Washington, Oct 22 : College students who do not take proper sleep, excessively sit before television or computer screens, suffer from stress, gamble, use alcohol or tobacco, or suffer from other health-related issues do not fare well in academics, according to a new study.

Researchers at the University of Minnesota Boynton Health Service claim that their study is the first to show a direct link between health-related behaviours and grades.

The USD continued to advance against the majors today as stops under recent lows were triggered in thin trade; traders note two-way trade early overnight gave way to additional risk-aversion trade as desks reported USD buy-side interest into the London fix.

After the noon hour traders note that the majors continued to drift lower as sell-orders and stops continued to pressure EURO and GBP into lows. Equities were under pressure after an early rally failed and USD/JPY dropped to new lows as exporters and Japanese lifers were seen on the offer late European trade and early New York. Semi-official names and sovereigns were on the bid for EURO and GBP early traders say but support evaporated as the day went on.

Tokyo - India wants to increase exports to Japan and for the East Asian economic giant to invest more in its businesses, it was announced Wednesday at the conclusion of an economic partnership agreement.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told business leaders in Tokyo that he hoped the agreement would boost exports of Indian goods and services to Japan through the removal of tariff barriers.

Singh, who is on a three-day visit, planned to sign a bilateral agreement with his Japanese counterpart Taro Aso later in the day on strategic security cooperation as well as trade and economic issues to strengthen partnership relations.

Brussels - Representatives from nearly 70 countries gathered in Brussels on Wednesday for a donors' conference designed to raise billions of dollars in aid to help Georgia recover from its August conflict with Russia.

According to a World Bank report, Georgia needs a total of 3.7 billion dollars (2.9 billion euros) in aid over the next three years. Of these, some 560 million dollars are already accounted for.

Much of the additional help is to be spent on rebuilding damaged roads, helping resettle scores of refugees and getting the economy back on track.

The European Union's executive arm, which is jointly hosting the conference with the World Bank, has already pledged up to 500 million euros in aid over a three-year period.