Business
 | Manila Bulletin - By LEE C. CHIPONGIAN MANILA, Philippines - The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) yesterday released the final tally for gross international reserves (GIR) for 2011 of $75.3 billion, higher than previous announcement earlier this month of $75.13 billion ... |
 | TVNZ - Greece and its creditors will continue negotiations on a debt swap today, after late-night talks on yesterday edged them closer to a vital deal but failed to clinch an agreement. |
 | Chicago Tribune - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate is looking to strengthen the economic chokehold on Iran with even stricter measures to cripple Tehran's oil revenues and possibly its shipping in legislation that is expected in the coming weeks. |
 | Washington Post (blog) - Americans aren't likely to find much relief from high prices at the gas pump as they go about paying their post-holiday bills. |
 | The Hindu - A United Nations report on global economic prospects has projected India's economy to grow at a pace a tad lower than 8 per cent in 2012 and 2013 in view of the sharp increase in downside risks stemming from the problems in Europe and the US In its ... |
 | Salt Lake Tribune - By BEN DOBBIN AP Rochester, NY • Eastman Kodak Co. has a little more than a year to reshape its money-losing businesses and deliver a get-out-of-bankruptcy plan. |
 | Visayan Daily Star - State-run Philippine Health Insurance Corp. aims to recruit 600 nurses to provide superior “customer care” to members and dependents seeking treatment in accredited hospitals, a press release from the firm said. |
 | LoanSafe - by Alex Ferreras on January 20, 2012 in Latest Financial News Jakarta (Source Zakir Hussain Asia News Network) - Foreign investors pumped a record US$19.3 billion into Indonesia last year, up 20 per cent from the previous year, the government said ... |
 | The Borneo Post - by Wilfred Pilo, reporters@theborneopost.com. Posted on January 21, 2012, Saturday IN HOT SOUP?: Shark fin soup considered one of the eight treasured food from the sea served during special occasions like Chinese New Year. |
 | Sydney Morning Herald - IF THE International Monetary Fund did not exist, it would surely have to be invented. Its medicine is often harsh and frequently criticised, but as lender of last resort to countries that temporarily find themselves shut out of financial markets, ... |
 | Economic Times - NEW YORK: US stocks posted their best week since Christmas, even with a mixed finish on Friday after strong earnings from tech bellwethers IBM and Intel contrasted with Google's disappointing report. |
Health
 | USA TODAY - By Steven Reinberg, HealthDay The number of Americans who practice behaviors that put them at risk for HIV infection has declined significantly, federal health officials reported Thursday. |
 | RTE.ie - Researchers studying a potentially deadlier, airborne version of the bird flu virus have voluntarily suspended their studies for 60 days amid concerns it could be used as a devastating form of bioterrorism, according to a letter published in the ... |
 | BusinessWeek - By Eduardo Thomson Jan. 20 (Bloomberg) -- The following companies had unusual price changes in Argentine trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses and share prices are as of the close in Buenos Aires. |
 | OneNewsNow - An editorial in the Canadian Medical Association Journal recommends not revealing the gender of an unborn baby until the 30th week of pregnancy in order to reduce the problem of babies aborted because they are female. |
 | CBS42 - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - A new study found that a group of little-explored cells in the tumor microenvironment can likely serve as gatekeepers against cancer progression and metastasis. |
 | Yahoo!7 News - SAO PAULO (AFP) - A muscular police operation to evict drug users from central Sao Paulo is triggering howls of protest from rights groups who say the crackdown's aim is to sanitize the area for developers keen to boost property value. |
 | Irish Examiner - By Brian Hutton TWO pregnant women have been forced to travel from Belfast to Dublin to have their babies because of the outbreak of a deadly infection. |
 | Bangor Daily News - By DON BABWIN, AP Christ Medical Center & Hope Children's Hospital | AP This photo provided by Christ Medical Center & Hope Children's Hospital in Oak Lawn,, Ill. |
 | Daily Gossip - For patients suffering from myocardial infarction, a lot of activities that endorsed effort became risky after the diagnosis. However a scientific study encouraged the American Heart Association to announce that sex is safe for heart patients. |
 | CNN (blog) - Health agencies on both sides of the Atlantic are investigating reports of 11 deaths in multiple sclerosis patients taking Gilenya, the first multiple sclerosis drug approved in pill form. |
 | Linex Legal (press release) (registration) - The Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) have issued a statement which calls for all women affected by the PIP breast implant scandal to have them removed upon request. |
 | Hindustan Times - The Union ministry of health and family welfare on Friday issued a press release stating that that 12 cases of 'totally drug-resistant' tuberculosis (TDR-TB) detected at Hinduja Hospital fall “within the category of extensively drug resistant ... |
 | CBC.ca - Insomnia is the most common sleep disorder but it often goes untreated, which increases the risk for anxiety, depression and heart failure, a review concludes. |
 | Care2.com (blog) - by Jessica Pieklo Almost half of all abortions performed globally are done so without trained clinical assistance. That's according to a new study by the World Health Organization. |
 | Reuters - By Julie Steenhuysen | CHICAGO (Reuters) - The US government has set a deadline of 2025 for finding an effective way to treat or prevent Alzheimer's disease, an ambitious target considering there is no cure on the horizon and one that sets a firm ... |
 | my.hsj.org - Jaden: Read more books and watch less TV. I've gotten out of the habit of reading books, which I really enjoy. I want to read a book per month that isn't for school, but just for me. |
 | TruthDive - Washington, Jan 20 (ANI): Low birth weight is an important environmental factor contributing to the risk of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a new study has found. |
 | San Ramon Express - by Dolores Fox Ciardelli The biggest drawback to eliminating cervical cancer is the stigma, Tamika Felder told the Lunch and Learn crowd at Roche Molecular Systems in Pleasanton last Thursday. |
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