agreement between the government and the KBC Bank of Brussels, Belgium for an amount of 21,887,520.31 Euros for the construction of the Essakyir Water Supply System in the Central Regio…
ECOWAS Ministers, in-charge of Mineral Resource Development, are holding a meeting in Accra to consider the Draft ECOWAS Mineral Development Policy and its Implementation plan, put together by national experts.
The draft policy focus…
Parliament on Wednesday passed the Petroleum Commission Bill, which is to establish a petroleum commission to oversee the regulation and management of petroleum products and provide for related matters.
In accordance with article 269…
Trade and Industry Minister, Ms Hanna Tetteh on Wednesday launched Ghana’s Industrial Policy with a call on stakeholders to partner government for smooth implementation to enhance its success.
She said the country’s long-term vision …
A Ghanaian company, mPedigree Network, has been shortlisted for the finals for the fourth edition of the highly prestigious African Business Awards.
The company, founded by Ghanaian activist, Mr Bright Simons, the inventor of the Sma…
Poultry farmers in the two Dormaa Districts of the Brong-Ahafo Region have appealed to the government and relevant stakeholders to assist them with the supply of maize at affordable prices to prevent their businesses from collapsing.
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Members of Western Region branch of Association of Small Scale Industries (ASSI), have appealed to government to review and harmonise taxes, rates and fees paid by Micro and Small Scale Enterprises (MSEs).
ASSI is of the view that th…
Many people across Europe are refusing to buy cucumbers, following a wave of concern after the fruit was linked to an outbreak of e-coli.
Fear of contaminated cucumbers is spreading across Europe.
Many people in Paris are wary of buying …
The following is the average inter-bank exchange rate of the dollar and derived rates for the major currencies against the cedi, as issued by the Ghana Association of Bankers on Wednesday, June 2, 2011.
GHANA CEDI EQUIVALENT OF …
The management of Tullow Oil Ghana Limited, has announced plans to list its shares on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) with an offering of 4,000,000 shares in Ghana.
The offer of Tullow’s shares on the GSE would give Ghanaian invest…
The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), Ghana’s most influential business association has endorsed Integriti Media’s Corporate Social Responsibility, (CSR) publication for companies in Ghana.
The publication christened: “Ghana CSR…
The government will build more railways and improve on major roads to provide viable options to the Ghanaian travelling public, Vice President John Dramani Mahama has said.
He said under such infrastructural development, government w…
Mr Mark Woyongo, Upper East Regional Minister, has advised the Wemo-Atu Widows and Orphans Ministry, a local non governmental organisation at Paga, to seek assistance from the Rural Enterprise Project (REP) to start or expand their busines…
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said India supports the "best" available candidate, regardless of nationality, as the next International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief.
The top IMF post is lying vacant after the disgraceful…
Amidst severe public funding cuts and job losses in the UK, public criticism is growing against the David Cameron government's decision to continue aid to an increasingly economically prosperous India that itself gives aid to other countri…
Per capita income of Indians grew by 17.9 per cent to Rs 54,835 in 2010-11 from Rs 46,492 in the year-ago period, according to the revised data released by the government on Tuesday.
The new per capita income figure estimates on cur…
Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday made a strong pitch for German-led four-nation consortium EADS's Eurofighter Typhoon, shortlisted by India for a USD 10.4 billion defence deal, saying they have the
"best product".
Maintaining that…
India's apex agricultural and rural development bank NABARD is planning to implement a scheme to conserve the 'Kasargod Dwarf' cow, one of the tiniest cow breed in the world, facing extinction.
The dwarf cow, endemic to the northern…
The export of various spices from the country has registered an all time high both in quantity and value during the period 2010-11.
According to the figures of Spices Board, a total of 525,750 tonnes of spices and spice products val…
security Grain losses in sub-Saharan Africa could
total $4 billion, FAO/World Bank report
technologies to reduce food losses could significantly increase the food supply in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a new
FAO/World Bank report re…
The Management of Western Steel and Forgings Limited (WSFL) has debunked allegations that it has commenced production in contravention of government directive to cease production until certain conditions are fulfilled.
The factory wa…
Users of intellectual properties such as music, books and movies have been called upon to obtain authorisation from the Copyright Society of Ghana.
Mr Carlos Sakyi, a member of the board of the Interim Copyright Management Team who …
President Lee Myung-bak instructed the Cabinet on Tuesday to study ways to spur domestic demand, saying ordinary people are still experiencing economic difficulties despite brisk exports.
"Our country depends highly on trade. We have b…
More than half of South Korean firms expect the economy to get worse in the second half of the year due to a continued rise in raw material prices, a poll said Tuesday.
According to the survey of 506 companies by the Korea Chamber of C…
Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) on Monday announced that Ghana achieved a record harvest in the cocoa main crop season provisionally fixed at 903,646 metric tons.
A statement issued in Accra by the Public Affairs Department of COCOBOD sa…
The Institute of Chartered Accountants Ghana (ICAG) has entered into a twining arrangement with Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) to strengthen Ghana’s corporate financial reporting regime.
The two bodie…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Monday called on utility providers to offer adequate training programmes for their staff in order to be responsive to the needs of consumers.
He said the training programmes could also boost the …
India looks upon Africa as a new growth pole for the world economy and its progress could help resolve problems relating to food and natural resources,Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said.
"We look upon Africa as a new growth…
Tamil Nadu Agriculture University (TNAU) has developed a new bybrid rice varieity which can have an yield potential of above 10 tonnes per hectare.
Agri experts say 'CORH 3', the new variety, can provide an increased 25 per cent yie…
In a bid to achieve global status,Indian public sector bank major Central Bank of India has drawn up plans to open its branches in various foreign countries.
At present, the bank has a presence at Mozambique in Africa.
As par…
Amid tussle for the top slot in the IMF, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has hoped that a consensus would emerge which is generally acceptable.
Singh noted that the struggle for an "equitable" world order will take long as rich n…
China on Saturday announced plans to build a railway line between Chinese city of Ruili and Myanmar's port city Kyaukphyu, not far from eastern Indian city of Kolkata, while Yangon secured a USD 763 million line of credit from Beijing to d…
Facing flak from different quarters for not doing enough to deal with the black money menace, the Government of India on Saturday constituted a high-level committee of taxmen to suggest a legal framework for confiscating such wealth by dec…
Computer Warehouse Group (CWG) Ghana, integrated information and communication technology solutions providers, plans to list on the Ghana Stock Exchange in the next three years as part of its pan-African strategy.
Briefing journalist…
Foreigners' ownership of South Korean land edged up 0.7 percent in the first quarter from three months earlier, posting a much slower growth rate seen before the recent global financial crisis, the land ministry said Sunday.
As of the …
South Korea's financial regulator is expected to suspend two to three more debt-ridden savings banks in the third quarter as part of efforts to revamp the sector struggling to clear bad property loans, officials said Sunday.
As part of…
About a quarter of South Korean manufacturers have been negatively affected by Japan's devastating earthquake in March, a poll showed Sunday.
According to the survey of 500 local manufacturers by the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Indus…
S-Oil Corp., South Korea's third-largest refiner, said Sunday it has begun full-fledged operation of the world's single largest paraxylene plant on the country's southeast coast.
Since March, S-Oil had conducted a test run of the pla…
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has expressed confidence that his government will be
able to achieve 8.5 per cent growth during the current fiscal despite concerns over high oil prices.
"As of now I have not seen any sign that w…
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