Friday, November 11, 2011

11 NOV 2011, FRI: Bus & Health

Business


Exports decline worsens

BusinessWorld Online Edition - 
MERCHANDISE EXPORTS contracted for the fifth straight month in September, plunging by 27.4% from a year ago as demand for electronic products further weakened, data from the National Statistics Office (NSO) showed.

GMA Network income falls 30%

Manila Bulletin - 
MANILA, Philippines - Broadcasting giant GMA Network reported a 30 percent drop in net income to R1.58 billion in the first nine months of 2011 from the R2.27 billion registered in the same period last year owing its aggressive ...

Net FDI flows fall sharply but stay positive in August

BusinessWorld Online Edition - 
FOREIGN DIRECT investments (FDI) stayed positive in August but were significantly below year-ago levels amid uncertainties abroad, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) yesterday reported.

Move to burnish airport image after bad reports

gulfnews.com - 
Manila: Following a barrage of criticism from online sites over the sorry state of its airport facilities, the Philippine government said it will be fast-tracking refurbishment activities to make travel ...

DBP granted P3.8-B loan to ghost borrower in 2008

istockAnalyst.com (press release) - 
Nov. 11--Ghosts of the world united but only one was spirited enough to successfully get billions in loan from the Development Bank of the Philippines [DBP] of old.

Heirs of landed families, gold trader tax evaders, says BIR

BusinessWorld Online Edition - 
THE BUREAU of Internal Revenue (BIR) has filed tax evasion cases against the heirs of two families involved in a land transfer deal and the government employees who aided them.

Auto industry revises sales forecast

Manila Bulletin - 
By BERNIE CAHILES-MAGKILAT MANILA, Philippines - The 12-member Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines Inc. (CAMPI) sees total sales this year to settle at 145000 units only as sales continue to slide down to negative 2.4 percent as of ...

MMDA orders enforcers to apprehend buses in 2010 strike

GMANews.TV - 
While the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board has given them a 15-day grace period, bus firms sanctioned for taking part in last year's bus strike may not be so lucky with the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA).

President Aquino exempts mines from total log ban

Inquirer.net - 
President Benigno Aquino III has exempted the mining industry from the total log ban in exchange for obligating the industry to take part in the National Greening Program launched early this year.

IMI's Q3 Profits Down Despite Higher Sales

Circuits Assembly - 
LAGUNA, PHILIPPINES - Integrated Micro-Electronics Inc. posted third-quarter net profits of $123000, down 59% year-over-year. The contract printed circuit board assembler reported September quarter revenues of $157.6 million, up 13% sequentially and ...

ICTSI posts profit hike on trade uptick

BusinessWorld Online Edition - 
PORT OPERATOR International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) yesterday posted a 34% hike in third-quarter profits over year-ago levels, citing the continued pickup in trade.

About 76000 hectares brought under organic farming: Gowda

Business Standard - 
PTI / Chennai/ Bangalore November 11, 2011, 0:30 IST The acreage under organic farming has increased manifold in Karnataka in the last six years to touch 76000 hectares at present, Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda said on Thursday.

Power Discount To Locators Renewable

Manila Bulletin - 
By BERNIE CAHILES-MAGKILAT MANILA, Philippines - The Ecozone Rate Program (ERP), which grants discounted power rate to economic zone locators, should be renewed in light of the deferment in the implementation of the Retail Competition and Open Access ...

China Trend invests P700M in Vulcan

Malaya - 
Vulcan Industrial and Mining Corp. received a boost in its mining prospects recently as an investor promised to put in additional capital for its mining activities.

China mine explosion kills 19

CNN International - 
By the CNN Wire Staff Rescuers carry out a miner from the Qianqiu colliery in Yima on November 5 2011.China has one of the world's deadliest records for miners.


Health


Our View: Know your status

ASU Herald - 
On Monday, 20 years to the day that Earvin "Magic" Johnson announced he was HIV - positive, ASU started this year's HIV/AIDS Awareness Week.

Women suffer faster alcohol abuse damage

Herald Sun - 
WOMEN alcoholics suffer damage to the part of their brain that controls moods, impulses and sleep three times faster than their male counterparts, a Swedish study has shown.

Myanmar surgeons successfully separate fifth conjoined twins

Xinhua - 
YANGON, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar surgeons have successfully separated the fifth conjoined twin baby girls, official media reported Thursday.

US warns retailers over cigarette sales to kids

AFP - 
WASHINGTON - US health authorities said Thursday they had sent 1200 warning letters to leading retailers, including top stores CVS, Walgreen, Wal-Mart and Rite Aid, for unlawfully selling cigarettes to children.

Drug Based on Cancer Treatment Shows Promise for Weight Loss

TIME - 
An experimental drug developed from cancer research showed early promise in a study of weight loss, researchers report, causing fat monkeys to shed an average 11% of their body weight ...

EEG Measures Awareness in Some 'Vegetative' Patients

WebMD - 
Nov. 10, 2011 -- Some patients thought to be in a vegetative state may later be assessed to have some level of awareness. Now researchers in Canada say they are able to detect consciousness in these patients cheaply and easily by ...

NEOVACS : 08 November 2011 - Success for the phase I/II study in lupus :

4-traders (press release) - 
Paris, 8th November 2011: Neovacs® (Alternext Paris : ALNEV), a biotech company focused on an active immunotherapy technology platform (Kinoids®) with applications in the treatment of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases and cancer, is pleased to ...

Salt Linked to Heart Woes, but Some Say the Evidence Is Shaky

ABC News - 
Salty diets have been linked to heart woes, but experts say the case against salt isn't settled. (Getty Images) Uncle Sam wants you to consume less salt.

San Mateo County Leads State in Fighting Childhood Obesity

Patch.com - 
New study shows 31 out of 58 California counties have not been able to curb a 30-year-old epidemic. By Rebecca Rosen Lum Students in their school garden.

Nice rejects breast cancer drug fulvestrant for NHS use

Best Medical Cover - 
Nice has advised against the routine prescription of breast cancer drug fulvestrant by the NHS. Patients in England and Wales with a particular type of breast cancer will not be able to get a new drug called fulvestrant on the NHS, according to new ...

Paris Hilton's Face Helpful in Study of Memory

Fox News - 
A young woman who has suffered with from amnesia all her life can recognize Hollywood socialite Paris Hilton - but didn't recognize Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Staying 'happy' during the dark, depressing winter

The Copenhagen Post - 
Danes have been called some variation of the moniker 'the happiest people in the world' so many times that it has become cliche, a bit of a long running joke.

It is a big, hairy deal

Grand River Sachem - 
By John Hardy, John's World In case you missed it. It is now into week two for a clever, creative international fundraiser known as "Movember.

Diabetes Awareness Month

EmpowHer - 
With November marking Diabetes Awareness Month, much attention is being focused on what the Centers for Disease Control calls the seventh leading cause of death in the United States.

Irish professor patents non-stick, biodegradable gum

Yahoo! News Canada (blog) - 
One professor's formula might help clean up the streets, public spaces and classrooms - and stop that "seven years in the gut" urban legend.

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