Monday, October 31, 2011

31 OCTOBER 2011, Mon, Cont...

Science


Santa Rosa lowers requirements so more companies can qualify for reimbursements

Destin Log - 
MILTON - TEAM Santa Rosa hopes to cut into the county's unemployment rate that has hovered between 9 and 10 percent for most of the year.


Round 2: Einstein's light-speed limit put to the test once more as CERN ...

Daily Mail - 
According to Einstein, the cosmic speed limit is 186282 miles per second - the speed of light. But last month scientists at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) claimed that they'd measured neutrino particles zooming ...

Russia launches first space flight since August crash

National Post (blog) - 
The Progress space freighter blasts off from its launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan October 30, 2011. Russia launched its first unmanned space flight to supply the International Space Station Sunday since an August crash left a ...

Technology


A man named Jobs

Tempo - 
Manila, Philippines - MY FAVORITE SONGS fit in my pocket, thanks to the genius that created the IPOD shuffle. I never knew how thin a computer device could be until Steve unveiled the IPAD.


Peace adviser Teresita Deles stays

Inquirer.net - 
Embattled presidential peace adviser Teresita Deles continues to enjoy the confidence of President Aquino, Malacañang said on Sunday.

Windows 8 Task Manager Tested Running 64+ Logical Processors

Windows 8 Beta - 
After the Windows 8 Developer Preview release a few weeks ago we have been seeing a lot of activity from Microsoft courtesy the Building Windows 8 blog which updates us with the latest improvements made on the upcoming version of Windows.

Photo of the day - Cours Saleya candy

Gadling - 
Cours Saleya is a big public market in Nice, France, where all sorts of things, including the bright candy pictured here, can be purchased.

Steve Jobs's Advice for Obama

Wall Street Journal - 
Apple's founder on Obama: "The president is very smart, but he kept explaining to us reasons why things can't get done.

Apple pursues high quality 3D mapping

The Australian - 
APPLE has acquired a second 3D mapping company, a move which confirms its interest in offering detailed 3D maps, reports say. The blog 9to5mac.

Behind the numbers: why Samsung sold more smartphones than Apple

Sydney Morning Herald - 
For the first time, Samsung shipped more smartphones in the latest quarter than tech industry darling Apple. On the surface, this may look like a big upset in a world that affords the iPhone maker adulation and outsized expectations.

Time Zone Checks to Blame for iPhone 4S Battery Bug?

PC Magazine - 
Reports have surfaced that the iPhone 4S is home to a battery drain of a bug, and speculation is mounting that the source of the drain is related to the iPhone's Location Services features.

How Nokia Lumia 800 stacks up against Apple iPhone 4S & Samsung Galaxy Nexus

Economic Times - 
Nokia launched Windows handset, Lumia 800 marking its intent to fight back against Apple's iPhone and rivals using Google's Android's operating system, and regain market share in the crucial battle for smartphone sales.

Release of BlackBerry PlayBook 2.0 Postponed

Planet Insane - 
Latest reports have shown that Research In Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM) decided to postpone the release of the BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 until 2012.

Facebook Accounts Hacked 600000 Times A Day

Gadget Helpline (blog) - 
For the first time in its history Facebook has revealed how many times hackers try to access other people's accounts and it equates to 600000 logins of a reported 1 billion logins Facebook serve in a 24-hour period.

All Windows 8 posts

CNET (blog) - 
A Chinese company says it will bring the yet-to-be-released Windows 8 to the small screen. In Technology Group has seemingly dedicated itself to merging the Windows PC experience with the smartphone--something the company has dubbed the ...

Google TV Update: Offering Superior Online TV Experience

Tech Gadgets Web (blog) - 
The forthcoming Google TV update has an superior offering, in which the company has fixed usability issues and not only that, the advanced features have become more streamlined and easy to use.

Mario Kart 7: New Characters Revealed

Platform Nation - 
What's the first thing you wonder when you hear about a new Mario Kart game? Will it be a sequel to Double Dash? Okay, maybe that's just me.

GTA 5 Trailer Coming on November 2

Planet Insane - 
The Grand Theft Auto 4 was released over three years ago by Rockstar Games, the creator of this successful franchise. However website of Rockstar Games saw an announcement that the game trailer of the Grand Theft Auto 5 or GTA 5 will be unveiled by ...

Health


Tales from the crypt

Philippine Star - 
In the age of the Internet, space exploration and cloning, people still believe in ghosts. This is the season of swapping ghost stories, when you don't feel sheepish about disclosing personal close encounters with the supernatural.


