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Tuesday, September 23 2008

 

Despite us liquidity crunch

RP banks bullish on lending

PHILIPPINE banks expect lending growth to remain robust this year despite their exposure to the collapsed Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.

Citing high demand from the corporate sector, Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co. said it is bullish about its lending business, with growth in that segment at 20 percent at end-August.

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METROPOLITAN Bank and Trust Co. said it had asked the Regional Trial Court of Makati to place two local units of Lehman Brothers under corporate rehabilitation.

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THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said it sees foreign investments rebounding next year as the global economy is expected to post a mild recovery.

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NEW YORK: Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley brought down the curtain on a Wall Street era Sunday, agreeing to a radical revamp that completes the biggest overhaul in high finance since the Great Depression.

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LOCAL share prices closed higher Monday, tracking Wall Street’s recovery after the US government rode to the rescue of its tottering financial services sector, dealers said.

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THE Senate Committee on Banks, Financial Institutions, and Currencies said Monday there is a need to improve Philippine insolvency procedures to ensure an effective debt recovery process.

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GMA Network Inc. said it registered higher advertising minutes in the first eight months of the year, beating leading rival ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp.

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THE Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) suspended HK Securities Inc. for its failure to address its short position and fulfill the undertakings it earlier set forth.

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TOYOTA Motor Philippines Corp. (TMPC) launched on Monday improved versions of its top-selling international innovative multipurpose vehicles (IMVs), which, according to officials, are revving up the Japanese carmaker’s sales in the country.

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AN independent review commissioned by Nido Petroleum Ltd. found that the Galoc oil field’s proven reserves are higher by about two-thirds.

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MANILA Water Co. Inc. is set to expand its distribution network in Rizal province by December.

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MANAGING FOR SOCIETY
By Enrique Antonio B. Reyes, Rph, Mba

The pharmaceutical industry prides itself with drug discoveries from the early days of the penicillin to today’s quadrivalent cervical cancer vaccine. These medical breakthroughs help treat and prevent diseases that lead to sickness...

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