August 2010

An official of Standard Bank Plc has questioned the latest review of Ghana’s rating by Standard & Poor’s (S&P), which gives the country a B credit rating. The agency’s rating, announced on August 27, 2010, according to Mr Samir…

Mr Offei Dei, National Democratic Congress (NDC) Ward Chairman for Adamorebe near Aburi in the Akuapem South Municipality, has appealed to the Eastern Regional Minister to urgently provide security to curb the activities of landguards in…

The Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) on Monday inaugurated its upgraded gamma irradiation facility, at the Radiation Technology Centre (RTC), under the Biotechnology and Nuclear Agriculture Research Institute (BINARI). Professor…

The Most Reverend Peter Kwasi Sarpong, Emeritus Metropolitan Catholic Archbishop of Kumasi, has underlined the need for the Ministry of Education to ensure that Religious and Moral Education (RME) becomes an examinable subject in the West…

The UN's climate science body needs "fundamental" reforms, including a shorter term for its chairperson, an international review has concluded. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has faced mounting pressure over errors in…

US consumers are spending slightly more as their incomes are rising modestly, official data showed Monday, doing little to dispel fears about the health of the economy. The Commerce Department said spending rose 0.4 percent in July as…

Diversified U.S. manufacturer 3M Co on Monday said it agreed to buy Cogent Inc for more than $900 million, paying a nearly 18 percent premium for the biometric identification systems company. 3M said it would pay $10.50 a share to buy…

A Royal Navy destroyer intercepted a yacht carrying £4 million worth of cocaine, it was revealed. HMS Gloucester was called in to assist a law enforcement team from Cape Verde in the mid-Atlantic in the early hours of Friday. The suspect…

Germany's central bank distanced itself Monday from a board member who stereotyped Muslims and Jews, saying his remarks were harmful and violated the Bundesbank's code of conduct. The comments by Thilo Sarrazin surrounding the launch of…

India has said it will delay a ban on Blackberry devices for 60 days while it reviews proposals from the gadget's maker, Research in Motion (RIM). A ban had been threatened from Tuesday, as India said its security services needed greater…