Cebu holds annual October 'full moon-walk'

Philippine Information Agency - 
IT PARK, Cebu City Oct 29 (PIA) - For the past eight years, women in Cebu City looked forward to the October “full moon” for breast cancer awareness walk.

7 billion and counting

Livemint - 
With at least two babies born every second, the arms on the world population clocks are whirling round so fast that no one really knows how many people there are on Earth.

High-tech 'fertility chip' measures sperm count, motility

CNET (blog) - 
If you'd like a better understanding of what it takes for sperm to be considered fertile, go grab your measuring spoons and look at the quarter teaspoon.

Salamat Dok: Trigeminal Neuralgia - The suicide disease

ABS CBN News - 
Not all severe pains are related to cancer. There are medical conditions which are not much talked about but have the torturing facial pain symptom.

What's Really Scary This Halloween: G20, Protests, and Public Health

Forbes Digital Download (blog) - 
The Group of Twenty, G20, have plenty to discuss at their upcoming November meeting - and a lot of it is pretty scary. Some of what's frightening is already in the spotlight - the precarious state of the global economy, for instance - but some of it is ...

Coping with Type 1 diabetes

Indian Express - 
Long known as juvenile diabetes, Type 1 diabetes most often begins in childhood, though the condition sometimes develops in adults.

Brazil's ex-leader Lula upbeat ahead of chemotherapy

AFP - 
SAO PAULO - Brazil's ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is upbeat and trusts the chemotherapy he is about to start for his larynx cancer will be successful, one of his lead doctors told reporters Sunday.

Strawberries Protect The Stomach From Alcohol

South Asia Mail - 
In an experiment on rats, European researchers have proved that eating strawberries reduces the harm that alcohol can cause to the stomach mucous membrane.

Study: Daily Aspirin Cuts Hereditary Cancer Risk in Half

Forbes - 
Research published in the prestigious medical journal, The Lancet, indicates that a regular dose of aspirin may not only stave off heart disease but also cut the risk of developing hereditary cancer in half.

Brain DNA 'changes through life'

Sydney Morning Herald - 
Researchers from The Roslin Institute at the University of Edinburgh have found brain cells alter their genetic make-up during a person's lifetime.

Hundreds of volunteers promote breast cancer awareness

Focus Taiwan News Channel - 
Taipei, Oct. 30 (CNA) Hundreds of breast cancer patients and their families from around Taiwan, either wearing pink or pink ribbons, gathered in Taipei Sunday to celebrate the results of their nationwide campaigns aimed at promoting breast cancer ...

The story on everyone's lips

Buxton Advertiser - 
It's a fund-raising effort which is on everybody's lips at Buxton's Old Hall Hotel in November... Male staff are sprouting sponsored moustaches for the “Movember” charity drive in aid of the Prostate Cancer Charity.


Entertainment


Claudine, Raymart claim they are 'still together'

Philippine Star - 
That's what “beleaguered” couple Claudine Barretto and Raymart Santiago said in a joint statement, a copy of which was received yesterday by Funfare Update which reported last Thursday, quoting a source close to the couple, that they've been separated ...


Fil-Am teen's group advance to 'X Factor' Top 12

Manila Bulletin - 
MANILA, Philippines - Filipina-American Ellona Santiago and her group, inTENsity, got the green light from mentor Paula Abdul to press forward to the Top 12 of reality show “The X Factor.

'PBB Unlimited' opens doors to 14 housemates

ABS CBN News - 
MANILA, Philippines - Reality show “Pinoy Big Brother: Unlimited” officially opened its doors to new housemates on Saturday, October 29.

LGU's don't contribute fish conservation in Inland Fishing

Zamboanga Today Online - 
every first week of October is “Fish Conservation Week” celebrated throughout the country for almost one half of a century now (48 years) to remind the people of the importance of conserving fish by protecting and preserving its sanctuaries and habitat ...

Mario Maurer thrilled to work with Erich Gonzales

ABS CBN News - 
MANILA, Philippines - Thai actor Mario Maurer has finally met with his Filipina leading lady Erich Gonzales. In an exclusive interview with ABS-CBN's “E-Live” on Saturday, Maurer expressed how glad he is to have met his “Suddenly It's Magic” co-star in ...

Mother Monster has a ball

The Hindu - 
When one is so used to a spectacle, plain pretty can become boring. The biggest buzz in the hall in The Taj Mahal Hotel in the Capital, where Lady Gaga (she of THAT meat dress and the 12-inch heels) was to make her entrance, was, naturally, ...

Rio Locsin falls in love with Japanese man in Maalaala Mo Kaya

Sun.Star - 
MANILA -- Tonight, Maalaala Mo Kaya puts the spotlight on a love story that knows no boundaries. Seasoned actress Rio Locsin will breathe into life the character of 'Anita', a woman who came from a failed relationship and who fell in love with Hideo, ...

