Apple CEO earns $1 in 2010

Apple Inc Chief Executive Steve Jobs earned another $1 in salary 2010, the technology company said in a regulatory filing on Friday. Jobs has received annual compensation from Apple of only $1 since 1997. He owns $5.5 million shares of…

IMF warns US to cut budget deficit

A top IMF official warned on Saturday that the United States must start down a budget deficit-cutting path relatively soon or face crushing debt service costs as interest rates rise. "Time's a-wasting," John Lipsky, first deputy managing…

US banks to charge more fees in 2011

Banks, in an attempt to wring more revenue out of customer accounts, are conjuring up new ways to raise fees on basic products like debit cards, cash machines and checking accounts. As regulation curtailing the financial institutions from…

Ghana to benefit from $25m investment in agric

Mr Rene Haveman, an agronomist from the Netherlands, has initiated a mechanism to help Ghana to develop viable and dynamic middle class farming for the next five years with an investment capital of US$25 million. Beneficiaries of the…

Ghana rolls out national digital migration timetable

Government has rolled-out a three-year national digital timetable for Ghana to achieve a cost-effective and timely migration from analogue to digital broadcasting. It directs the setting up of a National Digital Migration Implementation…

482 jobless youth receive skills training 


Four hundred and eighty-two (482) young women, have received employable skills training through the initiative of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Old-Tafo, Dr Anthony Akoto-Osei. They were trained in…

Ghana stocks gain as week ends
 


The GSE-Composite Index (GSE-CI), the benchmark measure of performance of the Ghana Stock Exchange, gained 1.61 points to 995.50 points from 993.89 points with a year-to-date market return of -0.45 percent. The GSE-Financial Stocks Index…