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                    [ArticleID] => 1327596
                    [Title] => Salim Group chair to expand investments
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Indonesian billionaire and First Pacific chairman Anthony Salim quietly flew into Manila aboard his private jet to attend the state dinner hosted by Malacañang for Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135726 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 842304 [Title] => The MVP [Summary] =>

Go Negosyo launched in the past weeks “Pilipinas: Now is Our Time,” our new campaign where we rallied all Go Negosyo bossings and entrepreneurs towards a common objective of helping the government build on the momentum we are having now, which is attaining an economic status that will lead to an investment-grade rating for the Philippines.

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135269 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1398871 [AuthorName] => Joey Concepcion [SectionName] => Lifestyle Business [SectionUrl] => business-life [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 702369 [Title] => 'Small dot in a big pond' [Summary] =>

Newly appointed Securities and Exchange Commission chief Tess Herbosa hopes to resolve the ownership issue involving PLDT sooner than later.

[DatePublished] => 2011-07-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135724 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 630706 [Title] => MVP's MRT [Summary] =>

We had a conversation with Metro Pacific chairman Manny V. Pangilinan yesterday, and it looks to me his investment in the MRT 3 project is going to be another challenge for him where a lot of things need to be done to make the system more efficient and reliable including buying new coaches to increase passenger load.

[DatePublished] => 2010-11-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135724 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 520658 [Title] => PLDT Group reiterates interest in The STAR [Summary] =>

The Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) group, through its media arm Mediaquest, is emerging as a powerhouse in the media industry, as it continues to seriously look at more investments in both broadcast and print.

[DatePublished] => 2009-11-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 519761 [Title] => Mediaquest eyes other broadband companies in Asia Pacific region [Summary] =>

Mediaquest, Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co.’s media arm, is exploring the possibility of acquiring other broadcasting companies in the Asia Pacific region.

[DatePublished] => 2009-11-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 455063 [Title] => Building roads [Summary] =>

Last Thursday, Metro Pacific chairman Manny Pangilinan invited me to join him at the groundbreaking ceremony of the Mindanao Avenue-Valenzuela phase of the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) project with PGMA as the guest of honor.

[DatePublished] => 2009-04-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133593 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 338966 [Title] => On my way to tell the story [Summary] => On my way to Edinburgh, Scotland, I had a brief stopover in Hong Kong to attend the 25th anniversary of the First Pacific Group. The celebration was a big affair here at the former British crown colony, held at the newly opened Four Seasons Hotel, with a gala concert featuring big Filipino stars and celebrities like Sharon Cuneta, Martin Nievera, Kuh Ledesma, Zsa Zsa Padilla and Lani Misalucha. [DatePublished] => 2006-05-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133593 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 308047 [Title] => Smart‘s ‘Boy’ Martirez besieged with job offers [Summary] => Former Smart Communications marketing whiz Anastacio Martirez, whose out-of-the-box strategies made parent Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) the most profitable company in the country and Smart the biggest cellular operator, is now besieged with offers left and right from foreign companies that want him to be their chief executive.

Contrary to reports (not in The STAR) that Martirez has accepted the CEO post at Indonesian cellular phone company Mobile 8, he told The STAR that he was never approached nor did he approach said company.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 275085 [Title] => Terror and business [Summary] => At the Philippine Business Forum in Manila Hotel the other day, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf’s speech focused mainly on business in Pakistan persuading Filipino businessmen present at the forum to consider his country as a regional investment hub. He said that compared to less populous countries like those in Scandinavia, the percentage of educated and skilled people among Pakistan’s 150-million population is high. He tried to convince us that Karachi is safe when he said that sometimes he would go around at 3 a.m. to have coffee. [DatePublished] => 2005-04-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133593 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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