Fun activities teach kids about culture

Sun.Star - 
By Rebelander S. Basilan DRESSED in her red native costume, eight-year-old Shermaine Mae Rodriguez was all smiles as her group performed a Philippine folk dance yesterday.

Robert Pattinson &Kristen Stewart: Ashley & Rob not cheating

Metrowny.com - 
Rumors are being spread about Robert Pattinson and Ashley Greene having an affair. There are multiple websites reporting this horrible news.

Michael Jackson's ghost, haze of meds, hangs over trial

Vanguard - 
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - At times the wood-lined courtroom could have passed for a medical lecture theater: experts with saline drip stands and complicated graphs earnestly demonstrating the half-life of benzodiazepines.

Friday Box Office: 'Puss in Boots' Clawing Toward $35M Weekend

Reuters - 
"Puss in Boots" is poised to beat the record for best Halloween weekend opening ever -- but with a smaller take than many box-office watchers had predicted.

YouTube launches bold entertainment venture with 100 channels

The Australian - 
From: AP Source: AP YOUTUBE is taking a bold step into original programming in an entertainment venture with some 100 content creators, from Madonna to The Wall Street Journal.

Gala reopens Bolshoi Theatre

Sky News Australia - 
Russia's famed Bolshoi Theatre has finally lifted its curtain after a six year closure for reconstruction. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told the audience the Bolshoi was a ' national treasure' , before the curtain went up for a spectacular ...

Kris Humphries Scammed Out Of “Hundreds Of Thousands” By Wedding Guest

SheKnows.com - 
Kris Humphries, who has been bombarded by tabloid reports that his marriage to Kim Kardashian is in trouble, now has financial problems to worry about.

Bisperas wins in Tokyo

Philippine Star - 
MANILA, Philippines - Jeffrey Jeturian's Bisperas (Trespassers) won the Best Asian-Middle Eastern Film award at the recent Tokyo International Film Festival held last Oct. 22 ...

The Stone Roses Singer Ian Brown Faces The Music (A Top Story)

antiMUSIC.com - 
On Tuesday The Stone Roses Singer Ian Brown Faces The Music was a top story. Here is the recap: (hennemusic) A week after The Stone Roses confirmed their reunion, singer Ian Brown was in a Chester, UK court Monday settling up on an old speeding ticket.

Leona Lewis: The girl with the lashes

gulfnews.com - 
Songstress Leona Lewis is mesmerising in an interview with tabloid! ahead of her closing night performance at the Doha Tribeca Film Festival.

Nicholas Sparks- International Bestselling Author

Hills Shire Times - 
Author Nicholas Sparks speaks about his writing career and his latest novel “The Best of Me” at Castle Hill Community Centre and Library on November 5. Micholas has written 18 novels, many of which have been made into highly successful films, ...

Justin Bieber's Super Creepy Wax Statue Unveiled in Spain

PopCrush - 
Perhaps there's just something about a life-size wax replica of a famous person that never sits well with us - but we think even hardcore Beliebers will agree that there's something particularly peculiar about the new statue of Justin Bieber that was ...

Picasso takes lead in big New York art sales

AFP - 
NEW YORK - Christie's and Sotheby's hold their big autumn art sales in New York starting next week, with both houses looking to Pablo Picasso to excite a robust market.


MARKET INFORMATION
   Market Closed
   As of FRI OCT 28, 2011 13:00:00 PM
PSE COMPOSITE AND SECTORAL INDICES
VALUECHANGE% CHG
 PSEi   4,333.72   66.22   1.5517  
 All Shares   3,004.91   29.93   1.0061  
 Financials   972.51   29.13   3.0878  
 Industrial   6,918.33   38.36   0.5576  
 Holding Firms   3,443.69   58.81   1.7374  
 Property   1,514.68   10.24   0.6807  
 Services   1,547.42   9.39   0.6105  
 Mining & Oil   22,941.36   298.10   1.3165  


MARKET ACTIVITY
   Trades20494
   Volume3,809,731,319
   Value12,106,757,466
   Advances90
   Declines46
   Unchanged40


