Wednesday, February 8, 2012

08 FEB 2012, WED: Bus & Health

Business


Greek debt talks drag on but banks signal progress on bond-swap deal to...

CanadianBusiness.com - 
By Derek Gatopoulos,Gabriele Steinhauser, AP | February 07, 2012 Shoppers are seen on Athens' main commercial Ermou Street, on Monday, Feb. 6, 2012.

Meralco collects P0.11 increase in generation charge this Feb.

GMA News - 
An 11-centavo increase in the generation charge component of electricity consumers use will be reflected in the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) billing to its customers this February.

Inflation slows down further

Malaya - 
THE country's year-on-year inflation rate slowed down further in January, pulled by the continued deceleration in the prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages.

Century Properties forges joint venture for Batangas project

ABS CBN News - 
By Zinnia B. Dela Peña, The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines - Century Properties has forged a joint venture to transform a 142-hectare property in Batulao, Batangas into a major leisure and resort community.

January inflation hits lowest in 13 months

Inquirer.net - 
Customers buy vegetables in Farmer's Market in Quezon City in this 2011 file photo. Philippine inflation in January 2012 registered 3.9 percent, the lowest in 13 months as price increases in food and non-alcoholic beverages slowed, the National ...

High tribunal issues writ to stop fishing in Taal Lake

Manila Standard Today - 
THE Supreme Court has issued a writ stopping the issuance of new permits to build fish cages in Taal Lake in Batangas to stop its degradation, an official said Tuesday.

LTNCD offer closes ahead of sked

Malaya - 
BY JENNIFER AMBANTA SECURITY Banking Corp. officials said that they have decided to close yesterday the offer period for the bank's 7-year Long-Term Negotiable Certificates of Deposits (LTNCDs), three days before the initial closing date.

San Miguel Brewery reports 17% income growth

BusinessWorld Online Edition - 
HOMEGROWN BEER maker San Miguel Brewery, Inc. grew its net income by roughly a fifth in 2011 over the year previous on higher sales volumes and selling prices.

Oil firms hike prices anew

Philippine Star - 
By Ted Torres (The Philippine Star) Updated February 08, 2012 12:00 AM 0 Chevron Philippines, Petron Corp., Pilipinas Shell Petroleum, Seaoil Petroleum, and Total Philippines jacked up pump prices of premium gasoline by P0.25 per liter, ...

Sugar millers locomotive system up for revival

Malaya - 
BY ALBERT CASTRO VICTORIAS Milling Corp. plans to revive the old locomotive transport system of the sugar millers in Negros Occidental to make them competitive when tariffs on sugar fall.

Biz Break: A completely new Yahoo board, and Oracle vs. SAP for round two

Written by
San Jose Mercury News - 
By Jeremy C. Owens Today: The final members of Yahoo's (YHOO) board that were around before 2010 agree to leave, setting up a complete makeover in the leadership of a struggling company.

Japan's JX to cut Iran crude imports by 10000 bpd-media

Reuters UK - 
| TOKYO Feb 8 (Reuters) - Japan's top oil refiner JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp is likely to cut crude oil imports from Iran by 10000 barrels per day (bpd) to around 80000 bpd from April, the Nikkei business daily said on Wednesday.

Stock Market

BusinessWorld Online Edition - 
STOCKS on Tuesday shed gains of the previous day, with investors succumbing to profit taking as debt-laden Greece delayed committing to painful reforms needed to close a deal for a €130-billion bailout fund.

ONB's 2011 record income jacks up networth to P2.5B

Mindanao Gold Star Daily - 
ONB's 2011 net comprehensive income hits P428-million for a record 38% increase over previous year. With this record income, the widest and most modern rural bank's net worth or net capital reached P2.5-billion now exceeding the P2.4-billion minimum ...

Investors for Picop area sought

Malaya - 
BY IRMA ISIP Secretary Lualhati Antonino, chair of Minda, said the agency has received several inquiries on how to put to good use the area once occupied by the country's largest paper mill.

BSP seen to cut policy rates in 2nd quarter

Inquirer.net - 
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas will likely slash its key interest rates by another 25 basis points to 4 percent as early as next month given the benign inflation environment and weak economic growth last year, according to a joint research by First ...

SSS earnings must go to members' benefits

Philippine Star - 
The news about plans of the Social Security System (SSS) to implement this year a hike in members' monthly premium contributions went largely unnoticed.

PCCI to lobby for Tampakan mine venture

BusinessWorld Online Edition - 
THE PHILIPPINE Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) is seeking an audience with President Benigno SC Aquino III to defend the Tampakan copper-gold project, the business group said in a statement yesterday.

$80M eyed for Reed Bank survey

BusinessWorld Online Edition - 
PHILEX PETROLEUM Corp. is looking to spend around $80 million until 2013 for its drilling activities in the Reed Bank, an official told reporters late on Monday.

