Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:50:53 GMT Ghana: Stop This Child Labour Now The fight against child labour in Ghana has always been concentrated in the cocoa farming and fishing areas. The international press has also capitalised on this, and is churning out stories about the use of child labour on cocoa farms in Ghana.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:37:17 GMT Burkina Faso: Biofuels Could Increase Food Production, Says Report Planting biofuel crops in Africa need not damage capacity to grow food and could even enhance food security, according to a controversial review prepared for the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA).
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:05:01 GMT Senegal: Power Cuts Frustrate Dakar Residents Muslim imams in Senegal have called on their followers to not to pay their electricity bills in protest against frequent power outage. Power cuts in Senegal have resulted in anger and frustration in the streets of the capital, Dakar, where blackouts can last up to ten hours.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:14:15 GMT
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Ballmer: Microsoft feels tablet 'urgency' Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said Thursday that the software giant is urgently working with its partners to unveil a host of tablet computers running Windows 7, to compete with Apple's fast-selling iPad.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:25:16 EDT Senator demands probe of BP tax break Two days after BP said it will write off the cost of the oil spill cleanup against its income taxes, a U.S. senator is calling for a Congressional probe into the company's tax plans.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:45:54 EDT 30-year bond yield at 1-month high Longer-dated Treasury prices turned lower Thursday, with the 30-year yield spiking to a one-month high, as investors took in a better-than-expected report on jobless claims and prepared an auction of government debt later in the day.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:38:29 EDT Stocks edge lower Stocks slid Thursday, although they finished off their session lows, as investors weighed cautious comments from a regional Federal Reserve president about the health of the economy and a mix of quarterly profit reports.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:29:50 EDT Citi to pay $73 million for misleading investors Citigroup said Thursday it would pay $73 million to settle charges by the Securities and Exchange Commission that the bank, as well as two of its executives, misled investors about the company's exposure to the subprime mortgage market.
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