2008

A woman being treated at the Cleveland Clinic has an almost entirely new face following the most extensive facial transplant ever performed, the medical center said Tuesday. The surgery was the first face transplant in the U.S. and the…

The Management of Prudential Bank Limited (PBL) says its attention has been drawn to a list of names of New Patriotic Party (NPP) ministers and officials who are alleged to have accounts with the Bank with astronomical balances thereon.…

The International Trade Centre (ITC) and the Dutch Import Promotion Agency (CBI) in collaboration with the Ghana Export Promotion Council (GEPC) on Tuesday began a series of training workshops to strengthen capacities of management…

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox called for a probe of his agency, saying what he has learned about its investigations of Bernard Madoff before the investment manager confessed to operating a $50 billion…

About 2,000 hectares of the degraded Desiri Forest in the Atwima Mponua District, has been re-afforested with mixed species of cedralla, emire, ofram, mahogany, teak and mangonia, all endangered wood species. Meanwhile, more than 700…

Cocoa purchases declared by private buyers to Ghana's COCOBOD industry regulator in the first 12 weeks of the 2008/09 season were down by a third at just over 300,000 tonnes, industry sources said on Tuesday. The first 12 weeks of the…

Dear Sir, First I must solicit your confidence in this transaction, this is by virtue of it’s nature as being utterly Confidential and top secret. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and…

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Professor Maurice Iwu , yesterday faulted the conclusions of those drawing a parallel between the conduct of the 2007 general elections in the country and the recent Ghanaian…

Adding to the long list of cancers caused by smoking, Italian researchers report that the risk of getting colorectal cancer is higher in smokers, as is the risk of dying from that disease. Smoking increases the risk of developing…

The US Federal Reserve has slashed its key interest rate from 1% to a range of between zero and 0.25% as it battles the country's recession. In its statement, the Federal Reserve warned that "the outlook for economic activity has weakened…