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Wednesday, March 21, 2007 |
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EDITORIAL
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Interest-rate
horizon remains bright |
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THE uptrend in short-term interest rates in recent
weeks may alarm some people that the country’s low-interest rate
environment has come to an end.
Treasury bill rates have been
moving up this month. This reverses a downtrend seen since the start
of the year.
Being benchmarks, T-bill rates
serve as the bases for banks when pricing their loans. With the bulk
of domestic funding needs sourced from banks, the rates lenders
charge their borrowers determine whether consumers will spend more
or less. The level of interest rates indicates whether people would
take out home or auto loans, and use their credit cards.
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O T H E R C O L U M N S A
N D F E A T U R E S
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BIG DEAL
By Dan Mariano
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GMOs unfit for
consumption
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The work of press agents consists
of not just getting the media to carry news favorable to their
clients, but also to suppress information inimical to their
business.
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ABOVE ALL THINGS
By Ramon Jr. &
Eloisa S. Mabutas
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Writs of
injunction
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I am engaged in a deep sea
fishing venture. To expand my business enterprise, I thought of
constructing a fishing vessel. I applied for a loan with the RUM
Bank....
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VIRTUAL REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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GMA’s secrets of
survival
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NO presidency in Philippine
history has had to endure more attempts to destabilize it than that
of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
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REPUBLIC SERVICE
By Ricardo Saludo
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Powering the DREAM
TEAM PICKSZ
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The tide may be turning. From
just three candidates in the winning zone of senatorial voting
surveys, the administration’s Team Unity has doubled its tally to
six, with its other senatoriables shooting up in the rankings.
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FROM THE
NEWSROOM
By Johnna Villaviray-Giolagon
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The road taken
before?
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President Arroyo has always been vocal about wanting
to include ending the communist insurgency as part of the legacy she
would leave the country. The arrest of Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo
last week...
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House of Saddam
comes tumbling down
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Iraq’s new judiciary, four
years on from the US-led invasion, is dismantling piece by piece the
remnants of the ruthless regime enforced by Saddam Hussein over a
quarter of a century.
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