Business
Inquirer.net - The Court of Appeals on Wednesday ordered the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas to reopen Banco Filipino (BF) Savings and Mortgage Bank and to extend to it within 30 days state financial assistance worth more than P25 billion. |
Inquirer.net - By Leila B. Salaverria Imported “galunggong” meant only for manufacturers are making their way into local markets and are competing with local counterparts, but the understaffed Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is hard pressed to catch ... |
BusinessWorld Online Edition - THE GOVERNMENT is seeking a sharp increase in income tax payments from the self-employed sector as part of a campaign to improve collection efficiency, a Cabinet official said. |
Wall Street Journal - By DAN STRUMPF NEW YORK—Oil futures finished at their lowest level in more than a month after the government said US oil inventories rose more than expected last week, while demand for refined fuels sank. |
San Francisco Chronicle - Feb. 1 (Bloomberg) -- AMR Corp.'s American Airlines said it will eliminate 13000 jobs under a plan to cut annual operating costs by $2 billion and boost revenue by $1 billion as the company restructures in bankruptcy. |
Health
New York Times (blog) - By ANN CARRNS The drug maker Pfizer said Wednesday that it was recalling packets of birth control pills because some had been packaged incorrectly, potentially causing women to take an inadequate dose and possibly become pregnant. |
BusinessWorld Online Edition - THE UNITED NATIONS has launched an international system to improve and expand the sharing of weather, climate and water data among countries. |
Yahoo! Philippines News - "To be the best mom, the best wife, and the best friend and professional you can be, you have to take time for yourself," reveals Michelle Obama in the March issue of "Prevention" magazine. |
Yahoo! Lifestyle UK (blog) - By Tamara Hinson By Tamara Hinson | The Beauty Files - 5 minutes ago If those under eye circles are looking a little darker than usual, our usual response is to reach for the light reflecting concealer. |
Huffington Post - A new study in the Journal of General Internal Medicine shows that drinking diet soda every day is linked with a higher risk of stroke and heart attack. |
Yahoo! Philippines News - The part of the brain used for speech processing is in a different location than originally believed, according to a US study Monday that researchers said will require a rewrite of medical texts. |
TechNewsWorld - By Richard Adhikari Brain-reading technology tested in a UC Berkeley experiment might eventually help people with speech defects or who are unable to speak because of illness or injury, but "that is far in the future, and we need to understand more ... |
CBC.ca - Sugar is so toxic that it should taxed and slapped with regulations like alcohol, some US researchers argue. In a commentary published in Wednesday's issue of the journal Nature, doctors from the University of California, San Francisco, say that rising ... |
Independent Online - By Sapa-DPA Islamabad - Law enforcement agencies in Pakistan were Wednesday investigating after a parcel sent to the residence of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani was confirmed as containing anthrax. |
Wall Street Journal - By INTI LANDAURO And NOEMIE BISSERBE The French company at the heart of a health scandal over faulty breast implants repeatedly misled and tricked authorities, who themselves neglected several warning signs, a French government report said Wednesday. |
CBS News - (CBS) One in four breast cancer patients who have partial mastectomies get called back for more surgery, according to a new study. |
The Hindu - In two articles published today (February 2) in Nature, members of the United States National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB) have for the first time gone on record explaining the reasons behind their decision to “recommend” both Science ... |
Medical News Today - PPIs (proton pump inhibitors), medications taken for indigestion, can raise the risk of hip fractures by 35% in post-menopausal women, researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital reported in the BMJ (British Medical Journal). |
Minneapolis Star Tribune - You can help raise awareness for women's heart disease simply by donning something red on Friday. Charter Club dress, $89, at Macy's stores and www. |
MedReps (subscription) - The Food and Drug Administration has given its OK for the pharmaceutical sales of a first-of-its-kind drug to treat cystic fibrosis, a debilitating disease which causes damage to the lungs. |
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