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                    [Title] => Banker Felipe Estrella digs ‘Field of Dreams’ and Green Lantern
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                    [Title] => Lopezes ready to sell BayanTel, MNTC
                    [Summary] => Except for its interests in the power and media businesses, Benpres Holdings Corp. is prepared to completely let go of its non-core assets such as BayanTel and Manila North Tollways Corp. (MNTC) to raise more capital for its balance sheet rebuilding, company officials said yesterday. 


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                    [Title] => Is peso being propped up against dollar?
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At the Philippine Dealing System (PDS), the peso managed to close below the 54-to-the-dollar level, settling at 53.980 yesterday or two centavos lower than the previous day’s close of 53.960 to the dollar.


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Citing "serious misrepresentation to the prejudice of the general public," the SEC revoked the registrations of East Pacific AAA Foundation Inc. and West Pacific AAA Foundation Inc., both headed by Alvin Alvincent Almirante, who reportedly claimed to be the real Ferdinand Marcos Jr.


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                    [Title] => Shell, Caltex pick IPO advisers
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Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp. country chairman Oscar Reyes said they have appointed Salomon Smith Barneys as the company’s financial advisor for its IPO plans.


Caltex Philippines Inc. country chairman Nick Florio, said they would be tapping JP Morgan Chase Manhattan to handle the public offering.


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                    [Title] => RP sets roadshow for $700-M loan
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Juanita Amatong, officer in charge of the Department of Finance (DOF), said government is not pushing through with its earlier plan to tap the international debt market through a private placement for a $200-million loan.


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At the Philippine Dealing System (PDS), the peso managed to close below the 54-to-the-dollar level, settling at 53.980 yesterday or two centavos lower than the previous day’s close of 53.960 to the dollar.


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Caltex Philippines Inc. country chairman Nick Florio, said they would be tapping JP Morgan Chase Manhattan to handle the public offering.


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