Thursday, December 22, 2011

22 DEC 2011, THU: Bus & Health

Business

Jollibee Buying Into Restaurant Chain

Manila Bulletin - 
MANILA, Philippines - Jollibee Foods Corporation, through wholly-owned Singapore unit JSF Investments Pte. Ltd., has formally initiated its plan to invest $60 million in the southeast Asian restaurant business of the SuperFoods Group.

Bangko Sentral sees scope for Q1 policy adjustments

BusinessWorld Online Edition - 
MONETARY POLICY could be eased early next year given manageable inflation, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) chief yesterday said.

Tax bureau says '11 revenue goal can be achieved

BusinessWorld Online Edition - 
THE TAX BUREAU remains optimistic of hitting its 2011 collection target despite latest fiscal data showing it nearly P100 billion short with a month left to the year.

Meralco to raise P40 billion by first half for coal plant

BusinessWorld Online Edition - 
DISTRIBUTION UTILITY Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) and its partners for a planned coal-fired power plant in Subic expect to raise up to P40 billion by the first half next year for the project, an official yesterday said.

SMC keen to revive power unit's shelved listing

BusinessWorld Online Edition - 
SAN MIGUEL Corp. could revive plans to list subsidiary SMC Global Power Holdings Corp. on the local bourse next year if market conditions improve, the diversified conglomerate's top official yesterday said.

BBDO Guerrero wins tourism bid

Business Mirror - 
The Philippines is set to start its much-awaited P5.6-million branding campaign after the Department of Tourism awarded the contract to advertising agency BBDO Guerrero/Proximity Philippines Inc. on Wednesday to create ideas for domestic and ...

Hike in plane fares on the way: US bid to block carbon trade plan fails as ...

Daily Mail - 
By Daily Mail Reporter US airlines failed to block an EU law charging airlines flying to Europe for carbon pollution today (Wednesday).

Poultry industry claims P10.3B losses from illegal imports

ABS CBN News - 
By Marianne V. Go, The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines - The poultry industry said it is losing an estimated P10.329 billion in sales due to competition from illegally imported poultry and poultry products.

US presses Philippines after alcohol win at WTO

Reuters Africa - 
By Doug Palmer WASHINGTON, Dec 21 (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday urged the Philippines to swiftly open its market to US alcohol products like Jack Daniel's and Jim Beam by eliminating a discriminatory tax system struck down by the World ...

Philippine economy faces growth threats in 2012

Cebu Daily News - 
MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine economy is facing major risks from abroad that could limit its growth prospects next year, the central bank governor said Wednesday.

NHA formulates relocation plan for Sendong victims

ABS CBN News - 
MANILA, Philippines - Some 2265 families in Cagayan de Oro are expected to benefit from a relocation plan now being formulated by the National Housing Authority, Vice President Jejomar Binay said.

SEC Okays CaféFrance Capital Hike

Manila Bulletin - 
By JAMES A. LOYOLA MANILA, Philippines - The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved the application of Euro-Med Laboratories Philippines' wholly-owned subsidiary CaféFrance Corporation to double its authorized capital to P1 billion from P500 ...
CafeFrance gets nod to hike capital stock
Jollibee »

Manila Refining Corp. Bounces Back

Manila Bulletin - 
By BERNIE CAHILES-MAGKILAT MANILA, Philippines - Specialty fat-producer Manila Refining Corporation (MRC) will most likely post gross revenues of P1.8 billion and operating income of roughly P14 million for calendar year 2011, a significant turn-around ...

DoF Mandates Banks For Bonds

Manila Bulletin - 
By CHINO S. LEYCO MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Finance (DoF) has officially named late Tuesday eight foreign banks for the Aquino administration's planned bond sale as early as January.

Condition for pipe reopening mulled

BusinessWorld Online Edition - 
LOPEZ-LED FIRST Philippine Industrial Corp. (FPIC) may be required to replace certain segments of the Batangas-Manila petroleum pipeline as a condition for its reopening if a state agency's recommendation is upheld by the court.

Cebu Pacific, Canadian firm to put up aviation school in Clark

Inquirer.net - 
MANILA, Philippines—An aviation training center for airlines in the Asia-Pacific region is to rise in the Clark Freeport Zone in Pampanga next year.

Raising rates

Tempo - 
Manila, Philippines - For failure to conduct public hearings and observe other requirements required by law, the two water concessionaires in Metro Manila cannot adjust water rates in 2012.

