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ANTONIO ABACAN
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[Title] => Made for Excellence
[Summary] => The Metrobank Foundation recently honored promising young artists through its pioneering art program, the Metrobank Art and Design Excellence (MADE) National Competition in painting, sculpture, architecture and interior design.
[DatePublished] => 2010-10-25 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Johnny Litton
[SectionName] => Business As Usual
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[ArticleID] => 597575
[Title] => First Metro Investment posts 60% income hike to P888.7 million
[Summary] => First Metro Investment Corp. (FMIC), the investment banking arm of the Metrobank Group, reported a net income of P888.7 million in the first six months this year, 60 percent higher than the P556.8- million earnings in the same period a year ago, on the back of the strong performance of its business units.
[DatePublished] => 2010-07-30 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1097672
[AuthorName] => Ted P. Torres
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[Title] => MADE in the Metro
[Summary] => Bequest with the ability to provide a launching pad for many young and bright Filipino artists, Metrobank Group of Companies led by chairman doctor George S.K. Ty, bank chairman Antonio Abacan and president Arthur Ty, recently awarded the honorees of the 2009 Metrobank Art and Design Excellence (MADE) national competition at Le Pavillion.
[DatePublished] => 2009-11-16 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Johnny Litton
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[Title] => Zen Living at its grandest
[Summary] => A haven built with abundant spaces for greenery that’s a cut above the rest will soon add a grandiose touch to the Makati skyline with the recent launch of The Grand Midori Makati (TGMM) at the Lexus showroom.
[DatePublished] => 2009-10-26 00:00:00
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[Title] => MAP management men of the year
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"Success will not lower its standard to us. We must raise our standard to success."  Randall R. McBride, Jr.
[DatePublished] => 2007-04-01 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 135074
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[AuthorID] => 1804795
[AuthorName] => Johnny Litton
[SectionName] => Allure
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[Title] => Metrobank to raise P9B from sale of new shares
[Summary] => Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co., the country’s largest lender in terms of assets, has approved the issuance of as much as 203.6 million new shares to raise nearly P9 billion.
In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, Metrobank said the shares, comprising eight percent of its outstanding authorized capital stock, will be sold at an offer price of plus or minus 10 percent of the stock’s 10-day weighted average price, although the price date has yet to be determined.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-12 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1804021
[AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña
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[Title] => Metrobank sees 10% profit jump in ’06
[Summary] => Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co., the country’s biggest lender, expects profit to rise at least 10 percent in 2006, boosted by higher income from loans and treasury operations, its top executive said yesterday.
This year, the bank may meet its P4.5-billion profit forecast, Metrobank president Antonio Abacan said. The bank had P3.6-billion net income last year. For the first nine months of 2005, profit rose 21 percent to P3.2 billion.
"We will just keep on punching," Abacan said. "We won’t just put our gloves down."
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-15 00:00:00
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[Title] => Metrobank eyes P4-B net income this year
[Summary] => Industry leader Metropolitan Bank and Trust Corp. (Metrobank) is looking at a net income growth of between 16.6 percent to 33 percent to hit as much as P4 billion this year, from P3.02 billion in 2003.
Last year, the bank’s net income was better by 19.93 percent from the P2.52 billion in 2002.
In the first three months of this year alone, net earnings grew by 20 percent to roughly P480 million, from the P400 million recorded in the same period in 2003.
[DatePublished] => 2004-04-30 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Ted P. Torres
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[Title] => Metrobank’s $130-M bond issue sold out
[Summary] => Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co. (Metrobank) has successfully raised $130 million yesterday in the international capital markets with a 10-year Lower Tier 2 bond issue. The bonds have been listed in Singapore and will pay a semi-annual coupon of 8.375 percent. The sub-debt issue was rated at the Philippine sovereign rating of Ba1 by Moody’s.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-02 00:00:00
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[Title] => RP’s 300 influencers
[Summary] => Forget beer sales as a quick indicator of economic growth. Beer sales can be front loaded.
The Ateneo School of Economics headed by former National Economic Development Authority director-general Cielito Habito is on the look out for alternative indicators.
Failing that, Ciel Habito can always go back to looking at electricity sales.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-01 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 135040
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1488513
[AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey
[SectionName] => Business
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