November 2010

Mr Hayford Ababio, Chairman of the Brong-Ahafo Regional branch of the Ghana National Traditional Caterers Association has urged food vendors to prepare their meals under hygienic practices to avoid the outbreak of epidemics. He said it was…

Electronic Arts Inc has no immediate plans to drop Tiger Woods as the pitchman for its golf video games, but the world's former top golfer needs to get some wins under his belt, the video game publisher's top executive said on Monday.…

Three senior Fifa officials who will vote on the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bids took bribes in the 1990s, according to the BBC's Panorama. Nicolas Leoz, Issa Hayatou and Ricardo Teixeira took the money from a sport marketing firm awarded…

Oil prices surged on Monday as Europe's cold weather and hopes for better consumer demand lifted refined products futures and along with geopolitical worries offset the dollar's rise and fears the Ireland bailout plan might not keep…

President Barack Obama on Monday proposed a two-year freeze of the salaries of some 2 million federal workers, trying to seize the deficit-cutting initiative from Republicans with a sudden, dramatic stroke. Though signaling White House…

Millions of Londoners battled to get to work in freezing conditions on Monday as the city's underground rail workers staged a 24-hour strike, their fourth walkout since September over proposed station job cuts. Transport for London (TFL),…

Toyota Motor Corp will pay to fix about 650,000 Prius models worldwide for a coolant pump glitch that could cause the top-selling hybrid to overheat and lose power, the automaker said. The repair campaign covers Prius cars for the model…

Leaked U.S. diplomatic cables show China's frustration with communist ally North Korea and speculate Beijing would accept a future Korean peninsula unified under South Korean rule, according to the documents released by whistle-blowing…

Google Inc is inching toward buying e-commerce coupon website Groupon Inc for as much as $6 billion, the New York Times said on Tuesday. A deal, which could be in the range of $5 billion to $6 billion, could be struck as soon as this week…

The Rotaract Club of Accra-Labone has donated stationery worth GH¢500 to the Ringway Estates Juniour High School in Accra. The stationery includes Rotaract branded books, board markers, dusters and some learning stickers to aid the…