22-year-old man jailed for cell phone theft

A circuit court in Techiman, presided by Mr Michael Kudjo Ntumy, has sentenced 22 year-old Kwasi Ayuba, unemployed, to 12 months imprisonment with hard labour for stealing a mobile phone. Ayuba pleaded guilty to stealing the phone valued…

Oil falls to near $81 per barrel

Oil fell to near $81 on Tuesday as China imports slowed pace in July, raising the prospect of less crude purchases by the world's second largest energy consumer as economic growth cools in the second half. China imported 19 million tonnes…

Australia to lure British workers

An estimated 60 per cent of British employees are bored with their jobs and almost three-quarters never leave their office during work hours, according to a study. The research is part of a recruiting drive to lure young Britons to…

Obama’s overtures to business fail

Labeled antibusiness by Republicans and some corporate chiefs, President Barack Obama mounted a campaign to show he wasn't. But his charm offensive has hit a rocky patch. Business leaders gripe about burdensome new financial and health…

BP puts $3b into Gulf oil disaster fund

BP made its first deposit into the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster fund, while top executives were summoned to the White House to pledge their long-term commitment to restoring the region. BP deposited an initial chunk of three billion dollars…

The truth about ‘blood diamonds’

Thanks to Naomi Campbell's clueless testimony before the U.N. Special Court for Sierra Leone in The Hague, the manufactured non-scandal of "blood diamonds" is once again being trundled before the collected gullibility of the world. The…