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May ibubuga pa si Torres -- Lafferty

August 11, 2014 - 12:00am

Maganda ang ipinakikita ni Marestella Torres kung ang paghahanda niya para sa 2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Olympics ang pag-uusapan.

PM Sports

BAT joins growing calls for passage of competition law

By Zinnia B. Dela Peña | April 25, 2014 - 12:00am

London-based British American Tobacco Philippines, maker of the Lucky Strike brand of cigarettes, has joined the growing calls for the passage of a competition law that would curb monopolies and unfair trade practices...

Business

The Sisyphus Principle of careers

By James Michael Lafferty | July 2, 2012 - 12:00am

It’s not a fact I am proud of. But in any competitive business like FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods), changes often have to be made. I have had to let go — or fire — hundreds of people.

Lifestyle Business

BAT urges DOF to junk bid for Pall Mall tax review

By Iris Gonzales | October 26, 2007 - 12:00am

Business

BIR asks Congress to rectify ‘inequity’ in cigarette brands

By Pia Lee-Brago | December 30, 2003 - 12:00am

The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) said yesterday that the courts will be more convinced to speed up cases against some cigarette companies if the "inequitous differential treatment" of existing brands...

Business

Tobacco firm seeks TRO vs BIR on excise tax rule

By Marianne V. Go | September 1, 2003 - 12:00am

British American Tobacco Philippines company is seeking a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the implementation of a new Bureau of Internal Revenue Regulation (BIR-RR) raising the excise tax on cigarettes...

Business