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Likewise, the number of plans sold declined by 12.5 percent to 487,684 last year compared with 557,642 units a year earlier.


The decline was attributed to the current difficult environment, the unstable foreign-exchange rates, and the uncertainties in the political front.


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Likewise, the number of plans sold declined by 12.5 percent to 487,684 last year compared with 557,642 units a year earlier.


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Sales of pre-need firms down 15% in Jan-Nov

By Zinnia B. Dela Peña | January 19, 2004 - 12:00am

Sales of pre-need companies dropped by 15 percent to P30.02 billion in the first 11 months of 2003, from P35.3 billion the previous level, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reported over the weekend. Likewise,...

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