Archive for December, 2010

Ghana opposed to the use of force against Gbagbo

Posted by on December 30, 2010 at 11:06 am in Other Top Stories, Politics

Credible information picked up from the corridors of the ECOWAS Secretariat in Abuja Nigeria indicates that Ghana is strongly against any forcible removal of the incumbent President of Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo. Joy News has learnt Ghana prefers dialogue in the resolution of the crisis. ECOWAS has threatened military intervention if Mr. Gbagbo does not [...]

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Banks raise interest rates to satisfy shareholders – Business Week Editor

Posted by on at 11:00 am in Business, Other Business Stories

The Editor-in-Chief of Business Week, Toma Imre has alleged that most banks raise interest rates because they use the revenue as profits in order to satisfy shareholder confidence. Speaking on Joy Business Trends, he said the banks channel other sources of revenue into other ventures such as establishing more branches and technological platforms which according [...]

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Michael Jackson autopsy show ‘in bad taste’

Posted by on at 10:56 am in Entertainment, Other Entertainment News

John Branca and John McClain said the show was “in shockingly bad taste”. In a letter, the pair accused the company of being motivated by “blind desire” to exploit the singer’s death. The show – entitled Michael Jackson’s Autopsy: What Really Killed Michael Jackson – is scheduled to be broadcast in Europe in January. “Your [...]

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Employment And Job Creation Opportunities In The Ghanaian Economy

Posted by on at 10:54 am in Business, Feature Articles

THE CHALLENGES ______________________________________________________________________________ Kwesi Atta Sakyi, LUSAKA, ZAMBIA 27TH DECEMBER 2010 INTRODUCTION Unemployment is a situation whereby job vacancies (demand) are les than the number of people who have been actively and persistently looking for employment (supply) for the last three months or more. We have different types of unemployment such as seasonal, frictional, geographical, [...]

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Provide a fixed date for District Level elections – CDD

Posted by on at 10:52 am in News From Other Newspapers, Politics

The Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) insists the Electoral Commission should have postponed the ongoing District Assembly and Unit Committee elections until January 2011. The Centre says the current lapses in the electoral process vindicate its position some days ago that the elections should be re-scheduled to January 2011. CDD-Ghana had suggested to the Commission [...]

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My Toast For 2010

Posted by on at 10:50 am in Feature Articles, Other Top Stories

Source: Vicky Wireko – Daily Graphic Indeed, this is a period for sober reflection both for individuals and corporate bodies. It is the period when businesses are reviewing their entire performance for the year. Individual employees are also busy finishing hard so they can begin to match their set targets against their actual performances for [...]

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2010 Christmas events record impressive attendance

Posted by on at 10:49 am in Entertainment, Other Entertainment News

Events organized this Christmas recorded impressive attendances contrary to fears that a good number of them may flunk. Organizers were particularly worried they may not be able to attract large enough crowds to break even as there were too many events being organized over the period. Major event house, CharterHouse for instance says its fears [...]

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Ghanaians Wary of Decent Election in 2012

Posted by on at 10:47 am in Top Story

Political watchers have raised questions about the Electoral Commission’s (EC) ability to successfully organise the impending 2012 general polls without irregularities.

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