Tuesday, February 14, 2012

14 FEB 2012, TUE: Bus & Health

Business


Greece faces further hurdles after passing fresh austerity program

The Australian - 
Video Image Greek vote fails to convince Europe AFTER an epic political effort to pass another harsh austerity program into law, Greece faces still more tests to secure a new financial bailout as its eurozone partners press for swift implementation of ...

Bank credit ratings face downward pressure

Inquirer.net - 
Philippine banks face downward pressures on their credit ratings after the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has scrapped the interest paid on their reserves.

DOTC to bid out single light railway ticketing system

ABS CBN News - 
By Lenie Lectura, BusinessMirror MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) on Monday announced that it will put on the auction block by the middle of this year a contract to operate and maintain a common ticketing ...

Globe subscribers surge

Inquirer.net - 
Publicly listed Globe Telecom Inc. announced Monday a sharp jump in its subscriber base at the end of last year, indicating that initial efforts to win over more clients from its rival Smart Communications Inc. were bearing fruit.

US Stocks Advance as Greek Lawmakers Approve Austerity Plan

BusinessWeek - 
Feb. 13 (Bloomberg) -- US stocks rose, after the first weekly loss for the Standard & Poor's 500 Index in 2012, as Greece approved austerity plans to secure rescue funds.

Razon's Bloomberry debuts on stock exchange Feb. 14

Inquirer.net - 
Enrique Razon Jr.'s casino venture, Bloomberry Resorts Corp., is set to debut on the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) on Tuesday with the lifting of the trading ban on its shares due to the completion of its backdoor listing.

DOE Enlists New Coal Project

Manila Bulletin - 
By MYRNA M. VELASCO MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Energy (DOE) has enlisted the entry of a new 200-megawatt coal-fired power project as a “committed facility” that will help plug capacity gap in the Visayas grid starting 2015.

Macquarie Bares Up To $30-M Private Share Placement In NiHAO

Manila Bulletin - 
By JAMES A. LOYOLA MANILA, Philippines - Macquarie Bank is investing $25 million to $30 million in nickel mining company NiHAO Mineral Resources International via private placement of new unissued shares.
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DoTC opts to scrap Stradcom contract

Inquirer.net - 
The Department of Transportation and Communications (DoTC) has decided to replace Stradcom Corp. as the information technology (IT) systems provider of the Land Transportation Office once the company's contract ends next year.

Reasonable cost for T3 repair urged

Malaya - 
BY GENIVI FACTAO THE government is pressing for the best deal with Japanese contractor Takenaka Corp. to fix the structural works at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3. The cost difference between Takenaka's asking price and ...

Foreign chambers buck mining policy changes

Malaya - 
BY IRMA ISIP THE Joint Foreign Chambers (JFC) is urging the government to maintain its policies on mining, saying any changes would damage the Philippines' credibility as an investment site.

Customs can propel TPP - BOC official

Zamboanga Today Online - 
With tons of hope that the Bureau of Customs (BOC) will have exorcised itself of the demons of graft and corruption in six months, the chief of its International Affairs said recently that the agency would then be a “step forward” to the Trans-Pacific ...

DBM caps gov't workers' perks

Inquirer.net - 
Perks that government employees may receive from collective negotiation agreements (CAN) have been limited to P25,000 pending a better scheme for performance-based incentives “that reward measurable output,” according to the Department of Budget and ...

URC eyes foray into ethanol business

BusinessWorld Online Edition - 
FOOD MANUFACTURER Universal Robina Corp. (URC) has signaled its interest to venture into ethanol fuel production, a disclosure to the local bourse yesterday showed.

EU ready for free trade with PHL

Business Mirror - 
The European Union is ready to negotiate a free-trade agreement (FTA) with the Philippines as soon as essential reforms to improve investment climate, such as protection of intellectual-property rights, legal certainty in protecting investors and ...

