Business
 | TVNZ - Standard & Poor's downgraded the credit ratings of nine euro zone countries, stripping France and Austria of their coveted triple-A status but not EU paymaster Germany, in a Black Friday 13th for the troubled single currency area. |
 | NPR - by AP NEW YORK (AP) - One of the biggest suppliers of oil to the United States may shut off the spigot this weekend, pushing crude and gasoline prices higher for Americans. |
 | Washington Post - TALKS STALL: A collapse appeared imminent in negotiations between the Greek government and its private creditors on a bond swap. KEY TO BAILOUT: Without the swap, Greece is unlikely to secure a second financial bailout. |
 | BusinessWorld Online Edition - SAGITTARIUS Mines, Inc. (SMI) has been dealt another setback with the government this week denying the firm an environmental permit for its Tampakan mining project, described as the largest undeveloped copper-gold deposit in Southeast Asia. |
 | Sun.Star - By Mel Libre THE Philippines is expected to become the world's 16th largest economy by 2050, this was the prediction made by the global research department of HSBC, as reported by CNN. |
 | Boston.com - Italian Premier Mario Monti delivers his speech at the Lower Chamber, Rome, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012. Monti says he would support a new tax on financial transactions so long as it applies to the European Union as a whole. |
| Sun.Star - THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) announced it is currently implementing further enhancements in its online business name registration system. |
 | ABS CBN News - MANILA, Philippines - Emerging markets like the Philippines will benefit as slower inflation allows their central banks to cut interest rates to stoke economic growth, investment bank Merrill Lynch said. |
 | CBS News - Activists of the Occupy Frankfurt movement have set up a fire place near the Euro sculpture in front of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany Nov.3, 2011. |
Health
 | AFP - FRANKFURT - German chemicals distributor Brenntag denied Friday any wrongdoing in the health scandal surrounding French-made breast implants. |
 | NPR (blog) - by Richard Knox Audio for this story from All Things Considered will be available at approx. 7:00 pm ET An Indian boy receives a polio vaccination from an Indian health worker in Amritsar last year. |
 | Telegraph.co.uk - The Gillard Government has attacked British American Tobacco as “sneaky” for using a kangaroo and a map of Australia to brand cigarettes in Europe. |
 | Fox News - Drinking a liter of regular cola every day increases the amount of fat in the liver and in the muscles and surrounding the organs in the belly, according to a new Danish study. |
 | TheBody.com - Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the Balkans region are uniting to combat the stubborn stigma surrounding HIV/AIDS there. They are starting by hosting a special conference in April that focuses on the needs of people living with HIV. |
 | MinnPost.com (blog) - Courtesy of Mary DegiovanniJim Degiovanni raises organic produce on his 15-acre farm in St. Joseph, Minn., one of 58 organic farms in Stearns County. |
 | Examiner.com - According to a new study, eating two slices of bacon or one sausage a day can increase the risk of a pancreatic cancer by 19%. For individuals consuming 100 grams (3.5 ounces) of processed meat, the risk increases to 38% and to 57% for those eating 150 ... |
 | New York Times (blog) - By KJ DELL'ANTONIA A study published in the British Medical Journal this week provides stronger evidence that taking some antidepressants during pregnancy doubles the risk of a baby developing pulmonary hypertension. |
 | Fox News - Doctors in Mexico City are waiting to see if a heart transplant was successful, despite the organ being dropped on the ground on its way to the hospital. |
 | National Post - A Facebook page is pushing for the toy company Mattel to make a hairless version of its popular Barbie doll in an effort to help kids and others become more comfortable with baldness caused by cancer and other forms of illness. |
 | New York Daily News - By Lindsay Goldwert / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS The Qualcomm Tricorder X Prize will award $10 million to the person who invents a method to “quickly diagnose 15 common and important diseases without the input or oversight of a health professional. |
 | New York Times - A charge of widespread scientific fraud, involving 26 articles published in 11 journals, was leveled by the University of Connecticut today against Dipak K. Das, one of its researchers, whose work reported health benefits in red wine. |
 | Huffington Post - With recent government reports showing the prevalence of binge-drinking in America -- one in six Americans binge drink, the Associated Press reported -- it's got us wondering what exactly it is about alcohol that is so addictive. |
 | The Sun - A LOVABLE otter watched by 17million people on YouTube floating around his tank hand in hand with his partner has died. Milo rose to fame after the tender footage of him holding paws with his female companion Nyac became an instant global hit. |
 | Mumbai Newsline - Mumbai A week after it was reported that 12 patients were diagnosed with the Totally Drug-Resistant TB (TDR-TB) at the city's Hinduja Hospital, the headquarters of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Geneva, has taken cognisance of the situation and ... |
 | Manawatu Standard - Internet addiction has been labelled a real condition and now new research is saying it could be just as harmful as drug addiction. |
 | Mother Nature Network - Getting active is just one of the many ways you can dramatically slash your cancer risk - the science is clear. Discover other cancer-busting tips here. |
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