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Manila Electric Company ( MERALCO ) plant along Edsa , Quezon City , Philippines , March 7 , 2009
Business   Electric   Meralco   Philippines   Photos  
MPIC, Piltel to form Meralco holding firm
| 02/09/2010 | Hong Kong’s First Pacific Co. Ltd. units Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) and Pilipino Telephone Corp. (Piltel) plan to put up a new holding company called Newco to consolidate th... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
The Daily Tribune
Morgan Stanley Building
Bank   China   Photos   Shanghai   US  
After Buying Spree, China Owns Stakes in Top U.S. Firms
| SHANGHAI - Flush with cash despite the global economic downturn, China's sovereign wealth fund quietly snapped up more than $9 billion worth of shares last year in some of the biggest American corpo... (photo: creative commons/ mreid0183)
The New York Times
MARCH 7 , 2009 , PASAY CITY , PHILIPPINES - ELECTRIC  PLANT  OF MANILA ELECTRIC CO ( MERALCO ) ALONG BUENDIA STATION MetroPac units to consolidate hold on Meralco
| Most Read Business Hyundai boss must pay $60 million for losses to firm Damned lies and statistics Gov't seen losing P55.5B in 2010 BPO sector generates $7.2B in revenues Citigroup to expand operati... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo) Inquirer
Companies   Meralco   Photos   Piltel   Shares  
A man walks past a screen showing the European stock markets fall in Paris, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008. The Paris stock exchange briefly suspended calculating the benchmark CAC-40 index on Wednesday amid a massive influx of sell orders that caused it to plummet nearly 8.2 percent, an exchange spokeswoman said. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)hg3 European stocks stabilize but debt fears linger
| People stand in front of the electronic stock board of a securities firm... | LONDON (AP) - Markets stabilized in Europe on Monday, but fell in Asia and the U.S., as investors weighed their fears of... (photo: AP / Thibault Camus) Breitbart
Asia   Greece   Market   Photos   US  
Top Stories
Brokers are seen under the curve of German stock index DAX at the stock market in Frankfurt, central Germany, Monday, Oct. 20, 2008. European stocks rally despite debt fears
| LONDON - European markets rebounded Monday as investors looked past a slump in Asia and set aside worries about debt problems in countries like Greece and Portugal to b... (photo: AP / Michael Probst) Houston Chronicle
Debt   London   Markets   Photos   Stock  
Traders check a screen on the floor of the stock market in Buenos Aires, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008. Argentine stocks opened higher after suffering a loss Monday amid growing concerns of a worldwide recession. European Stocks Follow Wall Street Higher
By MICHELE MAATOUK | European stocks opened higher Monday, taking their cue from a late rally on Wall Street Friday. | The U.K. FTSE 100 index rose 0.9% to 5106.10, Germa... (photo: AP / Eduardo Di Baia) Wall Street Journal
Business   Economy   Europe   Market   Photos  
Senator Panfilo Lacson shows the initial voice authentication analysis report during an opposition forum Thursday, June 23, 2005 in Manila where they play the audio recording of the purported conversation between President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and an election officer plotting to rig the 2004 election. Lacson said that if the voices are proven to be that of President Arroyo and election commissioner Virgilio Garcillano, he will demand the president's resignation. (AP Photo/Pat Roque) Ping seeks review of arrest warrant World cops asked to be on lookout
| DON’T call him a fugitive. | Alex Avisasado, legal counsel of Sen. Panfilo Lacson, yesterday said even if a warrant of arrest has been issued against the legislator, ... (photo: AP / Pat Roque) Malaya
Crime   Philippines   Photos   Senator   Warrant  
Malaysian born actress Angelica Lee Sinje Angelica is teary-eyed on big day
| PETALING JAYA: Malaysian actress-singer Angelica Lee Sin Jie has revealed that she was moved to tears during her wedding on Saturday. | "I was moved to tears when my pa... (photo: AP / Lai Seng Sin) The Star
Actress   Malaysia   Photos   Singer   Wedding  
Marc by Marc Jacobs in  Dubai Festival City 2010 Trend updates
