2008

A Sekondi District Magistrate's Court on Monday fined Stephen Cudjoe 38, GH¢220 on his own plea for stealing two grasscutters valued at GH¢100. In default, Cudjoe would serve three months imprisonment in hard labour. Prosecuting,…

The annual percentage change in the Producer Price Index (PPI), which is the percentage change for all industry, between November 2007 and November 2008, which measures inflation in prices of goods at production level, recorded 19.35% for…

Oil prices fell Tuesday in Asia, adding to a sharp drop overnight, as concern that energy demand is evaporating in the face of a severe global economic slowdown sent crude below $40 a barrel. Light, sweet crude for February delivery fell…

2008 has been an exceptionally tumultuous year for exchange rates. The American dollar soared, the Japanese yen went into orbit, the euro fell to earth, and the British pound crashed, leaving a giant crater. Emerging-market currencies were…

Just a few years ago, democracy’s march across Africa seemed unstoppable. These days, it seems stalled: vote rigging in Nigeria, a convulsion of ethnic violence after disputed elections in Kenya and outright theft at the polls in Zimbabwe…

Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRS), Millennium Development Goals (MGDs), Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAP), Economic Recovery Programmes (ERP), and the other numerous multilateral and bilateral packages have for sure not given us the…

The youth, have been tasked to work hard to achieve academic excellence and progress in their chosen professions rather than engage in cyber fraud. The Reverend Enoch Osafo, Pastor in charge of the Taifa Central branch of the Christ…

The Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems (GhIPPS), Mr Frederick France, has dismissed suggestions that private electronic payment service providers are being prevented from carrying out their operations.…

Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB) on Monday said it would introduce mobile banking services next year to enable its customers to transact banking businesses even outside of banking halls. This new service is aimed at bringing banking operations…

The Atwima Rural Bank recorded a net profit of GH¢58,358 after tax, from its operations during the year 2007, as against GH¢33,221 in the previous year. Mr Kwabena Awuah, Chairman of the Board of Directors, who announced this at the 23rd…