Mr. David Vondee, a businessman and 2016 NDC Parliamentary Aspirant for Twifo Attimorkwa Constituency in the Central Region has donated a Nissan Pickup to the party in the constituency. This event took place on Wednesday 31st January 2018. Mr. David Vondee has been one of the strongest pillars of the party in the constituency and … Read more
Panasonic on Monday reported quarterly gains in profits and sales thanks to a strong performance in its auto-related sector, confirming the Japanese electronics mainstay is on course for recovery. The Osaka-based company is best known abroad for electronics, but has shifted to other sectors, including energy and an auto division that makes products from electrical … Read more
The suicide of a 23-year-old worker on Tokyo’s Olympic stadium was due to overwork, his family said, as Japan races to finish building venues for the 2020 Games. The construction firm employee, who began working on the project in December, clocked 200 hours of overtime in the month before his body was found in April, … Read more
The United Auto Workers and Nissan said Monday that they reached an agreement to let workers at a Nissan plant in the southern state of Mississippi to vote on whether to unionize. Controversy over unionization at the largely African-American plant in the town of Canton, which opened in 2003 and employs 6,400 people, has raged … Read more
A 67-year-old former policeman with the world’s biggest Hello Kitty collection has become the envy of little girls everywhere with a quarter of a million dollars worth of moon-faced memorabilia. Masao Gunji, who spent his working life on the trail of hardened criminals, now spends his retirement tracking down pink and white soft toys to … Read more
A delegation from Suzuki Motor Corporation and their partners from Sumitomo Corporation have paid a working visit to Silver Star Auto Limited (SSAL), dealers of the Suzuki range of vehicles in Accra. The delegation led by Koichi Suzuki, General Manager, Middle East/Africa Automobile Department, were taken around by Mr. Nouhad Kalmoni, Chief Executive Officer of … Read more
The bankruptcy of Japanese auto parts giant Takata may frustrate the legal challenges by victims harmed by the company’s exploding airbags, which were part of the largest auto safety recall ever. The United States has been by far the hardest hit by the scandal over the defective airbags, which in some cases exploded with deadly … Read more
The Asset Retrieval Taskforce at the Presidency yesterday seized expensive vehicles said to belong to the state from an individual. The taskforce stormed an area called Oforikrom, near Nsawam in the Eastern Region in the early hours and raided a private property, where the 37 cars, including those registered in the name of State Protocol … Read more
Takata shares plunged again Wednesday, losing almost half of their value in just three days of trading on reports the troubled Japanese airbag maker will file for bankruptcy protection and sell its assets to a US company. Takata, at the centre of the auto industry’s biggest ever safety recall, finished at 244 yen, tumbling by … Read more
Japanese mobile carrier SoftBank said, with Saudi partners, it has raised nearly $100 billion in pledges to launch a major global fund for long-term, high-tech investments. The SoftBank Vision Fund has received participation from industry titans and the likes of Apple, Qualcomm, and Taiwan’s Foxconn and collected pledges totalling more than $93 billion so far, … Read more
Four automakers including Toyota and BMW agreed Thursday to pay $553 million to settle a US lawsuit over the defective Takata airbags blamed for 11 deaths in the United States alone. The lawsuit filed in late February claimed the carmakers were aware of the dangerous defects and used the airbags in their vehicles anyway. Nearly … Read more
Japan has posted its longest economic expansion in over a decade, government data showed Thursday, chalking up a win for Tokyo’s growth bid even though the battle to conquer deflation is still far from won. The world’s number three economy grew 0.5 percent in the first three months of 2017, its fifth straight winning quarter, … Read more
Force India is against any kind of deal that would see their engine suppliers Mercedes assisting hapless Honda with their unreliable power units used by McLaren, deputy team boss Bob Fernley said on Friday. Fernley made this clear in a bid to prevent any kind of co-operation that would favour one of Force India´s main … Read more
Media Personality Akosua Hanson is featured on the first episode of the new season of Jill of All Trades, a documentary/interview series to celebrate young generational women making changes. It delves into the lives of young women, to find out how they are living their truth and their everyday challenges, in hopes that it serves … Read more
Japanese car giant Toyota has seen profits fall for the first time in half a decade. The firm said it sold more cars in the year to March 2017 than in the previous 12 months but that higher costs and currency fluctuations hit results. The profit of 1.83 trillion yen ($16.1bn; £12.4bn) was down 21% … Read more
Toyota said Wednesday its annual net profit fell for the first time in five years, with the Japanese automaker unexpectedly warning of more declines as a stronger yen takes a bite out of its bottom line. The Corolla and Prius hybrid maker posted a profit of 1.83 trillion yen ($16 billion) on slightly lower revenue … Read more
The Ministry for Food and Agriculture blatantly flouted all of the country’s laws regarding the disposal of government vehicles by auctioning some state vehicles for as low as GHc 1,000.00. A Nissan Patrol S/W with registration number GV 1285 U, was auctioned for GHc4,000, while a Nissan double cabin pick-up with registration number GV 1481 … Read more
The Ministry for Food and Agriculture blatantly flouted all of the country’s laws regarding the disposal of government vehicles by auctioning some state vehicles for as low as GHc 1,000.00. A Nissan Patrol S/W with registration number GV 1285 U, was auctioned for GHc4,000, while a Nissan double cabin pick-up with registration number GV 1481 … Read more
A Mitsubishi Ambulance belonging to the Ghana Health Service (GHS) that was auctioned at GHC350.00 has incurred the wrath of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). The Committee does not understand why the said vehicle could be sold at such a low price, wondering what constituted in the determination of the price tag on the said … Read more
Takata shares dropped nearly 20 percent on Thursday after a media report said the embattled Japanese airbag maker was considering filing for bankruptcy protection and then rolling its key businesses into a new company. The stock price fell 19.53 percent to 412 yen ($3.70) — the daily limit loss of 100 yen — after the … Read more