Archive for March, 2010

Eriksson appointed Ivory Coast coach

Posted by on March 31, 2010 at 1:21 pm in Football, Sports

  Mohamed Fofana Sven-Goran Eriksson to lead Ivory Coast at the World Cup. Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has been appointed Ivory Coast coach for this year’s World Cup finals, the Ivory Coast Federation (FIF) said in a statement on its website (www.fif-ci.com). The FIF said it had considered a few candidates since Bosnian Vahid [...]

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Zain Ghana Sold

Posted by on at 1:19 pm in Top Story

Bharti Airtel, India’s largest mobile telecoms operator, and the Zain Group of Kuwait have signed a “definite agreement” for the sale of 100 per cent of Zain’s African assets for an Enterprise Value of $10.7 billion.

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AngloGold Ashanti to resume production at Iduapriem

Posted by on at 1:19 pm in Business, Mining

GNA – The Management of AngloGold Ashanti on Tuesday said it had applied for a permit from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the construction of a temporary tailings storage facility at its Iduapriem mine.     It said with the construction of the facility, gold production at the Iduapriem mine, which was suspended in February [...]

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Accra Bourse Index gains as five equities rally

Posted by on at 1:19 pm in Business, Stock Market

GNA -The benchmark, GSE All-Share Index, rose 137.94 points buoyed by gains in five equities to close 6,027.28 points from 5,892.11 points.    The year to date change now stands at 8.16 percent.    Ghana Commercial Bank continues its impressive run with another gain of GH¢0.03 at GH¢0.95, Standard Chartered Bank was up GH¢0.39 at [...]

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Yamson stresses more private sector trade within ECOWAS

Posted by on at 1:18 pm in Business, Other Top Stories

GNA – Mr Ishmael Yamson, Chairman of Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), has called on the private sector within the ECOWAS sub-region to improve intra-West African trade to cushion them for the broad international market.    He called on developing nations to be selective in the implementation of suggestions and prescriptions from the Breton Woods [...]

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UT Financial Services shareholders approve acquisition of bank

Posted by on at 1:18 pm in Business, Financial Institutions

GNA – Shareholders of UT Financial Services (UTFSL) on Tuesday approved a special resolution to buy UT Bank and gave the directors the mandate to obtain all regulatory approvals necessary for the deal.    UTFSL will pay for the 100 per cent acquisition through the issue of 91.3 million shares to shareholders of UT Bank [...]

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Yamson stresses more private sector trade within ECOWAS

Posted by on at 12:27 pm in Uncategorized

GNA – Mr Ishmael Yamson, Chairman of Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), has called on the private sector within the ECOWAS sub-region to improve intra-West African trade to cushion them for the broad international market.    He called on developing nations to be selective in the implementation of suggestions and prescriptions from the Breton Woods [...]

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UT Financial Services shareholders approve acquisition of bank

Posted by on at 12:27 pm in Business, Financial Institutions

GNA – Shareholders of UT Financial Services (UTFSL) on Tuesday approved a special resolution to buy UT Bank and gave the directors the mandate to obtain all regulatory approvals necessary for the deal.    UTFSL will pay for the 100 per cent acquisition through the issue of 91.3 million shares to shareholders of UT Bank [...]

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