Business News
- Fresh govt debt lifts dollar reserves to new high
- First Pacific local unit eyes debt for additional Meralco shares
- BSP taps IFC, GTZ for small loans boost
- Reconstruction commission, foreign donors set meet next week
- Globe profit inch up in third quarter
- RFM net income climbs on lower costs, higher sales
Currency Rates
| As of November 06, 2009 | |
| US dollar | 47.5740 |
| European euro | 70.7663 |
| Canada dollar |
44.6369 |
| HK dollar |
6.1390 |
| Brunei dollar |
33.9960 |
| Switzerland franc |
46.8202 |
| Saudi Arabia rial |
12.6864 |
SME Focus
Beauty meets business
The Australian College of Hair Design and Beauty
By Ana Santos columnist
When Geni Gonzales and Owee Cruz talk about beauty, they mean business. Literally.
Gonzales and Cruz put up the Australian College of Hair Design and Beauty (ACHDB), a direct franchise of the school with the same name in Melbourne.
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By Krista Angela M. Montealegre, Reporter
Boxing superstar Manny “PacMan” Pacquiao has given Filipinos yet another reason to be proud of as he graces the cover of Time magazine.
By Sammy Martin Reporter
The ruling Lakas-Kampi Christian Muslim Democrats (CMD) is seriously considering the entry of President Gloria Arroyo as the vice presidential candidate of the party’s standard-bearer Defense Sec. Gilbert Teodoro in the 2010 elections.
Adjustment in November bill ‘pass through’
By Euan Paulo C. Añonuevo Reporter
Electricity rates of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) will go up this month by P0.25 per kilowatt-hour because of an increase in the cost of power from its suppliers.
By Francis Earl A. Cueto Correspondent
A Filipino economics graduate challenged and contradicted the contention of former US Vice President Al Gore and the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (UN IPCC) that there is global warming, calling the statement “just a thesis without empirical support.”
Editorials
Literally between the devil and the deep blue sea
The Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) on Tuesday allowed the Sulpicio Lines passenger ship, MV Princess of the South, to...
Read More...Farm expectations
In France, one sure way of igniting social unrest is a policy that dents the historic pampering of its farm sector. In the...
Read More...The candidates, in their own words
It’s good we are beginning to hear from the presidential aspirants on their platform of government and stand on the issues....
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