Public Accounts Committee folds up business

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament on Friday concluded its public hearing with the Electoral Commission behind closed doors. In all the PAC audited the accounts of 15 public- owned enterprises. Mr Kweku Botwe, Acting…

Apple's COO gets $22m bonus

Apple Inc. awarded Chief Operating Officer Timothy Cook a cash-and-stock bonus worth about $22 million for filling in while Steve Jobs, the consumer electronics giant's chief executive, was on medical leave. The bonus, disclosed in a…

Women on pill said to live longer

One of the world's largest studies of the contraceptive pill has found that women who have taken it can expect longer lives and are less likely to die from any cause, including cancer and heart disease. British researchers said their…