Business
Wall Street Journal - 21 minutes ago By Benjamin Pimentel, MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch)--Facebook Inc.'s initial public offering filing paints a clearer picture of how the social networking giant makes money--though experts say that picture could change in the months and years ... |
Inquirer.net - 7 hours ago The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) is in talks with multilateral institutions on a planned infrastructure fund of up to $750 million, which would serve as a vehicle for investing in infrastructure projects. |
Manila Bulletin - 7 hours ago By JAMES A. LOYOLA MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine Stock Exchange index surged 2.26 percent, or 106.44 points, to a new record high of 4822.08 as improving global manufacturing data pushed up share prices in the US and Asia. |
Inquirer.net - 2 hours ago By Jerome Aning The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) on Thursday filed before the Department of Justice (DOJ) at least P226.9 million worth of tax cases against the Genevieve Gozum chain of boutiques and its owners. |
BusinessWorld Online Edition - 8 hours ago A SENATE body and the Department of Finance (DoF) yesterday agreed to scrap a 3% tax on gross receipts imposed on foreign carriers, a lawmaker said yesterday, in a bid to address the country's lack of attractiveness to foreign visitors. |
Manila Bulletin - 4 hours ago MANILA, Philippines - Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Amando M. Tetangco Jr. Thursday said the government's fight against money laundering and terrorist financing is now stronger with improved expertise in handling anti-money laundering ... |
MarketWatch (press release) - 1 hour ago The bonds are scheduled to price via competitive sale on or about Feb. 9, 2012. Proceeds will be used to refund certain outstanding bonds for debt service savings without extending final maturity. |
Inquirer.net - 5 hours ago Listed video game company IP E-Games Ventures Inc. is planning to expand into the growing hotel and leisure industry. The company said in a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange that it would hold a special stockholders' meeting to formally ... |
BusinessWorld Online Edition - 9 hours ago SM INVESTMENTS Corp. (SMIC), the holding company of the SM Group, has moved to issue $250-million worth of convertible bonds to pay off old loans, a statement released yesterday showed. |
Philippine Star - 7 hours ago By Ted Torres (The Philippine Star) Updated February 03, 2012 12:00 AM 0 MANILA, Philippines - Petron increased prices of its liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) by P6 per liter for the standard 11-kilogram cylinder early morning yesterday and auto LPG by ... |
Manila Bulletin - 7 hours ago By BERNIE CAHILES-MAGKILAT MANILA, Philippines - Toyota Tsusho Foods Corp. (TTFC), an affiliate of Toyota Group of Japan, is relocating here its seafood and marine products manufacturing operation from China after encountering problems with its Chinese ... |
Inquirer.net - 7 hours ago The Philippines is set to receive $50 million worth of loan from the World Bank to fund various infrastructure initiatives throughout the country. |
GMA News - 9 hours ago The Supreme Court gave a beauty product distributor a two- to four-year jail term and a P20,000 fine, affirming a Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) decision that found her guilty of supplying the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) with incorrect and inaccurate ... |
Inquirer.net - 7 hours ago The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines, operator of the country's electricity superhighway, is spending P14.3 billion for 2012 alone to fund the construction and installation of critical transmission and substation projects. |
BusinessWorld Online Edition - 9 hours ago STATE-RUN Coconut Industry Investment Fund-Oil Mills Group (CIIF-OMG) saw its profits rise by 12% last year, even as sales volume fell, owing to strategic business deals, the firm reported yesterday. |
Inquirer.net - 13 hours ago MANILA, Philippines—Trade Secretary Gregory L. Domingo has appealed to foreign business groups “not to be negative” about upcoming prospects and support the Philippine government's thrust to achieve economic growth. |
Sun.Star - 8 hours ago THE Department of Agriculture (DA) is encouraging rice farmers to advance their “cropping calendar” by a month or two to avoid typhoons that usually occur during the months of October to November. |
Visayan Daily Star - 8 hours ago MANILA - The Court of Appeals has directed the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas to reopen Banco Filipino and ordered the implementation of the P25-billion financial assistance as contained in the business plan previously approved by the BSP and the Monetary ... |
