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Help Age international, an Ireland-based Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), in collaboration with Compassion Africa Aged Foundation, has rolled out a training programme to empower the aged, at Anloga, in Kumasi. The programme, which is…

Brent oil futures climbed near $100 a barrel and Asian stocks fell on Monday, hurt by fears that deadly protests in Egypt may foment unrest throughout the Middle East and choke oil supplies, accelerating a move out of riskier assets. More…

Alpha Natural Resources is buying Massey Energy in an $8.5bn (£5.3bn) deal that will create America's second largest coal miner. The move is further consolidation of an industry that is booming due to demand from energy-thirsty Asian…

Wall Street firm Goldman Sachs Group has tripled the base salary of chief executive Lloyd Blankfein to $2m (£1.3m), up from $600,000. And company filings show he was also awarded shares currently worth $12.6m, a 42% hike from the the stock…

The euro steadied against the dollar on Monday as moves to exit riskier positions tapered off, although market players remained wary of the risk that unrest in Egypt could spread across the Middle East. The Australian dollar also pared its…

Are you too late to the rally? One of the fastest bull markets in history pushed the Dow Jones industrial average to a close near 12,000 last week, the highest point for the index of 30 blue chip stocks in two and a half years. The broader…

Israel called on the United States and a number of European countries over the weekend to curb their criticism of President Hosni Mubarak to preserve stability in the region. Jerusalem seeks to convince its allies that it is in the…

The Food and Drugs Board (FDB) wishes to alert the general public about the distribution and sale of fake Exeter Corned Beef on the market. A statement, issued on Saturday by the FDB, and signed by the Chief Executive, Dr. Stephen K.…

Mr Francis Nyamekye, a retired nurse of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, has appealed to the Foods and Drugs Board (FDB), to monitor and arrest fake herbal drug peddlers in the country. He said there are fake and fictitious herbal drugs on…

The African Union (AU) Commission stated in Addis Ababa that the use of force to compel President Laurent Gbagbo to concede defeat in the Ivorian presidential elections would be the last option. Dr Jean Ping, Commission's Chairperson, said…