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Japan's prime minister reshuffled his Cabinet on Friday as he tries to revive the struggling economy and expand free trade to stay globally competitive. Naoto Kan's new Cabinet, his third since taking office last June, will aim to push for…

Hundreds of miles of mostly rusty pipelines cut across the bleak desert landscape near this southern port city under a smog-filled sky, as foreign crews in flak jackets, guarded by armed security, work nearby to extract the crude oil on…

Ghana has been suspended from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) following a decision taking by its Executive Board Thursday January 13, 2011. An official statement copied to ghanabusinessnews.com from the media relations department…

The out-going Minister of Youth and Sports, Ms Akua Sena Dansua has said one of her greatest achievements at the ministry was her ability to clamp down on visa racketeering, which was rife on her arrival at the ministry. Speaking to the…

The Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GNCCI) has called on the government to revert to the use of the periodic price adjustment mechanism to lessen the burden of higher increases on the private sector. A statement issued by…

Despite the relative beneficial attributes of natural gas over coal and oil, it has its own adverse char­acteristics. Considering the quest for Ghana to develop a natural gas industry with the associated gas from the Jubilee Field, it is…

The government and the European Union (EU) on Wednesday January 13, 2011 signed four agreements, totalling 26 million euros, to support four projects in the country. Nine million euros out of the amount will be used to stimulate trade-led…

The World Bank is to assist the National Youth Employment Pro­gramme (NYEP) with funds from a $50 million facility for the entrepreneurship module of the programme. The facility has been earmarked for the development of the youth, ICT,…

It is unbelievable that British government authorities are shelving the outcome of an investigation into allegations of e-waste dumping into Ghana by some British companies. The Environment Agency (EA) of the UK confirmed to me in October…

The Tamale Metropolis has, for seven years, been performing poorly at the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). In 2004 the Metropolis was 60th on the BECE league table in the country and in 2005 and 2006 it was the 69th and 88th…