Asogli Yam Festival revives businesses in Ho

The three-week long 2010 Yam Festival of the Asogli Traditional Area, which ended on Sunday with a thanksgiving church service, represents the single most important business stimulating event in Ho and its environs for years. The…

SADA – Urgent need for sustainable funding

Indeed there is no doubt that the present Government is in the process of fulfilling its promise of implementing the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) as captured in its manifesto for the last electioneering campaign, that…

Trader in court for fraud

Kwabena Boateng, a trader, on Monday, appeared before the Kade District Magistrate's Court charged with defrauding by false pretences. He pleaded guilty and was remanded in police custody to return on October five for sentencing. Police…

Oil price drops to about $76 per barrel

Crude fell toward $76 on Tuesday ahead of U.S. reports expected to show fuel stockpiles rose in the world's top oil-consuming nation last week. Prices also tracked Asian equities lower on lingering concerns about euro-zone debt, which also…

US businesses fear fall in China trade

Congressional passage of a bill to pressure Beijing to revalue its currency could further harm U.S.-Chinese trade relations already hampered by mutual mistrust and suspicion, U.S. companies invested in China said on Monday. With U.S.…

UK debt firms may lose licenses

More than 100 debt management firms are facing losing their licence after the trading watchdog uncovered widespread problems in the sector. The Office of Fair Trading uncovered a catalogue of poor practices among firms that offer advice to…