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The Hinduja Group is trans-national conglomerate operating in over 20 countries.  It has a leadership position in automotive manufacturing, financial services, banking, chemicals & agri-business, and infrastructure project development.


There were no other details  given by Benpres on the sale of C-Cubed, where it has a capital infusion of P100 million.


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Central CATV (SkyCable) chairman Eugenio Lopez III revealed that the infusion of new funds is one of the conditionalities in the debt restructuring agreement that will be signed between the cable companies and their respective creditors very soon.


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In a surprising development, the PSE’s newly-elected 15-man board voted through a non-customary secret balloting process in favor of Yuchengco, winning over Coyiuto by a slim 8-7 count. This, despite the fact that Coyiuto’s entire five-man ticket made it to the list of the seven new directors.


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The flagship unit of the Lopezes’ Benpres Group, ABS-CBN registered a 19-percent drop in net income to P1.336 billion in the first nine months this year as a result of higher depreciation and interest charges.


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                    [Title] => Expert notes problems besetting ICT sector
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Benpres sells call center unit to Indian group

By Zinnia B. Dela Peña | August 2, 2003 - 12:00am

Benpres Holdings Inc. has sold its wholly-owned subsidiary Customer Contact Center Inc. (C-Cubed) to the India-based conglomerate Hinduja Group, the company said in a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange. The...

Business

Beyond Cable in negotiations with prospective investors

June 17, 2003 - 12:00am

Beyond Cable, the holding company of SkyCable and Home Cable, is now in active talks with certain groups to put in new money into the business in the immediate term. Central CATV (SkyCable) chairman Eugenio Lopez...

Business

Yuchengco voted PSE chair in controversy-marred elections

By Christina Mendez | March 10, 2002 - 12:00am

Controversy marred yesterday’s elections for the new set of directors of the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) as the camp of Robert Coyiuto Jr. declared they would legally challenge the board’s decision...

Business

ABS-CBN to cut manpower, capital expenditures next year

By Christina Mendez | December 22, 2001 - 12:00am

Hard hit by declining advertising revenues and shrinking profit, media giant ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp. will embark on a corporate restructuring program next year that will entail a cut in capital expenses and a...

Business

Expert notes problems besetting ICT sector

May 26, 2001 - 12:00am

An expert in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector has identified several problems that continue to hamper the development of the sector into a major prime mover of the economy.

Business

Expert notes problems besetting ICT sector

May 25, 2001 - 12:00am

An expert in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector has identified several problems that continue to hamper the development of the sector into a major prime mover of the economy.

Business