Peso improves vs US dollar

Business Mirror - 
THE Greek Parliament's decision to approve austerity measures that would allow the government to get fresh funding to pay its debt enabled the peso to regain against the US dollar Monday.
Peso weakens at trading open

23rd Yakult 10-Miler reset

Tempo - 
Manila, Philippines - The 23rd Yakult 10 Miler originally set March 4 has been moved to April 1 in response to numerous requests from runners who have already registered for another race set on the same date.

LTP Opens New $30M Hangar

Manila Bulletin - 
By EMMIE V. ABADILLA MANILA, Philippines - Expecting surging demand for servicing long-haul Airbus planes in Asia, Lufthansa Technik Philippines (LTP), has opened a US$30-million third wide-body plane hangar in Manila for work on the world's largest ...

BIR to crack down on land tax cheats

BusinessWorld Online Edition - 
THE BUREAU of Internal Revenue (BIR) is developing an online facility to computerize the tax requirements in the registration of land titles in a bid to crack down on the falsification of documents that leads to tax evasion, an official said yesterday.

PhilHealth to be reformed, be more responsive

Philippine Information Agency - 
NAGA City, Feb. 13 (PIA) -- For the past 17 years, the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation has served as a strong pillar of hope for every Filipino people, catering to their health and medical needs and ensuring that they receive adequate and ...

Health


Heart diseases mark high deaths in Zambo

Minda News - 
By Mindanews | Monday| February 13, 2012 | Filed under: Top Stories ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/12 February) - Heart diseases registered to be the number one cause of death in this city last year, claiming over a thousand lives, a health official ...

New book examines impact of US tobacco industry

Medical Xpress - 
Most research that focuses on tobacco examines health risks associated with smoking, says Peter Benson, PhD, a sociocultural anthropologist at Washington University in St. Louis.

Malaria-fighting tobacco!

GreaterKashmir.com - 
Jerusalem, Feb 13: A genetically modified tobacco plant that can fight drug-resistant malaria has been developed by Israeli scientists.

Consumers pamper pets with healthier products

USA TODAY - 
DES MOINES, Iowa - Like many pet owners, customers at April Lawrence's pet bakery and boutique in central Iowa want the best for their four-legged family members.

Japan's 78-year-old emperor to undergo heart bypass surgery

Telegraph.co.uk - 
Japan's emperor is to undergo heart bypass surgery this weekend after tests showed worsening of the narrowing of his arteries.

Breaking the Code: Why Yuor Barin Can Raed Tihs

Zamboanga Today Online - 
Reading is mental.You might not realize it, but your brain is a code-cracking machine. For emaxlpe, it deson't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod aepapr, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer are in the rghit pcale.

CDC Warns Untreatable Gonorrhea is On the Way

U.S. News & World Report - 
By Jason Koebler Gonorrhea, one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases in the United States, is increasingly showing resistance to one of the last known effective antibiotic treatments, leading researchers from the Centers for Disease Control ...

Thandie Newton's morning beauty regime

Monsters and Critics.com - 
The 'Crash' actress - who has children Ripley, 11 and Nico, seven - believes the human body is 'clever' and does not think it is best for her to put on too many products on in the morning.

Overeating could increase memory loss risk

ABC7Chicago.com - 
A new study suggests an overload of calories may increase the risk for memory loss or mild cognitive impairment among people 70 and older.

PM backs plane flu scare response

Stuff.co.nz - 
LATEST: Prime Minister John Key says officials did not overreact to a health scare on board an Air New Zealand flight from Japan yesterday.

Starving HIV virus could be the basis for future therapy: Study

News-Medical.net - 
By Dr Ananya Mandal, MD In a medical breakthrough researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center and colleagues have shown how some cells in the body can repel attacks from HIV by starving the virus of the building blocks of life.

Transgender man falls pregnant and becomes a natural mother

News-Medical.net - 
By Dr Ananya Mandal, MD A transgender man in his 30's was able to carry a child after taking female hormones to reverse the effects of his female-to-male sex change treatment.

Brain cell creation may lead to Alzheimer's and autism cures

newjerseynewsroom.com - 
BY ADELE SAMMARCO The human brain is as fascinating as it is complex. When the brain experiences trauma and disease, the results can be devastating.

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