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Business lessons Samie Lim taught his son Chris

By Wilson Lee Flores | December 26, 2011 - 12:00am

The purpose of life is a life of purpose.

Lifestyle Business

I would bet on tourism

By Rey Gamboa | November 19, 2011 - 12:00am

Identifying tourism as the engine we need to drive the Philippine economy is an idea that virtually everyone in the business circle embraces sans reservation.

Business

Blims remains the gold standard for fine furniture

By Patricia Esteves | November 14, 2011 - 12:00am

“At the end of the day, the only place I want to be is home,” so goes a popular line from a movie about a world-weary woman conveying her thoughts of retreating to her home after a hard day’s toil...

Business As Usual

Business on an upbeat?

By Rey Gamboa | August 21, 2010 - 12:00am

Entrepreneurship has really gone a long way here and this is one big happy development in this country.

Business

The Pinoy shines again

By Rey Gamboa | June 26, 2010 - 12:00am

In an almost forgotten era, we lorded it over other Asian nations when it came to a lot of things—rice production, export, etc.

Business

Pillars of the PRA

By Michelle Dayrit-Soliven | August 6, 2006 - 12:00am

The road to success is paved with patience, perseverance and determination. Finding an invitation on my desk from the Philippine Retailers Association (PRA) to attend the annual National Retailer’s...

Allure

No happy holidays for local retailers

By Boo Chanco | January 6, 2006 - 12:00am

Thanks to 168 and the prevailing local economic environment, retailers did not have their usual holiday sales boost this year. On the contrary, reports say, they will likely remember the 2005 Christmas season as...

Business

The future is in franchising

By Rod Nepomuceno | August 9, 2004 - 12:00am

World-famous coach Pat Riley once asked one of the greatest NBA players of all time, George Mikan, why he wore the number 99 on his jersey. Mikan, smiling, replied, "Well, I always felt that whenever I played...

Lifestyle Business

The 200% Man

April 6, 2003 - 12:00am

Our first question stumped the usually outspoken businessman. We asked Samie Lim where we could get the better deal on appliances–his own Automatic Centre (which has nine branches to date) or his brother Wilson’s...

Starweek Magazine