www.proshareng.com Your Online Personal Finance Information Clearinghouse http://www.proshareng.com/myproshare/portal_news.php?id=4629 The Accra-based bourse will use a $2m grant from the World Bank to build a computerised platform able to settle trades on the same day by September 2008, its General Manager Ekow Afedzie, has said in an interview on July 25. http://www.proshareng.com/myproshare/portal_news.php?id=4617 CAMAC, a United-States based Nigerian-owned company is being touted to become one of the first fully African-owned oil company to be publicly listed in an African stock exchange market, Empowered Newswire reported on Saturday. http://www.proshareng.com/myproshare/portal_news.php?id=4483 The rand and government bonds added to recent gains on Friday but local stocks notched up a fourth straight day of losses, tracking global market sentiment. http://www.proshareng.com/myproshare/portal_news.php?id=4459 New York - Initial public offerings (IPOs) came to market in the first half of the year at the slowest pace since 2003, and few investors expect a rebound as economic growth tapers off and loan losses mount. http://www.proshareng.com/myproshare/portal_news.php?id=4439 Oil hit yet another new high above $141 a barrel this morning, as shares continued to fall in Europe and Asia following last night\'s heavy losses on Wall Street. http://www.proshareng.com/myproshare/portal_news.php?id=4437 Global markets have suffered heavy falls after a raft of bad news including a fresh record for the price of oil. Traders digested news that oil traded at more than $140 a barrel in New York and reacted to signs that the global credit crunch was far from o http://www.proshareng.com/myproshare/portal_news.php?id=4430 Oil reached $140 a barrel for the first time ever Thursday following reports that Libya may cut production and an OPEC official said crude could hit $170 a barrel this summer. http://www.proshareng.com/myproshare/portal_news.php?id=4419 Barclays has said it is planning to raise £4.5bn ($8.8bn) in a share issue to bolster its balance sheet. The firm is to sell shares to new investors, such as the Qatar Investment Authority, and existing shareholders including China Development Bank. http://www.proshareng.com/myproshare/portal_news.php?id=4373 NEW YORK — Investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. posted a quarterly loss of $2.8-billion (U.S.) on Monday, matching its forecast, after recording massive trading and hedging losses. http://www.proshareng.com/myproshare/portal_news.php?id=4370 American International Group (AIG), which has suffered record losses from the sub-prime crisis, has fired its chief executive Martin Sullivan. http://www.proshareng.com/myproshare/portal_news.php?id=4369 Barclays has said it is considering selling shares to new and existing investors to raise cash. http://www.proshareng.com/myproshare/portal_news.php?id=4364 The United Kingdom’s financial watchdog, the FSA, has turned its attention to “short selling”, the stock trading technique blamed for an HBOS share price slump.