LinkedIn shares priced at $45

LinkedIn sold shares at the top of an already raised price range in its initial public offering on Wednesday, signaling that stock investors are eager to buy shares of social networking companies even if valuations are lofty. It sold 7.84…

African business leaders to meet in Accra

The issue of how Africa can turn its challenges into opportunities through business renewal would be the focus of the 7th edition of the African Business Leaders Forum (ABLF) slated for Accra later this year. The three-day conference…

Ghana to increase cocoa production

Mr Anthony Fofie, Chief Executive of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), said the country is committed to increasing the production of cocoa to one million metric tonnes this year. He said cocoa companies had adopted strategies to motivate…

Forest resources along Akwapim Range threatened

Togbe Atsridom V, Chief of Kpedze, has said rising population constituted a major threat to the sustainability of resources along the Atakora Mountain Ranges. He said the Range, stretching from Akwapim in the Eastern region through the…

Tarkwa-Nsuaem exceeds polio target

The Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipal Health Directorate exceeded its target for this year’s polio and anaemia campaign programme which was undertaken between May 9 and May 14. The municipality targeted 30,386 children below the age of zero and five…