CNETAnalysis: Tim Cook will receive a ‘best boss eva’ mug in the post, with news he has been named as the CEO with the best approval rating on the planet. The list, which is essentially a ‘hot or not’ system for bosses, has been created by Glassdoor and was topped by Eric Schmidt in 2011. In 2012, the number one spot belongs to Tim Cook, with the Apple boss racking up an impressive 97 per cent approval rating. In second place is Ernst & Young CEO Jim Turley, Paul E Jacobs of Qualcomm is in third and in at fourth and fifth Ken Chenault of American Express and Google’s Larry Page – they both have a 94 per cent approval rating. Review New iPad review Top cats What does arbitrary approval scheme mean? Well, not a whole lot in this big wide world but it does show that Apple is doing very well after the Steve Jobs legacy. And what’s interesting is that Tim Cook’s rating is higher than Steve Jobs’ in 2011 – 97 per cent to Jobs’ 94 per cent. Another newly instated CEO who is doing better than there predecessor is HP’s Meg Whitman. She may only be at 24 in the list, but the approval rating of 80 per cent is far higher than Leo Apotheker’s 67 per cent. This is impressive, but not as impressive as the amount of times we have written ‘per cent’ in this article – which stands at a cool seven.
CNews Karachi. July 05: A Pakistani Scientist in Britain has invented a new chemical for processing plastic (polythene) bags which has the quality of dissolution after its use in 105 days.A manufacturing unit for these plastic bags was being set up in Turkey while interest has been shown in the setting up of a big unit and manufacturing firm’s head quarter in Karachi which will be used to supply such dissolvable polythene bags to Asian countries. The Director of UK based firm Bio Plast Biodegradable Plastics GL Punn while leading a 15 member delegation called on EDO Municipal Services City Government Masood Alam. The Executive Director of Bio Plast Pakistan Muhammad Hanif Awan and M. Sultan Mehmood Awan was also present on this occasion. The Director of Bio Plast informed the EDO Municipal Services about the characteristics of new chemical. He said that the firm was going to set up its first plant in Turkey which will be operative in next two months. The delegation also praised the vi