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The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is now accepting sealed proposals for the operation of the NSC Iligan steel plant.


Proposals will be accepted by the office of the DTI secretary until 2 p.m. of Oct. 23 this year.


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This was the observation yesterday of former Finance Secretary Edgardo B. Espiritu who is now President Arroyo’s special envoy to multilateral financial institutions.


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CICI General Insurance is a subsidiary of Westmont Investment Corp. (Wincorp), which was established by former Finance Secretary Edgardo B. Espiritu. The non-life insurance company had a net worth of P90 million in 1999.


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                    [Summary] => Taiwanese investors are urging Finance Secretary  Alberto Romulo to study the possibility of relaxing tax policies imposed on foreign investors.


The Taiwanese investors, accompanied by top officials of the Chinese Filipino Business Club, Inc., recently paid a courtesy call on Romulo to discuss their major concerns about investing in the country.


According to Dante Y. Go of the CFBCI, Taiwanese investors have shown their commitment to the country by not pulling out from Subic during the "hard times" under the short-lived Estrada administration."


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SEC sources said the Wincorp task force will have as its members the Bangko
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domestic product (GDP) growth target of four to five percent  this year despite
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"In spite of recent negative events lately that tend to scare off investors,
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According to Dante Y. Go of the CFBCI, Taiwanese investors have shown their commitment to the country by not pulling out from Subic during the "hard times" under the short-lived Estrada administration."


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"In spite of recent negative events lately that tend to scare off investors,
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