PHILIPPINES conglomerate San Miguel Corp. said on Friday it sold part of its minority stake in the country's main electricity retailer for nearly $400 million.

The Manila Electric Co. share sale gives rapidly diversifying San Miguel extra money to invest in projects where it will have majority control, securities analyst Ian de Leon told Agence France-Presse.

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