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For some, appearing on the cover of Rolling Stone is a career pinnacle, a childhood fantasy attained. For Rose McGowan, a suggestive pose on a 2007 issue of the iconic magazine was a wakeup call.

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                    [Title] => Foreign banks optimistic on peso recovery after May polls
                    [Summary] => Foreign banks were even more optimistic in declaring a more dramatic recovery of the peso after the May polls, saying it could bounce back to its early 2003 level of 52 to the dollar.


This was after the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas had earlier predicted a recovery of P54 to the dollar level in the aftermath of the election which is expected to be tightly-fought between incumbent President Arroyo and opposition standard bearer Fernando Poe Jr.


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                    [Title] => Peso seen to recover to 54:$1 after May polls
                    [Summary] => Banks expect the peso and the  bond markets to recover dramatically after the May 10 national elections. 


Foreign banks, in particular, are  optimistic that the new administration would enjoy at least a hundred-day honeymoon period while awaiting the critical appointment of the new economic team. 


The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said earlier that the peso could recover to  54-to-the-dollar  level but foreign banks were even more optimistic, saying that the peso could bounce back to its early 2003 level of  52-to-the-dollar. 


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                    [Title] => Foreigners more bullish on RP than local investors
                    [Summary] => Foreign investors are  less affected by the local political issues as reflected   on the narrowing spreads on the country’s long-term bonds.


Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp. (HSBC) treasurer John McGowan told reporters yesterday   that offshore investors appeared to have a different feel of the situation in the Philippines. "They appear to be on the side of optimism," he said. "Maybe they know something we don’t, or maybe we know something they don’t." 


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                    [Title] => Peso continues to gain vs dollar
                    [Summary] => The peso continued to strengthen against the dollar yesterday, rising by seven centavos to settle at 54.755  from Tuesday’s close of 54.825 to the dollar as corporate  demand for the greenback eased slightly.
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                    [Title] => GMA vow boosts RP global bonds
                    [Summary] => President  Arroyo’s decision not to run in the 2004 presidential elections is boosting the country’s global bonds but market players warned that  this could change if she reneges on her pledge.


Bankers said yesterday that the market would be  in a holding pattern until there is   a more definitive outcome in the discussions over  the possibility of an open war between the US and Iraq. 


In his State-of-the-Union address yesterday, US President George W. Bush said the US would present evidence against Iraq on Feb 6.


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                    [Title] => Portrait of the artist as a young woman
                    [Summary] => SCHOOLING

By Heather McGowan

Faber and Faber, 314 pages

Available at Page One



Heather McGowan comes to the reader with a full-blown style that is nearly impenetrable upon first encounter, but soon becomes awfully familiar. That’s because it’s James Joyce’s style. 


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                    [Title] => Foreign banks see P47.50-to-$1
                    [Summary] => Foreign banks are optimistic that the peso will appreciate to 47.50 to the dollar while dramatic improvements are expected in domestic bond yields as both local and offshore investors become increasingly upbeat over the prospects of the Philippine economy.
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                    [Title] => Interest rates likely to go down further — bankers
                    [Summary] => Despite hitting historic lows, banking industry leaders said local interest rates still have not bottomed out and are likely to go down further as monetary officials hinted at the possibility of cutting bank reserve requirements.


With the Philippine economy showing relative resilience following the US-Afghanistan war, banking experts said they also do not see further volatility in the peso-dollar exchange rate.


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                    [Title] => Economy seen  to pick up in H2
                    [Summary] => The economy will have a better chance of picking up in the second semester while the peso should be able to trade better than P50 to the dollar before the end of the year.


The recent political tension should have a minimal impact on credit rating firms that are assessing the country’s creditworthiness, especially after the government successfully crushed the Mendiola uprising and lifted its own declaration of a state of rebellion in Manila.


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This was after the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas had earlier predicted a recovery of P54 to the dollar level in the aftermath of the election which is expected to be tightly-fought between incumbent President Arroyo and opposition standard bearer Fernando Poe Jr.


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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said earlier that the peso could recover to  54-to-the-dollar  level but foreign banks were even more optimistic, saying that the peso could bounce back to its early 2003 level of  52-to-the-dollar. 


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