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LOCAL NEWS: Asian firms more likely to keep workers in slump

October 7, 2008 - 8:30am

MANILA (AP) -Asian employers are more likely to keep employees during an economic downturn than US companies, for ...

Local firms unable to adjust wages as inflation bites

By Zinnia B. Dela Peña | September 17, 2008 - 12:00am

With inflation continuing to be a growing problem for the economy, only a few companies have adjusted wages as they struggle ...

Business

AsPac employers realign retirement programs

By Ted P. Torres | June 30, 2006 - 12:00am

An aging workforce is forcing employers in the Asia Pacific region, including the Philippines, to realign their retirement benefit programs, a regional survey showed. At the same time, the insufficiency of government...

Business

Banco de Oro gets citation

November 26, 2002 - 12:00am

For the second consecutive year, Banco de Oro’s (BDO) trust banking group was ranked as the leading fund manager in the Watson Wyatt’s Survey of Investment Performance of retirement funds in the Philippines...

Banking