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                    [ArticleID] => 1237847
                    [Title] => ‘Calidad humana’
                    [Summary] => 

Journalists tend to be cynical, jaded (and in this country, often malicious and licentious), the type who find it easier to believe the worst rather than the good about people.

[DatePublished] => 2013-09-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133252 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1807094 [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 887912 [Title] => MVP still keen on majority stake in STAR [Summary] =>

Mediaquest Holdings Inc., a subsidiary of dominant carrier Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co., is still willing to beef up its interest in The Philippine STAR to majority depending on the negotiations with the Belmonte family.

[DatePublished] => 2012-12-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097197 [AuthorName] => Lawrence Agcaoili [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 513925 [Title] => San Beda, FEU top virtual stock and bond trading tourney [Summary] =>

Three financial management students from “dark horse” San Beda College landed the top prize in a six-week virtual stock and bond fund management tournament organized by prestigious multinational investment management firm ING.

[DatePublished] => 2009-10-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Education and Home [SectionUrl] => education-and-home [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 30012 [Title] => Lopezes eye Iloilo shipyard [Summary] =>

Iloilo City — The Lopez group is looking at building a shipyard here as more investors choose to locate in the province.

[DatePublished] => 2007-11-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 384685 [Title] => Resurgence of the Lopez empire [Summary] => "If the price is right, we will (divest our shares in Meralco). If there is a good offer, we will (sell)" – Oscar Lopez, chairman of the Lopez group. Source: Philippine Star, Nov. 28, 2006.

"(Buying the government’s Meralco shares) is something we are looking at." – Manuel Lopez, chairman of Meralco. Source: Philippine Star, Jan. 17, 2007.
[DatePublished] => 2007-02-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135252 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1357954 [AuthorName] => Ignacio B. Gimenez [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 383848 [Title] => CitisecOnline offers new trading facility to boost client base [Summary] => Online tradingn firm CitisecOnline is hoping to increase its client base and accounts with its latest offering that allows investors to easily borrow funds using marginable stocks and cash balance as collateral.

CitisecOnline president Conrado Bate said this flexible credit facility called COL X2 effectively doubles an investor’s buying power and will be readily available at an interest rate of 1.5 percent per month or 18 percent per annum, lower than most traditional lending rates such as a personal loan or a credit card.
[DatePublished] => 2007-02-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 374500 [Title] => Window dressing to lift market [Summary] => Window dressing is expected to pull the market up this week as investors continue to position on stocks believed to have room for growth, analysts said, over the weekend.

Stock portal 2tradeasia.com said energy-related shares may continue to dominate trading sessions early this week, given the market’s positive response to the Supreme Court’s decision on Meralco.

The Supreme Court ruled that Meralco’s unbundling petition is legal, a reversal from a Court of Appeals decision last July 2004.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 346210 [Title] => Index advances 30 pts on foreign fund buying [Summary] => Share prices rose yesterday on foreign fund purchases as investors refocused on the country’s positive fundamentals after the mid-week anxiety over North Korea’s missile tests.

"The missile test was just a blip. It is still a geopolitical concern that will be watched by markets carefully, but I think the fundamentals of the region are now carrying more weight in investors’ minds," said Fitzgerald Aclan, assistant vice president for the trust banking services of Banco de Oro.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 335529 [Title] => Globe revives offer to acquire BayanTel [Summary] => Ayala-owned Globe Telecom has revived its offer to acquire Lopez-owned Bayan Telecommunications (BayanTel) in order to beef up the business of Globe landline subsidiary Innove Communications.

Highly placed Globe sources told The STAR that pricing remains an issue, though. Concerns have also been raised about the huge debt burden of the Lopez telecommunications firm.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 315317 [Title] => Maynilad to hold annual stockholders’ meeting [Summary] => The Maynilad Water Services Inc. (Maynilad) is scheduled to hold an annual stockholders meeting for the first time since it was taken over by the government as the company prepares for its privatization by June this year.

Set on January 9, finance officials said the stockholders meeting will pave the way for the constitution of the company’s board of directors with representatives nominated by the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS).
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096655 [AuthorName] => Des Ferriols [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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