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                    [Title] => Vibal steps into a digital future
                    [Summary] => 

The storied Vibal Publishing House, started in 1953 by an enterprising couple at a modest 200-square-meter lot on EDSA and Quezon Avenue, is no more.

[DatePublished] => 2014-02-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1435777 [AuthorName] => Kap Maceda Aguila [SectionName] => Technology [SectionUrl] => technology [URL] => http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/7728/p0ih.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1246851 [Title] => Walking Dead on FOX tonight [Summary] =>

Fans of the hit TV horror series The Walking Dead will be glued to their screens when its Philippine and Asian premiere of Season Four happens tonight at 8:55 on FOX.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 855358 [Title] => Citibank sees sustained 2-digit growth in loan portfolio [Summary] =>

Citibank, the largest foreign commercial bank in the Philippines, expects to sustain a double-digit growth in its loan portfolio until next year, a bank official said.

[DatePublished] => 2012-10-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 624129 [Title] => FMIC income rises 63% to P1.3 billion in first half [Summary] =>

The solid performance of the Philippine economy and the numerous capital-raising activities of corporates and financial institutions boosted the consolidated net income of First Metro Investment Corp. (FMIC) by 63 percent to P1.3 billion in the first half of this year.

[DatePublished] => 2010-10-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097672 [AuthorName] => Ted P. Torres [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 429816 [Title] => RP completes $1.5-B 10-year bond issue [Summary] =>

The National Government successfully sold $1.5 billion worth of 10-year bonds in the international debt market yesterday, completing the country’s external funding requirement for 2009 and making the Philippines the first sovereign debt issuer in Asia this year.

[DatePublished] => 2009-01-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804708 [AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 41514 [Title] => Yehey! to list shares via introduction [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2008-01-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 345210 [Title] => Yehey! expects profit turnaround on higher ad revenues [Summary] => Yehey!, the country’s leading local search engine, expects to turn in a modest net profit of about to P3 million this year as against a net loss of P101 million in 2005.

Yehey! is 88 percent owned by iVantage Corp., a publicly-listed holding firm with interests in money remittance and information technology.

iVantage chairman Ignacio B. Gimenez said the turnaround in the company’s financial performance will be driven by higher advertising revenues.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 340173 [Title] => Yehey! to list shares with PSE next year [Summary] => Yehey!, the country’s leading local search engine, is set on listing its shares with the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) in 2007 as it expects to break even by yearend, according to a top company official.

Yehey! is 88 percent owned by iVantage Corp., a publicly-listed holding firm with interests in banking, money remittance and information technology.
[DatePublished] => 2006-06-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 308940 [Title] => Greenpeace to CHR: Investigate assault [Summary] => International environmental group Greenpeace asked the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) the other day to conduct an investigation into the Nov. 10 violent dispersal at the state-owned Masinloc power plant in Zambales where five of its members were beaten up by security personnel.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097177 [AuthorName] => Katherine Adraneda [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 283666 [Title] => Yehey! eyes tieups ahead of 2007 IPO [Summary] => Yehey!, the country’s leading local search engine, is in talks with a telecommunications company, media outfit and a financial services group as possible strategic investors in preparation for a planned initial public offering (IPO) in 2007.

Yehey! chief operating officer Kevin Khoe said Yehey! needs to tie-up with a telecommunications firm, media company and financial services group to ensure continued growth and further strengthen operations.

He refused to name the parties but said that about 10 to 20 percent of Yehey! will be sold to prospective investors.
[DatePublished] => 2005-06-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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