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Americans' debt level notches a new record high

Americans' debt level notched another record high in the second quarter, after having earlier in the year surpassed its pre-crisis peak, on the back of modest rises in mortgage, auto and credit card debt, where delinquencies jumped.

I am not a greedy businessman - Zoomlion founder

Chief Executive Officer of the Jospong Group, the parent company of Zoomlion Ghana Ltd Joseph Siaw Agyapong, says he is not a greedy and corrupt businessman who seeks to rip off the state as perceived by most Ghanaians.

300 Kenyan SGR workers finally handed one-year contracts

More than 300 Kenyans hired by the Chinese operator of the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) passenger train have finally been issued with one-year renewable contracts, reducing the possibility of industrial action by the workers.

Facts: Why licenses of UT Bank and Capital Bank were revoked

Q. Why has the Bank of Ghana decided to revoke the licenses of UT Bank and Capital
Bank?

A. UT Bank and Capital Bank were deeply insolvent, meaning that their liabilities exceeded their assets, putting them in a position not to be able to meet their obligations as and when they fell due.