Business
Manila Bulletin - MANILA, Philippines - The peso exchange rate closed lower at P42.80 to the US dollar yesterday at the Philippine Dealing & Exchange Corp. |
BusinessWorld Online Edition - THE PHILIPPINE ECONOMY could grow by 5% this year, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) chief yesterday said, despite risks presented by a deteriorating global environment and rising oil prices. |
BusinessWorld Online Edition - GT CAPITAL Holdings, Inc., the flagship firm of banking tycoon George SK Ty, plans to start conducting its P24.65-billion initial public offering (IPO) early next month, documents showed. |
BusinessWorld Online Edition - BANGKOK/MANILA -- Philippine shares hit an all-time intraday high yesterday on expectations the central bank would cut interest rates to boost the economy, but most other Southeast Asian stock markets succumbed to profit taking as investors locked in ... |
San Francisco Chronicle - (For more debt-crisis news, click on EXT4.) March 2 (Bloomberg) -- Euro-area finance ministers kept up pressure on Greece as they authorized the region's bailout fund to raise money for a bond exchange, the first step in releasing funds from a 130 ... |
Reuters India - By Herbert Lash | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global stocks rose on Thursday as investors focused on an improving US labor market and other data in hopes the rally would advance further, while crude oil surged on news that Israel would soon test-fire a ... |
GMA News - NEW YORK - Oil surged nearly 5 percent in heavy trading on Thursday, and to its highest since the record run in 2008, as a late report out of Iran of a pipeline fire in top exporter Saudi Arabia triggered a rush of buying. |
Inquirer.net - By Norman Bordadora The Aquino administration wants the government to get its “fair share” of the revenues generated from the mining industry amounting to more than a trillion pesos. |
Forbes - By Sunshine Lichauco de Leon When Teresita Sy-Coson was 5 years old her maternal grandfather, who owned a small shoe store in downtown Manila, would take her to the bank as part of his daily business routine. |
Washington Post - NO INSURANCE PAYOUT: A panel meeting in New York and London said the pact that Greece reached last week to reduce the face value of its bonds doesn't amount to a default for insurance purposes. |
Health
dailyRx - If you know you need to weigh your options before making an upcoming decision, the best time to do so is when you're feeling stress-free. |
NewsChannel 9 WSYR - Syracuse (WSYR-TV) - Good news for coffee drinkers: a new study found that if you're a coffee drinker in good health, you're at no greater risk of developing a chronic disease than a person who does not drink java. |
NutraIngredients.com - Women who experience painful menstrual cramps could find relief from high-dose vitamin D3, according to new research - which suggests the dietary supplement could provide a alternative to painkilling drugs that are currently used. |
Fox News - Getty If you think playing a Wii sport game is helping your child exercise, think again. Under laboratory conditions, children using Wii video games have been shown to reach vigorous levels of exertion. |
Yahoo! Philippines News - Nutritionist Keri Glassman is back with Access' Healthy Hollywood team. Keri, who regularly shares her expertise on Access Hollywood and Access Hollywood Live, is now answering your nutrition, diet, and health questions. |
Montreal Gazette - They may have to rewrite the saying "sleep like a baby" after a recent study showed our sleep actually improves with age. |
Reuters - By Stephanie Rabiner, Esq. at FindLaw.com The Food and Drug Administration's new cigarette warnings took another hit on Wednesday. |
Boston.com (blog) - By Kay Lazar, Globe Staff The state Senate approved a proposal today that lawmakers say will provide greater access to HIV tests and bring Massachusetts into compliance with federal recommendations aimed at promoting more testing. |
Stuff.co.nz - New Zealand doctors may soon have to warn hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders that their cholesterol-lowering medication increases the risk of diabetes and dementia. |
The Independent - Google may be under fire for its sharing of personal data but sharing data is what the internet is a... Spring is in the air - and it's time to put your home on the market. |
CBC.ca - Internet-based treatment may help teens with chronic fatigue syndrome to recover, researchers have found. In a study published in Thursday's issue of the medical journal The Lancet, Dutch researchers said 63 per cent of adolescents who received the ... |
American Council on Science and Health - The nicotine patch has been found no more beneficial in helping pregnant women quit smoking than it is for smokers in general, according to a study just published in The New England Journal of Medicine. |
Telegraph.co.uk - The proportion of women dying from breast cancer has dropped by more than 10 per cent in five years thanks to better treatment for the disease, say scientists. |
Boorowa News - The Cancer Council is seeking the support of Boorowa as it prepares for its major fundraiser Relay for Life to be held in Young on 10-11 March. |
U.S. News & World Report - By Steven Reinberg THURSDAY, March 1 (HealthDay News) -- People who take vitamin A supplements might be cutting their risk of developing the deadly skin cancer melanoma, a new study suggests. |
YNN, Your News Now - This year alone, nearly 30000 men will die from prostate cancer. Early detection means saving lives. Prostate cancer is considered a slow-growing cancer and men often die as the result of another health issue, or even old age. |
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