Thursday, November 17, 2011

17 NOV 2011, THU: Bus & Health

Business


Euro Reaches 5-Week Low on Bets ECB to Buy More European Debt

BusinessWeek - 
Nov. 16 (Bloomberg) -- The euro touched a five-week low versus the yen and dollar amid bets the European Central Bank will have to buy more European government debt as confidence wanes in the region's ability to deal with its debt ...

DA lowers forecast for 2011 rice production

Inquirer.net - 
The Department of Agriculture has scaled down its 2011 rice production forecast by 4.3 percent to 16.68 million metric tons (MT) after typhoons that hit the country in the second half of the year pulled down the country's rice ...

BSP moves to strengthen coops

Malaya - 
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), state deposit insurer Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Land Bank of the Philippines yesterday approved a coordinated incentive program designed to support the development of a ...

Ongpin's ISM gets BSP nod to buy PBCom

ABS CBN News - 
MANILA, Philippines - A group led by businessman Roberto V. Ongpin has received the green light from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to acquire 97.28% of Philippine Bank of Communications (PBCom) for P4.68 billion.

Remittance growth to slow in '12, DBS says

Inquirer.net - 
The growth of remittances from overseas Filipinos may slow down next year despite a “surprisingly resilient” showing so far this year, according to the DBS Group.

Iloilo set to receive funds for housing project

BusinessWorld Online Edition - 
ILOILO CITY -- The Iloilo City government is set to receive a total of P244 million for the resettlement of more than 1000 families affected by the Iloilo River rehabilitation project.

More one-stop centers for investors set up

BusinessWorld Online Edition - 
TACLOBAN CITY -- The Department of Trade Industry (DTI) has opened more one-stop investment centers in Eastern Visayas in a bid to encourage more businesses to set up shop.

Game changers meet in CamSur for Ad Congress

Inquirer.net - 
THE NAME OF THE GAME Inquirer president and Ad Congress chairperson Sandy Prieto-Romualdez, AdBoard president Andres Khan and Camarines Sur Gov.

Tanduay targets US market

Inquirer.net - 
Tanduay Holdings Inc., an alcoholic beverage firm led by tycoon Lucio Tan, is making plans to venture into the United States market to grab a share of the latter's growing base of rum consumers.

Spain admits it will miss 2011 economic growth target

AFP - 
MADRID - Spain's Socialist government admitted for the first time Wednesday it will miss its 2011 economic growth target, just four days before an expected election drubbing.

ENK Finalizes Caldag Sale, Starts Drilling in Philippines

Resource Investing News - 
Mining Weekly reported that ENK (ASX:ENK) began a drilling program in the Philippines at its Zambales chromite property. he current drill programme of 225 holes, totaling some 3 000 m, was designed to provide infill drill data to upgrade the resource ...

The close: Dow sinks on contagion fears

Globe and Mail (blog) - 
Stocks made a dramatic reversal on Wednesday afternoon, erasing modest gains and sliding deep into the red over renewed concerns about the potential impact of the European sovereign-debt crisis on US banks.

Germany debt larger than Spain's, says Luxembourg PM

GMANews.TV - 
BERLIN - The head of eurozone finance ministers has said Germany, before lecturing its partners, should remember that it, too, has a debt higher than Spain's, in a newspaper interview.

IMF Europe Unit Chief Quits One Year Into Job Amid Debt Crisis

BusinessWeek - 
By Sandrine Rastello Nov. 16 (Bloomberg) -- The head of the International Monetary Fund's European department quit less than a year into the job and was replaced by an in-house economist.

Flydubai may move base to Jebel Ali

gulfnews.com - 
Dubai: Dubai's budget carrier Flydubai could soon be moving to Dubai World Central - the Al Maktoum International Airport - from its current home at Dubai International's Terminal 2, according to the carrier's Chairman, ...

Lithuania Seeks Missing Assets in Takeover of Fifth-Biggest Bank

BusinessWeek - 
Nov. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Lithuania's banking regulator said hundreds of millions of dollars in assets may be missing from Bankas Snoras AB after the government took over the Baltic nation's fifth-biggest lender on concern it may be ...

New UBS chief to woo investors with plan to shrink investment bank

Financial Express - 
UBS is preparing to provide investors with details of a strategic plan that will shrink its investment bank's balance sheet by half following the anointing of Sergio Ermotti as permanent group chief executive.

CSO reveal €4bn trade surplus for Ireland

Irish Examiner - 
The latest data from the CSO shows an 11% increase in the trade surplus last month, when compared with the same period last year. The main industries leading exports were medical and pharmaceutical products, organic chemicals and petroleum - all of ...

Italian Banks Can Say Goodbye to Goodwill

Wall Street Journal (blog) - 
Unicredit's monster third-quarter loss of €10.6 billion, and consequent warning from Moody's Investor Service that its credit rating is under review for a downgrade, is likely to cast a long shadow over Italian banks.


