With an increase in the number of counterfeit and cheap products on the Ghanaian market, Labour Unions and the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), the biggest mouth-piece of local companies, have called for the separation of the industrial sector from the Ministry of Trade and Industry.

The Ministry of Trade and Industry is putting pragmatic measures in place and working with the relevant agencies to check the importation of faulty Toyota Camry vehicles into the country.

VODAFONE GHANA, in collaboration with members of its undersea cable consortium, has successfully repaired a shunt break on its undersea cable that led to the abrupt loss of internet service countrywide about a fortnight ago.

JOSEPHINE OKUTU, PRESIDENT OF THE Chartered Institute of Marketing Ghana (CIMG) has appealed to corporate organisations not to underrate the role of marketing in promoting their businesses because it is the conduit through which consumers will be attracted to their products and services.

Speaking to BUSINESS GUIDE in an interview, Ms Okutu stated that it was important for businesses to add value to marketing so as to increase their customer base and win their loyalty even as the global financial crisis eases.

THE GLOBAL airline industry will take at least three years to recover after the worst recession in six decades hurt travel demand, said Giovanni Bisignani, chief executive of the International Air Transport Association.

THE MINISTRY of Trade and Industry (MOTI) has indicated it is exploring the integrated development of maize as an industrial crop.

A TOTAL of 20,074 jobs were expected to be created from 199 registered projects in the first three quarters of 2009.