Stock end higher, erasing early losses

Chicago Sun-Times - 
BY AP February 7, 2012 9:08AM In this Feb. 3, 2012 photo, trader Anthony Riccio, left, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

Health


UN Says Asia Pacific Region Making Strides Against HIV/AIDS, Must Address...

Kaiser Family Foundation - 
The UN Economic and Social Commission for the Asia Pacific (ESCAP) on Monday in Bangkok "opened a three-day meeting lauding impressive gains in recent years in the fight against HIV/AIDS," but the body cautioned "there are still legal and social ...

Men That Smoke At Risk for Rapid Cognitive Decline

eMaxHealth - 
By Denise Reynolds RD on February 7, 2012 - 6:43pm Smoking is a known risk factor for many health ills including dementia. But as with other conditions, there is also a difference among age of onset and level of decline based on factors such as age or ...

Caribbean cruise cut short by illness

CNN - 
By Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) -- Passengers on the Crown Princess are coming home early from a Caribbean cruise, thanks to a second nasty outbreak of gastrointestinal illness.

Surfing dolphins caught on video riding waves with wake-boarder

DigitalJournal.com - 
By Kim I. Hartman By Kim I. Hartman. Saint Petersburg - A video of a wake-boarder 'wake surfing' with a pair of playful bottlenose dolphin near St. Pete Beach, Florida, has created a flurry of excitement on the Internet after the dolphins were filmed ...

Take a vacation every day with two easy tricks

Gadling - 
by Chris Owen (RSS feed) on Feb 7th 2012 at 2:00PM A vacation every day? It sound's like the stuff dreams are made of that few actually do.

Paula Deen's Food Network Shows: No Changes To Her TV Cooking Until At Least 2013

Huffington Post - 
After the shocking revelation that Food Network host Paula Deen was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes three years ago, many questions remain.

'No scan, no fly' rule for Australia

Aircargo - Asia Pacific - 
Australian international airports will have full body scanners under a A$28 million security overhaul to take effect from July. The technology will allow selected passengers to be seen on screen as stick figures of neither sex and scanning will be ...

Does Narrowing The Autism Spectrum Hurt Or Help Kids On The Fringe?

WBUR - 
By Dan Mauzy An expert panel is recommending changing the very definition of Autism that's currently found in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the “bible” of mental health, published by the American Psychiatric Association.

Purple potatoes can help lower blood pressure

New York Daily News - 
Pigmented potatoes contain high concentrations of phenolic acids, anthocyanins and carotenoids, powerful antioxidants that pack a nutritional punch.

Proudly, Prayerfully Pro-Choice

Huffington Post (blog) - 
I woke up Friday morning to the "breaking news" that the Susan G. Komen Foundation had reversed its decision to pull funding for breast cancer screenings from Planned Parenthood.

Gold to Fund AIDS Fight

NumisMaster.com - 
By Numismatic News Dillon Gage Metals, a division of Dillon Gage Incorporated of Dallas, has donated a 1-ounce gold bar designed by French couturier Jean-Paul Gaultier to the Design Industries Foundation Fighting HIV/AIDS, known as DIFFA.

Morning after pill being sold in vending machine

Fox News - 
Students at one Pennsylvania university can buy Plan B emergency contraception almost as easily as sodas or snacks. Shippensburg University's health center now sells the so-called "morning after pill" from a vending machine for $25 alongside condoms, ...

What's the biggest source of salt in US diets? (+photos)

New Zealand Herald - 
Trying to cut down on salt? Health officials have come up with a list of the top 10 sources of salt in the American diet - and bread is number one.

US to Boost Alzheimer's Research Funding by $50 Million

BusinessWeek - 
By Alex Wayne Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) -- The Obama administration is boosting funding for Alzheimer's research by $50 million this year to further investigate the genetic underpinnings of the disease and test drugs that may arrest its development.

Spanking kids can cause long-term harm: Canada study

HealthNews - 
by Cameron French, Last updated February 07, 2012 TORONTO (Reuters) - Spanking children can cause long-term developmental damage and may even lower a child's IQ, according to a new Canadian analysis that seeks to shift the ethical debate over corporal ...

Guidelines dispute 'economy-class syndrome'

CNN International - 
By Marnie Hunter, CNN New guidelines suggest that economy-class passengers are not at increased risk for blood clots. (CNN) -- Good news for airline passengers sardined in coach: You're no more likely to develop dangerous blood clots than your ...

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

CBS42 - 
"We're really trying to break down the stigma of the disease." -- Nigel Weatherspoon, AIDS Alabama director FAIRFIELD, Ala.

Maybe babies don't need the spoon-fed mush

Los Angeles Times - 
Most infants are weaned from breast milk or formula to pureed baby foods. From there they go on to eat finger foods -- cut-up pieces of soft table foods -- and on to cheeseburgers and fries.

In a first, woman receives titanium jaw made by 3D printer

USA TODAY - 
By Michael Winter, USA TODAY In a medical first, an 83-year-old Belgian woman has received a new lower jaw created by a 3D printer, according to news reports out of Europe.

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