Sunday, March 4, 2012

04 MAR 2012, SUN: Bus & Health

Business


Aquino spokeswoman denies central bank behind leak of Corona bank records

Inquirer.net - 
By Norman Bordadora MANILA, Philippines—Malacañang on Saturday dismissed allegations that the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas was the source of confidential bank records being used by House prosecutors to pin down impeached Chief Justice Renato Corona on ...

Binay: End trafficking in nuclear materials now

Inquirer.net - 
By Tina G. Santos Vice President Jejomar Binay on Friday highlighted the need to stop the worldwide trafficking in nuclear materials to prevent them from falling into the hands of terrorists.

P7-B SSS business loan fund meant for micro to large firms

GMA News - 
Barangay micro business enterprises, cooperatives and non-government organizations are among the target clientele of the P7 billion Business Development Loan Facility of the Social Security System, its president said Friday.

Airliner Asked To Reconsider Suspension

Manila Bulletin - 
By MALOU M. MAZO CEBU CITY, Cebu - The Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) made an appeal yesterday to the management of Qatar Airways seeking for a reversal of the latter's decision to suspend the Cebu-Doha route effective this April.

BP Spill Settlement Clears Way for Comeback

ABC News - 
BP's multibillion-dollar settlement with people and businesses harmed by its 2010 oil spill removes some uncertainty about the potential financial damages it faces.

GMA Network says 'flattered' by Pangilinan's interest

ABS CBN News - 
by Coco Alcuaz, ANC MANILA, Philippines - GMA Network Inc. Chairman Felipe Gozon said PLDT and TV5 Chairman Manuel Pangilinan hasn't offered a price for the network, supporting Pangilinan's recent statement that acquisition talks are "very preliminary.

Shell increases prices

BusinessWorld Online Edition - 
OIL GIANT Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp. hiked the prices of petroleum products early Friday morning. Prices of unleaded and premium gasoline and diesel were increased by P0.50 per liter, P1/liter for kerosene and P0.60/liter for regular gasoline.

Spain faces recession, growing unemployment in 2012

Economic Times - 
Spain's gross domestic product will shrink 1.7 percent this year and the jobless rate will climb to 24.3 percent, the government said Friday.

LPG price raised by Rs 5353 per ton

Business Recorder (blog) - 
Local producers have raised price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) by Rs 5353 to a record high of Rs 118429 per ton in accordance with Saudi Aramco Contact Price.

Sanctions on Iran hike gas prices

Tehran Times - 
To show its animosity and destructive power, the US political pundits used to say that the upcoming US-EU sanctions will force Iran to sell its oil at a discount.

Business Registration Made Easier – DTI

Manila Bulletin - 
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) here said the process of business registration has now been made easier and faster through the use of modern technology such as the computer and Internet.

Kansai to offer new low-cost carrier terminal experience along with new low ...

Yahoo! Philippines News - 
The first airport terminal in Japan specifically designed to meet the needs of low-cost passengers is close to completion as Japan's newest airline Peach Aviation takes off for Japanese and international destinations.

ECB loans 'could harm' debt market

Financial Times - 
By Steve Johnson Fears are growing that a European initiative to underpin banks by offering them cheap medium-term funding could lead to a sharp contraction in corporate debt markets.

Pilotless turbojet plane flown by Taiwan university students

GMA News - 
Students from Taiwan's National Cheng Kung University in Tainan flew a pilotless aircraft powered by a turbojet engine Thursday.

Pafos International Airport closed due to strike

Famagusta Gazette - 
Air traffic controllers at Pafos International Airport will go on a 13-hour strike on Saturday evening. According to Hermes Airports spokesman Adamos Aspris, a total of 12 flights, six departures and six arrivals to and from the airports will be ...

Passenger Traffic Up But Cargo Slumps In January, IATA Reports

Manila Bulletin - 
By EMMIE V. ABADILLA MANILA, Philippines - The Chinese New Year's falling on the first month of the year exaggerated the increase in global passenger demand, which rose 5.7%, and the fall in air freight figures, which dipped 8.0%, versus the same ...

Business-targeted cyberattacks on the rise again —Symantec

GMA News - 
Aside from the usual Valentine's Day spam, new wave of cyberattacks posing as business mediation and arbitration services was noted this February, computer security firm Symantec said.

Stocks suffer rare weekly loss

TriValley Central - 
NEW YORK (AP) - The stock market reached a couple of milestones this week - Dow 13000 for the first time since 2008 and Nasdaq 3000 for the first time since 2000 - but it didn't achieve much else.

Health


Typhoid kills 3, downs 24 in Tuburan

Inquirer.net - 
THREE persons were reported dead while at least 24 others were hospitalized for drinking unclean ground water extracted from three barangays in Tuburan town, midwest Cebu.

H5N2 avian flu strikes Taiwan

AsiaOne - 
TAIPEI - Taiwan has reported its first outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N2 avian influenza, with almost 58000 chickens culled in two farms, agricultural authorities confirmed yesterday.

Gluten-free diet could improve symptoms of autism in children: study

Yahoo! Philippines News - 
A new study suggests that a gluten-free diet could help improve behavioral issues associated with childhood autism like poor attention span and social responsiveness.

Upper class people more likely to cheat: study

Yahoo! Philippines News - 
People from the wealthy upper classes are more likely than poorer folks to break laws while driving, take candy from children and lie for financial gain, said a US study on Monday.

Breathing cold air during exercise ups heart attack risk

Press TV - 
If you are doing some type of isometric work and you're breathing cold air, your heart is doing more work-it's consuming more oxygen.

Coffee And Health: Beverage Doesn't Raise Risk Of Heart Disease Or Cancer ...

Huffington Post - 
Finding it impossible to kick your java habit? It might be just fine to keep your morning cup around. A new study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition shows that regularcoffee-drinkers don't have an increased risk of diseases like heart ...

School budgets' health moves

Tasmania Mercury - 
Albuera St Primary students, from left, Hannah Foster, Nina Waight, Stella Higgins Smith and Kiana Dutkiewicz mix up a batch of healthy savoury muffins as part of a move to sell healthy food for fundraisers.

Rainbow Days: Part Five, Full sun on a half moon

Daily American Online - 
"For now we see in a mirror, darkly, but then, face to face." I Corinthians 13:12. I enjoy watching the phases of the moon, from new to full and back again.

Healthy Hollywood: Ask Keri Glassman -- Kick The Soda Habit!

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.

Revealed How smoking marijuana makes you lose your memory by scrambling your...

Daily Mail - 
By Daily Mail Reporter Regularly smoking marijuana over a number of years can affect your short-term memory, researchers have found.

Statin Drugs

The Province (blog) - 
Statins are drugs that are mainly prescribed to prevent heart attacks in people with clogged arteries and work by dramatically lowering LDL or what is also called “bad cholesterol.

Taking a daily vitamin pill could prevent skin cancer, scientists reveal

Daily Mail - 
By Anthony Bond A daily vitamin pill could help prevent skin cancer - particularly among women, it has emerged. Scientists say taking food supplements containing vitamin A can make people less likely to develop melanoma, the deadliest form of the ...

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