Sony expects annual loss of $3.2b

Japanese electronics giant Sony says it expects to report an annual loss of $3.2bn (£2bn), after previously predicting a return to profit. Sony had earlier indicated it would make a $860m profit in the financial year to the end of March.…

Volcano disrupts airlines

There will be widespread disruption to flights in Scotland today as ash from an Icelandic volcano reaches Britain. Major airlines that operate flights to and from airports in Scotland have cancelled services this morning. British Airways…

Ghana to build $1.5m African mathematics centre

President John Atta Mills has committed $1.5 million to the building of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS-Ghana), a pan-African centre of excellence in the mathematical sciences at Saltpond. AIMS-Ghana is scheduled to…