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Asean currencies, blow-off tops

By Valentino Sy | October 18, 2015 - 10:00am

Last week, we noted the dramatic reversal of emerging market currencies, especially among Asean currencies such as the Indonesian rupiah, Malaysian ringgit, Singapore dollar and the Philippine peso (see Reversal,...

Business

The life of Po is not pie

By CTALK | By Cito Beltran | June 7, 2013 - 12:00am

So, without any knowledge of the business, no formal training on sales marketing, he sought out a company in Taiwan, had to take a minimum delivery of 400,000 diapers at P3 million and went to SM through a friend...

Opinion

Yes, there’s market for those condos

By Boo Chanco | January 23, 2013 - 12:00am

One other thing BSP Governor Say Tetangco confirmed to me during his briefing of the EDSA Shangri-La Tuesday Club last week is the absence of a property bubble. Yes, the BSP is closely monitoring bank lending to...

Business

MRC Allied eyes casino business

By Zinnia B. Dela Peña | June 13, 2011 - 12:00am

MRC Allied Industries Inc., a holding firm owned by a group led by businessman Benjamin Bitanga, is planning to venture into the casino business as part of a plan to transform its idle property in Cebu City into...

Business

The 'IPIS' theory

By Valentino Sy | February 22, 2010 - 12:00am

We held our investors’ forum last Feb. 11 wherein we discussed our outlook for the 2010 and laid out strategies for a highly volatile Year of the Tiger.

Business

Direct cost real estate model as wiser choice

March 20, 2009 - 12:00am

It has now become to be called several names, communidades, build-your-own, build to own, direct cost, cost plus. It all means one thing – real estate syndication.

Real Estate

Policy responses at international level needed to face globalization: official

February 10, 2009 - 11:00pm

KUALA LUMPUR (Xinhua) - Economic and financial globalization not only called for policy responses at the national level, but also at the international level, a Malaysian bank official said here today.

Lifestyle And Wealth Management; The Wallstreet Meltdown And You

By Ruben D. Almendras | October 9, 2008 - 12:00am

By the time this article will be printed, the $700 billion bailout funds would have been approved by the U.S. Gov’t, ...

Freeman Cebu Lifestyle

Philequity Fund sees peso at 46 and PSEi at 3,400

By Ignacio B. Gimenez | November 6, 2006 - 12:00am

We recall our very first article for The Philippine Star which came out on Jan. 31, 2005 where we advocated the country’s necessity to push through with its fiscal reforms. As early as then, we predicted...

Business

Plantersbank eyes more capital-raising schemes

By Ted P. Torres | September 30, 2006 - 12:00am

Planters Development Bank is planning to raise more capital by publicly-listing its shares and launching debt papers. "We are considering a second issue this year or early next year, depending on the market...

Business