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Grace becomes Grace / More mail on Fortress

By HERE'S THE SCORE | By Teodoro C. Benigno | June 16, 2004 - 12:00am

"Tapang o talino?" Ninoy Aquino once asked me in Boston on the eve of his fateful journey back to the Philippines mid-August 1983. I tried to get out of that one by replying both had equal weight. Pressed...

Opinion

More incentives urged to curb software piracy

By Jose Rodel Clapano | May 29, 2003 - 12:00am

Give them hefty price discounts so they will buy the real thing. Sen. Tessie Aquino-Oreta urged the business and software sector yesterday to give consumers better incentives — such as "hefty price discounts"...

Headlines

SEC bats for stricter rules to govern pre-need industry

By Zinnia B. Dela Peña | January 2, 2003 - 12:00am

The Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking stricter rules governing the issuance of pre-need plans to ensure that pre-need firms are in good financial health and can cover future claims of planholders. SEC...

Business