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Introduction A financial market according Brealey etal (2004) is a market in which financial assets such as shares and bonds can be bought or sold. One party transfers funds to the financial market by purchasing a financial asserts…

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) on Thursday congratulated President John Evans Atta Mills, on his assumption of office and made series of demands including a living wage. “Even before you settle down for the onerous duties as the President…

The Ghana Statistical Service has announced Friday January 9, 2009, that Ghana’s inflation rate has risen to 18.1 percent in December 2008 from 17. 4 percent in November. The initial 6-8 percent rate projected in the 2008 budget could not…

The nation's unemployment rate bolted to 7.2 percent in December 2008, the highest level in 16 years, as nervous employers slashed 524,000 jobs. The labor market is expected to remain weak as mass layoffs continue. The Labor Department's…

The Ghana Value Added Tax (VAT) Service has set a revenue target of GH¢550 million for the financial year 2009. The VAT Commissioner however, says the figure is a provisional estimate awaiting approval of the yet to be appointed Finance…

When one talks about the abuse of child rights, bonded labour where children are forced to work under harmful working conditions for long periods in order to pay off their parents’ debts easily comes to mind. Early marriages, where girls…

A Kumasi High Court has issued an Order of Mandamus to the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) directing it to re-allocate stores, shops and stalls at the Kejetia terminal to members of the Kejetia Traders’ Association before Friday January…

The Mirror newspaper published in the UK has reported that a fan of Michael Essien, the 26-year-old Chelsea playmaker and Ghana midfielder flew all the way from Ghana to the UK just to go clubbing with the football star. According to the…

A Sekondi District Magistrate Court on Thursday bonded George Larfo, a 22-year old fisherman at Anlo-Beach near Shama to be of good behaviour for two years for threatening to kill his father. The accused, who pleaded guilty, would serve…

Madam Anita Kudaya, Managing Director of Dzidefo Enterprise, a detergents and edibles distributor in Ho, has urged President John Atta Mills to re-appraise the current tax regime on detergents and edibles. She said this should be done with…