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Alhaji Moshood Adebisi’s name might not ring a bell among many journalists in the country. But the former Chief Press Secretary to Chief Oluremi Tinubu, wife of the former governor of Lagos State has, without a doubt, paid his dues in the…

Leading US indexes saw their biggest one-day fall in nearly two months, with banking shares falling sharply amid concerns over the sector's outlook. The benchmark Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 332 points or 4% to 7,949.09 while the…

Tullow Oil Plc, the U.K. explorer seeking funds for projects in Ghana and Uganda, is selling shares and negotiating to increase a borrowing facility to $2 billion. The company is in talks with banks to add about $600 million to an existing…

Made in Ghana cloth took centre stage in  the celebrations to mark the inauguration of President Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America Tuesday January 20, 2009 the Connecticut Post reports. While most Americans…

Cocoa prices rebounded from a five- week low on signs that demand for chocolate increased in the U.S. and that exports declined from Ivory Coast, the world’s biggest producer of the beans. Cocoa processing in the U.S., the second-biggest…

The number of insurance companies licenced to operate in the country had increased from 35 to 39 at the close of 2008. A breakdown of the companies shows that 17 are into life underwriting and 22 non-life; B&FT learnt that towards the…

Vanguard Assurance Company, the first indigenous insurance company and Best Insurer award winner last year, has debunked the contention that insurers in the country don't have expertise in energy underwriting. Gideon Amenyedor, who has…

Rock Solid Images, part of the Offshore Hydrocarbon Mapping (OHM) group, has begun a 940 square kilometer (362 sq mile) rock physics-driven seismic inversion for Kosmos Energy and its partners, covering the Jubilee field offshore Ghana.…

The Sinapi Aba Trust, a financial Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has within the last five years trained about 900 youth across the country to acquire various employable skills under its Youth Apprenticeship Programme (YAP). The…

Management of Business Advocacy Challenge (BUSAC) Fund has released GH¢9,600 out of an estimated GH¢25,000 to 150 members of Drinking Bar Operators Association in Bekwai Municipality, Amansie Central and Bosome Freho Districts in Ashanti…