Eni pulls out of Uganda oil deal

Eni SpA has pulled out of its planned $1.5 billion purchase of Heritage Oil Plc's Ugandan assets in what is a setback for the Italian oil group's ambitions to grow in Africa to boost flagging output. "Eni today revoked the sale and…

Goldman Sachs' CEO gets $9m bonus

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. CEO Lloyd Blankfein is getting a $9 million stock bonus for 2009, a modest payday by Wall Street standards that appears aimed at quelling criticism of the bank's compensation practices. Blankfein will receive…

UK MPs vow to fight expenses charges

Three MPs charged with false accounting following the Westminster expenses scandal are vowing robust defences - saying their cases should be dealt with by Commons authorities rather than the police. A Conservative peer also charged over…

Ghana biometric passport put on hold

The Passports Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration says its plan to begin the issuance of biometric passports to Ghanaians has been put on hold until the heavy backlog of passports applications currently at the…