March 2010

Economists have underscored the need for African countries to diversify and add value to export commodities to compete with the industrialised nations. They stressed that export-led-growth model was the optimal path to development…

The management of Star Assurance Company Limited (SACL), would soon roll out customized insurance products to support large risks in the emerging oil and gas industry, Mr Kofi Duffuor, Managing Director of the company announced on Tuesday.…

A task force has been established to ensure the enforcement of Ghana's trade laws, in the markets. Members of the task force made up of personnel from the Ministry of Trade and Industry, the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre, the Ghana…

Alhaji Collins Dauda, Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, has cautioned that government would punish any official who would be caught selling or releasing part of forest reserves for illegal farming and small-scale mining. He said…

The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), has called on government to review the country's trade policy to facilitate industrial growth and economic development. The group noted that even though Ghana was a signatory to the World Trade…

Mr Emmanuel Annan, of the International Centre for Soil Fertility and Agricultural Development (IFDC), has observed that a major life threatening concern to the Ghanaian society is the misapplication of agro-chemicals. He explained that,…

Facebook is about to change the way it asks its users to connect to brands and celebrities on the site. Rather than ask people to "become a fan" of say, Starbucks or Lady Gaga, Facebook will instead let users click that they like the…

Haiti will ask the world on Wednesday for $4 billion to help it rebuild and modernize in the wake of the earthquake that destroyed the Caribbean nation's capital and killed up to 300,000 people. Some 120 countries, international…

A re-elected Labour government will deliver a "controlled and fair" immigration system flexible enough to meet the needs of British business, Prime Minister Gordon Brown is to promise. By contrast, he will argue that Conservative plans…

Ireland pumped in billions of extra euros to prop up its troubled banking system Tuesday as its finance minister warned his "worst fears have been surpassed" about how recklessly bankers had behaved. Brian Lenihan told a bad-tempered…