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                    [ArticleID] => 686733
                    [Title] => HSBC cuts OFW growth remittance forecast to 7.5%
                    [Summary] => 

British banking giant Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp. (HSBC) lowered its growth target for overseas Filipino workers’ remittances to 7.5 percent from the original 8.5 percent this year.

[DatePublished] => 2011-05-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097197 [AuthorName] => Lawrence Agcaoili [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 654673 [Title] => OFW remittances growth seen easing this year [Summary] =>

Dutch-owned financial giant ING BV said it expects the growth in the amount of money sent home by Filipinos abroad to their loved ones in the Philippines to ease to five percent this year before improving to six percent next year, but would continue to cover the country’s trade deficit.

[DatePublished] => 2011-02-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097197 [AuthorName] => Lawrence Agcaoili [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 546051 [Title] => DA sees good prospects for RP's tropical fruit exports [Summary] =>

The Department of Agriculture (DA) sees good prospects for Philippine fruit exports pulled up by a rising global demand for tropical fruits especially in Europe and the United States.

[DatePublished] => 2010-02-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097285 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 365543 [Title] => Imports surge 15% to $4.886B in Aug [Summary] => Import growth accelerated in August as companies such as Texas Instruments Inc. and Toshiba Corp. took advantage of gains in the peso to buy more computer parts abroad.

Imports rose 15.3 percent to $4.886 billion in August from $4.238 billion a year ago, the National Statistics Office reported yesterday. The trade deficit for the month widened to $621 million from a revised $445 million a month earlier.
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 183096 [Title] => Local food exporters urged to tap Chinese market [Summary] => The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is encouraging local food exporters to tap the vast Chinese market.

The DTI said Filipino food exporters should take advantage of the Chinese market which recently opened up its economy to traded goods and services from the international market.

The DTI pointed out that China has significantly reduced its tariff on some key Philippine exports like canned tuna, fruits, vegetable fats and oil, coconut milk, garments, electronic calculating machines, sound and video tapes, magnetic discs and paper products.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097285 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 180737 [Title] => Pol, ranking cops involved in fake treasury bills? [Summary] => ANGELES CITY — The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) in Central Luzon is looking into reports that a politician and some senior police officers were connected to the fake US federal treasury bills seized from a house at Villa Sol Subdivision here last week.

"The fake treasury bills have been returned to us by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) for our use as evidence against the suspects," said Senior Superintendent Cristopher Laxa, CDIG regional chief.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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