Cocobod, Indian company sign MOU for jute-stitching factory
Accra, GNA - The Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) and an Indian jute manufacturing company, Ganges Jute PVT Limited, on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish a jute bag-stitching factory at Kumasi to reduce dependency on imports for cocoa bagging.
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HFC Investment poised to ensure shareholder value
Accra, GNA - The Management of HFC Investment Services, a subsidiary of HFC Bank, said on Thursday that it would explore various investment opportunities to ensure that holders of the various instruments
got good returns on them.
Timber Companies owing over 12 million Ghana cedis
Accra, GNA - At the close of business on June 30, this year, 927 timber firms owed the Forestry Commission a total of 12,410,567.55 Ghana cedis.
Wood carving businesses in danger - Abbey
Aburi, GNA - The livelihood of about 400 wood carvers and their dependents at Aburi and surrounding towns in the Eastern Region, is in danger due to what the carvers alleged to be the insensitive attitude of government officials to their predicament.
Norway to sensitise Ghana in management of petroleum revenue
Accra, GNA- Ghana has been included in Norway's "oil for development programme" that aims at assisting countries in their efforts to overcome challenges in transforming income from petroleum resources to improve the welfare of their citizens.
Beneficiaries of MASLOC loans urged to undertake viable ventures
Mampong (Ashanti), GNA - Mr Lawrence Kwasi Prempeh, Chief Executive Officer of Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) has called on beneficiaries to venture into profitable ventures.
Management of Antrak Air acquires designation to begin flights to Saudi Arabia
Accra, GNA - Management of Antrak Air, an Accra-based airline has acquired the necessary designation to begin flights to Saudi Arabia, Alhaji Asoma Banda, Chairman of Antrak Air announced on Thursday.
RCC issued white paper on the Odugblase limestone deposit
Koforidua, GNA - The Eastern Regional Co-ordinating Council (RCC), has issued a white paper on the recommendations of the fact finding committee that enquired into the dispute over the rightful traditional authority over the limestone deposit at Odugblase in the Krobo area.
Inflation rises to 18.41 per cent in June
Accra, GNA - The annual rate of inflation continues its steady climb closing the month of June 2008 at 18.41 per cent compared to 16.88 per cent in May.
Nobel Economist Stiglitz criticises EPA
Accra, GNA - Professor Joseph Stiglitz, a Nobel Laureate in Economics, on Tuesday urged the government to "take a cold hard look" at the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) and negotiate its inimical aspects away, saying that the deal was not free but an extremely managed trade agreement.