Business
 | Sydney Morning Herald - Euro zone ministers agreed overnight to ramp up the firepower of their rescue fund but couldn't say by how much and raised the possibility of asking the IMF for more help after Italy's borrowing costs hit a euro lifetime high of nearly 8 per cent. |
 | ABS CBN News - CLARK FREEPORT—Megaworld Corp., a listed property developer controlled by tycoon Andrew Tan, has signed a deal to develop a 550-hectare portion within the Clark Freeport Zone and Clark Special Economic Zone in Pampanga ... |
 | Globe and Mail - Britain's responses to the financial collapse and the recession - considered the savviest and strongest in the European Union - are now wearing thin as the euro zone debt crisis intensifies. |
 | Inquirer.net - A team of consultants from one of the world's best airports arrived in the country over the weekend to assess the condition and problems besetting the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia)—recently judged in an Internet poll as the worst airport in ... |
 | Philippine Star - MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) - The Philippines' gross domestic product (GDP) grew by a dismal 3.2 percent in the third quarter of this year, less than half of the 7.3 percent growth for the same period last year, making the country the worst performer ... |
 | Toronto Star - Online sales increased more than 20 per cent on Cyber Monday from a year earlier as consumers flocked to the Internet to make holiday purchases, researchers found. |
 | The Associated Press - Pilots say United and Continental airlines will get clearance from the Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday to operate as a single airline. |
 | Manila Bulletin - MANILA, Philippines - The peso exchange rate closed higher at P43.64 to the US dollar yesterday at the Philippine Dealing & Exchange Corp. |
 | Reuters Africa - WASHINGTON Nov 29 (Reuters) - US crude oil imports continued to decline, falling 223000 barrels per day in September from a year earlier, the Energy Information Administration said on Tuesday. |
Health
 | San Francisco Chronicle - Nov. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Almost 3 in 4 Americans with HIV don't have their infection under control with medications, raising their risk of poor health and spreading the AIDS virus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. |
 | ABC Online - New figures show cases of HIV in Tasmania have more than doubled in the last few years. The figures compiled by the Department of Health and Human Services show there were 13 new cases of infection in the state this year, compared with five in 2007. |
 | Xinhua - BEIJING, Nov.29 (Xinhua) -- Xu Dong looked up from his desk and could see the patient standing before him was anxious. The patient had been newly diagnosed with HIV. |
 | The Province - Not only can exercising in conjunction with a better diet help someone control their weight, increased physical activity in itself can help someone make better eating choices, according to a study from a ... |
 | AFP - WASHINGTON - Pssst. Wanna buy some chemo drugs? A new trend in pharmaceutical sales has raised concerns over ethics and patient safety, as companies buy up critical cancer drugs in short supply and attempt to resell them at huge markups. |
 | AFP - BRASILIA - Brazil said Monday its AIDS epidemic was under control, with a 0.61 percent cut in new cases between 2009 and 2010, although a rise among young homosexuals was a cause for concern. |
 | Toronto Star - If there was ever any doubt that beautiful people can get more picture-perfect, Photoshop proves us wrong every time. But now advertisers and fashion magazine may get caught with the crop in their hands. |
 | LoughboroughEcho.net (blog) - A NEW report has found that footballers should head the ball less than 1000 times a year - or risk brain damage. A US study using brain scans on amateur players found that repeatedly heading the ball ... |
 | The Province - By HealthDay News, Special to the Province November 29, 2011 12:05 PM The preliminary findings of a new study support a recommendation for all women 40 to 49 to get annual mammograms, not just those with a family history of breast cancer, ... |
 | WebMD - Nov. 29, 2011 -- Men do think about sex more often than women overall, but not all the time -- and the gap is not as wide as you might think, a new study finds. |
 | Financial Times - Pfizer is continuing to market Lipitor, a cholesterol drug that accounts for about 20 per cent of its US sales, and is cutting prices to compete with competition from generic manufacturers. |
 | Salon - A 200-pound third-grader is removed from home for neglect. Should the government take custody of overweight kids? By Mary Elizabeth Williams Is childhood obesity child abuse? |
 | FitSugar.com - The next time you reach for that midmorning snack after breakfast, think about it: are you really hungry? If the answer is no, that unneeded morning snack may be the reason why you're not losing weight, according to a new study. |
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