Health


Filipino conjoined twins ready to come home

ABS CBN News - 
PALO ALTO, California - For two years, Angelica and Angelina Sabuco have been literally inseparable. But now, the former conjoined twins will have to learn how to live life separately.

Chewing Gum for Your Health?

WebMD (blog) - 
Teachers have always been strict when it comes to chewing gum. Not only is it annoying to have kids chewing and popping their gum, they often discard it under their desks, or throw it on the floor.

Tim Tebow's Next Play: Building a Children's Hospital in the Philippines

Christian Post - 
Before evangelical sports icon Tim Tebow wowed on American football fields, he called the Philippines home. The Tim Tebow Foundation is teaming with CURE International to build the Tebow CURE Hospital in Davao City, ...

Observance of world AIDS day to open with youth summit tour

SKNVibes.com - 
ROADTOWN Tortola BVI, November 15th, 2011 - In observance of World AIDS Day 2011, the National AIDS Programme of the Ministry of Health and Social Development will be conducting a National Youth Summit Tour to all secondary and tertiary educational ...

Lives at risk as 90 per cent of Aids drugs in Uganda could be declared illegal

Daily Monitor - 
By Henry Zakumumpa (email the author) Thousands of Ugandans enrolled on antiretroviral treatment in Uganda risk an Aids drugs shortage unless a grace period placed on the manufacture of generic Aids drugs imposed under TRIPS, an international trade law ...

On Nothing But Nets' 5-Year Anniversary, UN Foundation Founder and Chairman ...

San Francisco Chronicle (press release) - 
"On November 14, the UN Foundation's Nothing But Nets campaign commemorates its fifth anniversary and celebrates the significant progress made in the fight against malaria.

Barcelona doctors, ill patients protest health cuts

AFP - 
BARCELONA, Spain - Doctors and sick patients threw fire crackers and blew whistles Wednesday in a second day of noisy protests in Barcelona against crisis spending cuts that have shut down hospitals.

Qualifications checks demanded after bogus doctor is detained

YLE News - 
A man suspected of working as a doctor without qualifications in Tampere has given himself up to the police. The man has been detained in Helsinki.

Culture Flash: smoking in cars

The Guardian - 
Smoking: bad for you. Driving: bad for you. Smoking and driving: really, really bad for you. So says the British Medical Association, which wants smoking in cars banned.

Leading company pulls out of embryonic stem cell research

BP News - 
LOS ANGELES (BP) -- In a surprising move, the company that launched the nation's first government-approved embryonic stem cell trial is halting further research due to funding -- a shift that pro-life leaders say confirms long-held doubts about the ...

High IQ in Childhood Correlates With Adult Drug Use

Wall Street Journal (blog) - 
Smart kids like to experiment—and apparently not only in the socially approved context of physics class: A new study identifies a link between high IQ in childhood and illegal drug use at 16 and 30.

Delay in cutting umbilical cord may best for baby

ABC7Chicago.com - 
November 16, 2011 (WLS) -- After many months of pregnancy and the excitement of birth there may be good reason for a mother and her baby to stay attached just a little bit longer.

Chris Selley's Full Pundit: Euthanasia, and other debates we're not having

National Post - 
Is Canada ready for legalized euthanasia and an open market in dairy and poultry products? “There must be a way for society to allow mentally competent adults suffering from devastating and incurable illnesses to make voluntary and informed choices ...

Could 'the Pill' raise men's prostate cancer risk?

USA Today - 
With the vast increase in the use of the contraceptive pill over the past 40 years, the amount of estrogen entering the water supply may be partly responsible for the increased incidence of prostate cancer around the world...

Women, young men may benefit from heart attack prevention therapy

Los Angeles Times - 
Women and young men may not seem like typical heart attack patients, but a study finds some may be at high risk and could be candidates for preventive therapy.

Diabetes in Lab Mice Reversed with Natural Compound

Voice of America - 
November 16, 2011 Diabetes in Lab Mice Reversed with Natural Compound Vidushi Sinha | Washington The International Diabetes Federation has released data (this week) that indicates the number of people living with diabetes around the world will likely ...

Gay men take part in 'Movember'

Windy City Times - 
Movember has begun its fifth annual campaign to raise awareness and funds for men's health issues, specifically prostate cancer and other cancers that affect men.

Frequent gamers have different brains - Study

GameSpot - 
Study finds that brains of teenagers who frequently play games tend to have larger, more productive region associated with rewarding sensations.

New heart cells grow by 30 percent after stem-cell infusion, UB research shows

University at Buffalo Reporter - 
Blood vessel showing a circulating bone marrow-derived stem cell (green) adherent to the vessel wall. “The rationale for our approach is somewhat analogous to planting seeds in fertile soil versus trying to grow plants in sand.

Trendy Middleton Dukan diet slammed as 'utterly ineffective and with no ...

Daily Mail - 
A diet said to be followed by the Duchess of Cambridge's mother Carole Middleton has been branded 'confusing, rigid and ineffective' by a leading health group.

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