Archive for July, 2011
Posted by Contributor on July 13, 2011 at 6:37 pm in Business, Other Top Stories
By Ekow Dontoh and Moses Mozart Dzawu Ghana’s cedi weakened the most in a month as cement companies bought dollars for imports of raw materials. The currency of the world’s second-biggest cocoa producer depreciated as much as 0.7 percent to 1.5265 per dollar, the lowest since June 14, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. It [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 12:38 pm in News From Other Newspapers, Politics
The heavy defeat suffered by former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings at the hands of President J.E.A. Mills at the National Democratic Congress’(NDC) national delegates congress in Sunyani over the weekend has led to speculations that former President Jerry John Rawlings has lost his seemingly mythical influence on the party he founded. The party’s chairman, [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 12:37 pm in Football, Sports
Uruguay are through to the last eight of the Copa America after defeating Mexico 1-0 at the Estadio Ciudad de La Plata. Alvaro Pereira’s goal on the quarter-hour mark gave Oscar Tabarez’s men all three points, and the victory sets up a mouth-watering quarter-final clash against hosts Argentina on Saturday. Both teams were tense during [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 12:35 pm in Business, Other Business Stories
The Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Dr Kwabena Duffuor, will on Thursday, July 14, present the Mid-year review of the Budget Statement and Economic Policy and also Supplementary Estimates, for the 2011 financial year. A statement signed by Abdul Hakim Ahmed, Media Liaison, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning said, Developments since the last [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 12:33 pm in Football, Sports
Corinthians president Andres Sanches has confirmed the club have put together a €40 million offer for Manchester City’s Carlos Tevez. The Brazilian club revealed on Monday evening that they had initiated talks with a view to signing Carlos Tevez, who has expressed his wish to leave England in order to be closer to his family. [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 12:32 pm in Business
The KMA has re-opened the offices of mobile telecom service providers, MTN and Tigo, which were locked up early on Tuesday for non-payment of property rates. The two companies together owe the assembly about GHS600,000, being outstanding rates since 2009. The KMA’s Finance Director, Mr. J.K. Ofori, told Myjoyonline.com in an interview that the assembly [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 12:30 pm in Business, Other Top Stories
The Ghana Trade and Livelihood Coalition, a trade and agriculture policy advocacy and research non-governmental organisation, is to hold a strategic meeting of stakeholders this month to finalise a roadmap for the establishment of a joint tomato enterprise between Ghana and Burkina Faso. The aim of the joint venture between the two countries is to [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 12:29 pm in Other Top Stories
When South Africa made racial segregation its official policy during the apartheid years the global community placed it in isolation in order that it be afforded the opportunity of reflecting on it’s totally unacceptable conduct. The message was clear, if it wanted to return to the international fold a complete overhaul of the racist legislation [...]
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