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Philippine Stock Exchange  |  PHILIPPINE MUTUAL FUNDS
Company Name
NAV per share (PhP)
One Year Return (%)
Three Year Return (%)
Four Year Return (%)
Year-to-date Return (%)
ATR KimEng Equity Opportunity Fund2.7558-2.01%31.42%9.04%-1.18%
First Metro Save & Learn Equity Fund, Inc.3.68136.22%42.75%17.12%5.53%
Philam Strategic Growth Fund, Inc.380.911.63%35.55%13.18%0.71%
Philequity Fund, Inc.20.9975.36%40.78%15.02%3.95%
Philequity PSE Index Fund Inc.2.89677.16%36.51%18.57%7.09%
Philippine Stock Index Fund Corp. *466.531.97%35.87%9.61%1.75%
Sun Life Prosperity Phil. Equity Fund, Inc. *2.65312.38%28.67%10.73%1.59%
United Fund, Inc.2.7609-1.36%14.36%8.21%-3.43%
ATR KimEng Asia Plus Recovery Fund, Inc. **$0.9456-15.3%n.a.n.a.-16.23%
ALFM Growth Fund, Inc *183.14-1.24%n.a.n.a.-2.42%
Bahay Pari Solidaritas Fund, Inc.*1.41944.07%n.a.n.a.0.17%
First Metro Save & Learn Balanced Fund Inc.2.05524.69%34.5%n.a.3.36%
GSIS Mutual Fund, Inc.2.8886-0.04%29.27%12.91%-1.2%
MFCP Kabuhayan Fund1.5842-2.22%21.54%7.48%-1.3%
NCM Mutual Funds of the Phils., Inc.1.4497n.a.n.a.n.a.1.23%
Optima Balanced Fund, Inc.1.26815.39%19.45%5.96%4.68%
Philam Fund, Inc.12.75761.9%30.5%12.21%0.79%
Sun Life Prosperity Balanced Fund, Inc. *2.65871.24%18.95%8.68%1.07%
Cocolife Dollar Fund Builder, Inc.$0.030214n.a.n.a.n.a.3.47%
PAMI Asia Balanced Fund, Inc.$0.9643n.a.n.a.n.a.-4.64%
Sun Life Prosperity Dollar Advantage Fund *$2.6646-3.13%8.8%2%-0.86%
ALFM Peso Bond Fund, Inc. *275.445.15%6.48%6.09%3.86%
Cocolife Fixed Income Fund, Inc.2.013712.89%11.12%9.07%6.21%
Ekklesia Mutual Fund Inc. *1.66487.64%6.34%5.11%6.26%
First Metro Save & Learn Fixed Income Fund1.56339.19%7.91%6.42%5.86%
Grepalife Bond Fund Corp.1.18522.87%n.a.n.a.3.91%
Philam Bond Fund, Inc.3.27454.94%7.86%5.58%4.32%
Philequity Peso Bond Fund Inc.2.73126.47%7.63%8.82%5.45%
Prudentialife Fixed Income Fund Inc.1.61062.49%5.93%4.22%1.79%
Sun Life Prosperity Bond Fund, Inc. *2.31794.43%7.08%5.02%4.49%
Sun Life Prosperity GS Fund, Inc. *1.3523.53%9.54%5.79%2.48%
ALFM Dollar Bond Fund, Inc. *$358.972.38%6.45%4.66%3%
ALFM Euro Bond Fund, Inc. *€178.03-0.53%4.18%2.6%-0.45%
ATR KimEng Total Return Bond Fund, Inc. **$1.02861.72%n.a.n.a.2.32%
Grepalife Dollar Bond Fund Corp.$1.41841.56%16.24%5.77%3.04%
Grepalife Fixed Income Fund Corp.P1.48525.58%10.67%5.27%5.98%
MAA Privilege Dollar Fixed Income Fund, Inc.$1.34269-1.07%6.97%2.6%4.42%
MAA Privilege Euro Fixed Income Fund, Inc.€0.02786n.a.n.a.n.a.-4.26%
PAMI Global Bond Fund, Inc.$1.2420.7%7.04%n.a.4.93%
Philam Dollar Bond Fund, Inc.$1.86110.04%14.15%5.94%2.65%
Philequity Dollar Income Fund Inc.$0.04776422.28%8.31%7.68%3.84%
Sun Life Prosperity Dollar Abundance Fund *$2.6471.51%13%4.97%4.67%
ALFM Money Market Fund, Inc. *105.623.43%n.a.n.a.2.52%
ATR KimEng Money Market Fund, Inc.1.10870.95%0.95%-1%0.61%
First Metro Save & Learn Money Market Fund1.04261.96%n.a.n.a.1.39%
Philam Managed Income Fund, Inc.1.1120.89%1.56%1.71%0.59%
Sun Life Prosperity Money Market Fund, Inc. *1.12590.35%0.95%1.42%0.28%
* - NAVPS as of the previous banking day
** - NAVPS as of 2 banking days ago
Source: Investment Company Association of the Philippines (ICAP);

http://www.bworldonline.com/main/figures.php?id=figures10

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