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Special Discounts on American Airlines premium MasterCard.(Business News)

Apr 28, 2008 ... Premium (World, Platinum, Titanium, Gold and Premium Debit) MasterCard cardholders travelling to the United States over the summer vacations can enjoy special promotional airfares when they fly with American Airlines on transpacific round trip routes from Manila. Under the ...

DBP launches business assistance center in Mindanao to help micro-entrepreneurs.(Business News)

Apr 28, 2008 ... State-owned Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) recently inaugurated a business assistance center aimed at serving micro-entrepreneurs in Lanao del Norte as part of its continuing efforts to assist the enterprising poor in remote areas in Mindanao. DBP president and CEO ...

SBTC launches Platinum MasterCard.(Business News)

Apr 28, 2008 ... Byline: Elisor L. Recide Security Bank and Trust Co. launched its newest plastic money product called -- Security Bank Platinum MasterCard. The new product comes with a wide array of features, such as dual currency billing option, concierge service, free travel ...

Business Agenda Report; Food Inflation.(Business News)

Apr 28, 2008 ... Byline: Jorge Osit If you have been closely monitoring events across the globe, mostly unsettling and unfolding at a quickening tempo, you somehow get the sense that things are going off the handle. Just a few days ago, backdropped by the worsening food riots in ...

Instructional DVD on franchising launched.(Business News)

Apr 28, 2008 ... Learning everything about franchising business and becoming a successful franchise entrepreneur needs no longer be through a tedious study or formal learning process like seminars. Now, one needs not even wait for a scheduled seminar on franchising anymore. An instructional DVD ...

EGA age defiance products launched.(Business News)

Apr 28, 2008 ... Byline: Edith P. Lagarile Amega Global Wellness Research Phil. Inc. launched a new line of EGA age defiance products during its recent convention at the PICC. Ana Maria Concepcion, Amega Global Philippines' director, is optimistic that the new products, which products ...

ACS ties up with WNS to expand reach and become top BPO services provider.(Business News)

Apr 28, 2008 ... Byline: Chesca de la Cruz Advanced Contact Solutions (ACS) has tied up with India's WNS Group to expand its reach and make it the leading global provider of business process outsouring (BPO) services. "ACS wants to be the global contact center of choice and we would ...

13th Graphic Expo highlights new ideas on digital imaging, printing.(Business News)

Apr 28, 2008 ... "New Thinking, New Solutions" for digital imaging and printing will take center stage in this year's 13th Graphic Expo scheduled on June 04-07, 2008 at the Philippine Trade Training Center, Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City. The annual trade show will introduce and feature "Storage ...

Oil companies raise pump prices by another P0.50/liter.(Business News)

Apr 28, 2008 ... Byline: Myrna M. Velasco Chevron Philippines Inc., which carries the Caltex brand, started the new round of P0.50 per liter pump price adjustments starting at 12 noon on Saturday (April 26). The other oil companies which adjusted prices are Petron Corporation, ...

JG Summit Holdings incorporates subsidiary for naphtha cracker plant.(Business News)

Apr 28, 2008 ... Byline: Ana Marie Macuja JG Summit Holdings, Inc., a conglomerate controlled by the Gokongwei family, has incorporated a new company which would soon operate and maintain a naphtha cracker plant. Based on incorporation papers filed with the Securities and Exchange ...

Philexport, ECoP to support pay hikes determined by wage boards.(Business News)

Apr 28, 2008 ... Byline: Edu Lopez The Philippine Exporters Confederation (Philexport) and the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECoP) are willing to grant pay increases determined by regional wage boards to help their workers cope with increasing costs of basic food items, but ...

Taiwanese firm to locate $ 5-M plant here to manufacture LCDs.(Business News)

Apr 28, 2008 ... Byline: James A. Loyola A Taiwanese electronics firm has chosen the Philippines as the site of its $ 5-million overseas plant that will manufacture Thin Film Transmission (TFT) Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) for televisions, computer monitors and cars. Department of ...

BSP approves issuance of P200-B 5-year and 10-year Treasury bonds.(Business News)

Apr 28, 2008 ... Byline: Lee C. Chipongian The Monetary Board of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has given the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) authority to issue P200-billion worth of five- and 10-year bonds for 2008. This is P100 billion of new five-year bonds and an equal P100 ...

P/$ stands at P42.04/$ 1.(News In Brief)

Apr 28, 2008 ... The peso exchange rate closed at P42.04 to the US dollar last Friday at the Philippine Dealing & Exchange Corp., (PDEx). The weighted average rate stands at P42.058. BSP may hold rates in 2008 Standard Chartered Bank, in a commentary, expect the Bangko Sentral ng ...

Business and Society; Thinking global about the rice crisis.(Business News)

Apr 28, 2008 ... Byline: Bernardo M. Villegas More than ever, it is important to think global in addressing the ongoing crisis of rapidly increasing prices of basic food items, especially rice. As the inflation rate has risen to more than 6% in the last few months, mostly due to ...

Landbank to fund 100,000 has. Jatropha plantation in Quezon.(Business News)

Apr 28, 2008 ... Byline: Momoy Cardenas A total of P4.3-billion loan from the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) has been allocated to fund the 100,000-hectare Jatropha Curcas plantation in Quezon province for the massive production of biodiesel. This was provided in the tripartite ...

Auction.ph hosts free online selling seminar.(Business News)

Apr 28, 2008 ... Auction.ph, the foremost online shopping mall in the Philippines, is hosting another free online selling seminar on Wednesday, April 30 from 3-5 p.m. at 3201A East Tower, Philippine Stock Exchange Center, Exchange Road, Ortigas Center, Pasig City. The seminar ...

ABS-CBN Bayan Foundation reaches out.(Business News)

Apr 28, 2008 ... ABS-CBN Bayan Foundation is reaching out and giving more opportunities for our countrymen to gain financial freedom, live decent lives and enjoy better education, health, and housing. The partnership will likewise undertake social and economic programs and projects for ...

Dona Maria Premium Rice: An Emerging Filipino Brand.(Business News)

Apr 28, 2008 ... Being in a country where rice is the staple and where news of a looming rice crisis has become a national concern, a Filipino rice brand promises to offer not only quality grains but also the benefits of naturally-cultivated hybrid rice. Considered one of the best in the market ...

Business Agenda Report; Special Program.(Business News)

Apr 28, 2008 ... Byline: Jorge Osit The economic well-being of a nation is determined by its people and the role of education is unquestionably paramount. Take, for instance, the transformation of Singapore from a backwater island-state to a First World economy made largely possible ...