Visayan Daily Star - 8 hours ago BY CHRYSEE SAMILLANO Bacolod Vice Mayor Jude Thaddeus Sayson yesterday appealed to businessmen to pay their taxes before February 15 to avoid paying penalties while their tax appeal is still pending before the Department of Justice. |
Manila Standard Today - 6 hours ago An Australian investment fund manager has acquired minority interest in Vista Land & Lifescapes Inc., a company owned by the family of Senator Manuel Villar. |
Health
Boston Globe - 38 minutes ago By Deborah Kotz With news spreading of Pfizer's recent recall of 1 million birth control pills, Boston physicians have been dealing with a flood of phone calls from patients worried that they might be facing an unplanned pregnancy. |
CBC.ca - 1 hour ago A major 40-year study on asbestos safety completed by a group of scientists at McGill University is flawed, lacks transparency and contains manipulated data says Dr. |
Medical Xpress - 5 hours ago Measles outbreaks in parts of Europe and Africa led to some 60000 more cases worldwide in 2010 over the previous year, after nearly a decade of declines, US health authorities said on Thursday. |
Seedol.com (blog) - 6 hours ago A Zoloft lawsuit has been filed against drug maker Pfizer by a group of parents who claim the antidepressant caused their children to be born with severe birth defects, including heart damage. |
Independent Online - 12 hours ago By MARLOWE HOOD AP It is well established that testosterone boosts risk-taking, anti-social behaviour and the kind of aggressiveness that fuels contact sports and trading floors on Wall Street. |
Sun.Star - 17 hours ago By Carla N. Canet BACOLOD City Councilor Em Ang proposed an ordinance, which will establish a quarterly anti-breast cancer campaign program. |
Radio Netherlands - 16 hours ago Outside the burns ward of Kampala's Mulago hospital, Darlison Kobusingye gingerly adjusts the headscarf she uses to cover the worst of the scars patterning the right side of her face. |
CBS News - 5 minutes ago Two days after Planned Parenthood announced that its funding from the Susan G. Komen foundation had been cut, women's health advocates are taking to the airwaves to make their dissatisfaction known, decrying the decision as a crass political ... |
New York Daily News - 7 hours ago Thomas Patterson/SMJOU Statesman Journal via AP Oregon State University researchers are fine-tuning a purple tomato. The skin is as dark as an eggplant. |
Inquirer.net - Jan 30, 2012 Danilo Casimiro, the only Filipino scientist who was part of the team that worked on Gardasil, the world's leading vaccine against the human papillomavirus (HPV), is now busy working with colleagues on a vaccine to help prevent dengue. |
NEWS.com.au - 1 hour ago SUGAR should be identified alongside alcohol and tobacco as a health danger, and governments should tax sweetened drinks and food as part of their efforts to combat it. |
HealthNews - Feb 1, 2012 by Amy Norton, Last updated February 01, 2012 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Mothers who push their toddlers to eat more at snack time may end up with a heavier child, a new study suggests. |
Wall Street Journal (blog) - 2 minutes ago By Shirley S. Wang There are many mysteries when it comes to understanding Alzheimer's disease, with one of the biggest questions centering on how the memory-robbing disease progresses. |
Huffington Post - 3 hours ago A new study published in Science Translational Medicine found that a short, 10-minute Swedish-style massage session can reduce inflammation, which can help your muscles recover after a hard workout. |
Financial Times - 2 hours ago By Andrew Jack in London The European Commission said on Thursday it would toughen the regulation of medical devices as a result of concerns raised by breast implants produced by the defunct French company PIP, even as a scientific expert review it ... |
Detroit Free Press - 47 minutes ago By Helene St. James Gordie Howe, second from left, with Vancouver Giants junior players on Feb. 2, 2012, in Vancouver, British Columbia. |
The Guardian - 3 hours ago A leading insurance company has changed the terms of its private medical cover to ensure policyholders suffering from late-stage prostate cancer can be treated with the drug abiraterone. |
Montreal Gazette - 1 hour ago Pink Ribbons, Inc. Rating: 3.5 out of 5 A documentary by Léa Pool Playing at: AMC cinema. Parents' guide: Not for the young ones, but teenagers might like it. |
HNN Huntingtonnews.net - 42 minutes ago On the Caribbean island of Barbados with a population of about 250000 people, approximately 3426 persons are living with HIV, and the Minister of Health, Stephen Lashley, has warned “that is not likely the exact figure”. |
barfblog (blog) - 3 hours ago The UK Health Protection Agency (HPA) is investigating an outbreak of a strain of Salmonella Newport infection among 30 people in England, Wales and Northern Ireland since the beginning of December 2011. |
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