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                    [Summary] => Did you know 1: If we are importing TV soaps from Taiwan, Korea, and Mexico, we are also exporting our own to Africa.


Why, that telenovela (I forget which one because they all have similar titles hinting of unrequited love) with actress Kristine Hermosa in it is now being shown on Kenyan TV.
* * *

Did you know 2: Sales of cement – a quick indicator of construction activity – has grown by 15 percent, year-to-date.


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                    [Title] => Dirty finger
                    [Summary] => Oh dear. Not being included in the list of   potential lot buyers of Ayala Land Inc.’s The Pinnacle in Quezon City can be so humiliating for the merely rich. You see, the Quezon City development is being offered only to the super rich.


There are only 50 names in the first list approved by marketing head Tristan de la Rosa, who has profiled this niche market as placing great value on exclusivity, privacy, anonymity, and security. Being sold are nine huge lots of 800 plus square meters and upwards – that’s the entire project. 


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                    [Title] => GMA to open 2nd Metrobank branch in Shanghai, China
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The President, who is here to attend the 9th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Summit, is the principal guest of the inauguration rites of Metrobank .


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Security Bank Corp. (SBC) announced yesterday that it would acquire 100 percent
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SBC assistant corporate secretary Lourdes Crisostomo said the SBC Board
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* * *

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Pinoy soap in Kenya

By Margaret Jao-Grey  | July 15, 2003 - 12:00am

Did you know 1: If we are importing TV soaps from Taiwan, Korea, and Mexico, we are also exporting our own to Africa. Why, that telenovela (I forget which one because they all have similar titles hinting of unrequited...

Business

PNB board reports to stockholders

June 30, 2003 - 12:00am

There was only one change in the board of Philippine National Bank. During the bank’s annual stockholders meeting presided by chairman Francisco Dizon, former Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. president Norberto...

Business As Usual

Dirty finger

By Margaret Jao-Grey  | June 17, 2003 - 12:00am

Oh dear. Not being included in the list of potential lot buyers of Ayala Land Inc.’s The Pinnacle in Quezon City can be so humiliating for the merely rich. You see, the Quezon City development is being offered...

Business

GMA to open 2nd Metrobank branch in Shanghai, China

By Marichu A. Villanueva1 | October 20, 2001 - 12:00am

SHANGHAI, China (Via PLDT) – President Arroyo will ceremonially open tomorrow the second branch of the Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co. (Metrobank), the first Philippine bank in the People’s Republic of...

Business

Security Bank to merge with Federal Savings Bank

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | April 15, 2000 - 12:00am

Security Bank Corp. (SBC) announced yesterday that it would acquire 100 percent of Federal Savings and Mortgage Bank. SBC assistant corporate secretary Lourdes Crisostomo said the SBC Board approved yesterday...

Business

Metrobank investment arm plans to go public

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | April 6, 2000 - 12:00am

The First Metro Investment Corp. (FMIC), the investment arm of the Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co.

Business