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AIA eyes East Asia acquisitions

October 9, 2012 - 12:00am

The AIA Group is acquiring the Malaysian and Thailand branches of the ING Group, which is selling assets to comply with European Union orders.

Banking

Worry less, relax more with Bayan Business DSL CCTV

July 22, 2012 - 12:00am

Surveillance systems like CCTVs play an important role in ensuring the safety and protection of one’s business.

Gadgets

Steel maker hails NBI action on fake products

March 29, 2012 - 12:00am

Stainless steel manufacturer Allegeni lauded the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) for acting on their complaints filed against retailers selling counterfeit products bearing its company name and logo at various...

Business

NBA's Delonte West suspended 10 games after guilty plea

August 23, 2010 - 11:41am

Free agent guard Delonte West was suspended without pay for 10 games Friday after pleading guilty last month to weapons charges.

Mandarin talk

April 29, 2010 - 12:00am

The Manila Doctors College is offering short-term foreign language courses like Mandarin, Nihonggo, Spanish, Italian and French designed to cater to the conversational and writing skills needed in an individual’s...

Education and Home

US backtracks on Georgian request for weapons

July 23, 2009 - 11:07pm

US officials are now saying Georgia's president did not ask US Vice President Joe Biden for advanced US weaponry and unarmed observers to help monitor a cease-fire along the boundaries of two Moscow-backed breakaway...

GSIS no longer keen on Philamlife

By Iris Gonzales | January 15, 2009 - 12:00am

The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), the state pension fund, said it is no longer interested in acquiring Philamlife because the insurance company refuses to allow prospective buyers to conduct due diligence...

Business

Private armies buying paltik guns

January 7, 2007 - 12:00am

ZAMBOANGA CITY — The military is monitoring different political groups that are said to be acquiring several paltik or homemade firearms for their private armies during the election period, officials here...

Headlines

StanChart junks plan to acquire smaller bank

By Ted P. Torres | March 6, 2004 - 12:00am

Standard Chartered Bank of the Philippines (SCBP) has junked plans of acquiring a commercial bank or establishing a thrift bank, a top bank official said yesterday. "There are no plans of acquiring another...

Business