Airlines Lose Fight Against EU Carbon Caps

Bloomberg - 
Enlarge image Airlines Lose Fight Against EU Carbon Caps Airlines Lose Fight Against EU Carbon Caps Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg An American Airlines jet takes off at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, US, on Thursday, Sept.

Oil rises on declining inventories, positive data

Xinhua - 
NEW YORK, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- Crude prices rose for the third consecutive day on Wednesday as US crude inventories declined sharply, stronger-than-expected US existing home sales lifted market sentiment and the European Central Bank started to offer ...


Health

Too late to contain killer flu science, say experts

The Independent - 
Yesterday, Moody's, the credit rating agency, threatened the UK with a downgrade of its AAA rating. ... Median households are marginally worse off this year than they were in 2005, but the top 55 per cent... Time to polish off those crystal balls - and ...

Recipe File: Ham-tastic recipes using Christmas leftovers

Philippine Star - 
MANILA, Philippines - There are few meals in the year that are as special - and stressful - as the Christmas Noche Buena. Being the highlight of the Christmas celebration, a time when families gather to celebrate, a lot goes into preparing this special ...

Breast implants not cancer risk

Telegraph.co.uk - 
Health officials tell British women that breast implants which have caused a health scare in France do not need to be removed unless damaged.

Former Miss Venezuela Loses Battle With Breast Cancer

Everyday Health - 
Eva Ekvall, a former Venezuelan beauty queen turned breast cancer advocate, died this week at 28, less than two years after being diagnosed with the disease.

Health department ups Code White Alert

Sun.Star - 
THE Department of Health (DOH) is raising the Code White Alert in all government and private hospitals in the city and the rest of Western Visayas by calling the attention of all hospital health personnel to be on call on December 24 to 25, ...

New indication timely gift for type 2 diabetes patients

Philippine Star - 
From left: AstraZeneca executives Joy Villanueva, corporate affairs manager; Bimbo Gloria, Diabetes Plus specialist; Amal Kelshikar, president; Lotis Ramin, group brand manager for Diabetes Care; type 2 diabetic patient Johnny and his doctor; ...

German 'Skin Factory' Uses Foreskin From Babies To Grow Human Skin Samples

Huffington Post - 
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute in Stuttgart recently created the "Skin Factory," an advanced piece of lab equipment designed to use foreskin taken from babies to grow patches of human skin that can be used in the place of animals to test ...

Twins born with two heads and one body

Herald Sun - 
A BRAZILIAN woman has given birth to conjoined twins with one body and two perfectly formed heads. Maria de Nazare, 23, gave birth to the twins by C-section at a hospital in Anajas, in Brazil's northern Para state.

Study: 40 percent of cops have sleep disorder symptoms

ABC7Chicago.com - 
December 21, 2011 (WLS) -- Forty percent of police officers in North America have sleep disorder symptoms, according to a survey of 5000 officers across the US and Canada.

Human Trials Initiated for New HIV Vaccine

PR Newswire (press release) - 
SEATTLE, Dec. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In the first clinical trial of an injectable vaccine containing trimeric HIV envelope protein (gp140) relevant to the predominant strain of HIV in Africa, researchers from four UK academic centers (St ...

Why America's Death Penalty Just Got Us Sanctioned by Europe

The Atlantic - 
By Ford Vox With its legislation this week limiting our access to the drugs we use to kill one another, the European Union has just proven that if America is still a superpower, that designation must carry a prominent asterisk for how easily we're ...

Pen lodged in woman's stomach for 25 years still writes (PICTURES)

CBS News - 
(CBS) An elderly woman was in for a surprise when she went to the hospital with stomach issues - only for doctors to find the cause was none other than a felt-tip pen that had been lodged in her body for decades.

A vaccine neutralizes all malaria parasite strains in animals

The Hindu - 
A new candidate malaria vaccine with the potential to neutralise all strains of the most deadly species of malaria parasite has been developed by a team led by scientists at the University of Oxford.

Study shows people are more likely to lie in text messages

The Verge - 
By Laura June on December 21, 2011 04:27 pm 0Comments A recent study conducted by the University of British Columbia suggests that people are more likely to lie in text messages than they are using other forms of communication.

Virtual 'living quilt' helps people with HIV

Times Herald-Record - 
HUDSON VALLEY - Hudson River HealthCare has launched www.upwordsvoices.org, a Web-based "living quilt" for people coping with HIV and AIDS.

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