| 02/08/2010 | Louis Vuitton’s New Age travelers’ look | For his Spring/Summer 2010 ready-to-wear collection for Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs hit the open road. His theme? ... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) The Daily Tribune
Celebrities   Entertainment   Fashion   Photos   Women  
Meralco Bill MPIC vows to pursue Meralco deal
| Most Read Business Damned lies and statistics Gov't seen losing P55.5B in 2010 In Pangasinan, there's now a town of milk and money Citigroup to expand operations in RP,... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) Inquirer
Business   Company   Meralco   Philippines   Photos  
Pedestrians wear masks as a precaution against the swine flu, in Sannomiya, Kobe, western Japan, Wednesday, May 20, 2009. Hong Kong reports 66th fatal case of A/H1N1 flu
HONG KONG: A 58-year-old man with diabetes and high blood pressure died in Hong Kong's North District Hospital days after he was found to have contracted A/H1N1 flu, brin... (photo: AP / Katsumi Kasahara) China Daily
Disease   Health   People   Photos   Society  
 Toyota Motor, Toyota, automaker, automobile, carmaker, japan car maker, vehicles, industry. tp1 Japan Inc.'s image has taken a hit
| TOKYO -- Toyota is the latest Japanese corporate icon making headlines for all the wrong reasons. | News of the automaker's massive vehicle recalls over faulty gas peda... (photo: WN/Theresa Poongan) The Roanoke Times
Automobile   Industry   Japan   Photos   Tokyo  
 Re-electionist Senator Panfilo Ping Lacson of the Genuine Opposition (GO) delivered his speech during the partys proclamation rally at Rizal Park in Davao City on March 8, 2007.            wnhires  (js1) Global manhunt on for Lacson
| MANILA, Philippines--The Interpol is seeing red. | Sen. Panfilo Lacson may be arrested on sight in any of the 188 member-countries of the International Criminal Police ... (photo: WN / janice) Inquirer
Interpol   Philippines   Photos   Police   Senator  
 Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina speaks at the opening session in the national parliament in Dhaka on Sunday, July 14, 1996. Bangladesh s new parliament convened Sunday with a stormy start marked by an opposition protest and the release from jail Hasina determined to bring to justice Mujib's killers
Dhaka: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has underlined her government's determination to bring to justice the fugitive killers of Bangladesh's founding leader Sheikh Mujibur ... (photo: AP Photo/Pavel Rahman) Zeenews
Crime   Hasina   Justice   Leader   Photos  
Ousted President Joseph Estrada, right, talks to his son Senator Jinggoy Estrada after the court hearing Wednesday, April 26, 2006 in suburban Quezon City, north of Manila, Philippines. Jinggoy Estrada last to see Lacson in Hong Kong
| MANILA, Philippines—Beleaguered Sen. Panfilo Lacson was last seen in public in Hong Kong just before the New Year. | Of all people, it was the senator's staunchest enem... (photo: AP / Pat Roque) Inquirer
Hong Kong   Manila   Philippines   Photos   Senator  
Society Politics
FEATURE - Iran's resistance keeps up cat-and-mouse web g
Seeing How Far $100, and a Bit of Creative Generosity, Can G
91% think new rich use govt connections
Loyalists stage show of strength on polls
Costa Rica's National Liberation Party presidential candidate Laura Chinchilla waves to supporters after voting at a polling station in San Jose, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010.
Costa Rica elects 1st woman president in landslide
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Li urges artists, writers to work for cultural prosperi
Xi urges further study of scientific development theory
N. Korea threatens South amid push for talks
6 injured in clash over water project
Chinese use computers at an Internet cafe in Beijing Thursday Feb. 8, 2007. China, regarded as the world's leading source of illegally copied movies and software, had only limited success during a four-month crackdown on Internet piracy and copyright infringement, an official said Thursday.
Beijing beefs up cyber-warfare capacity
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Media & News Sport
Portsmouth hopeful £1.8m payment will delay winding-up peti
Fans boo cancellation of soccer broadcasts
Portsmouth 'hopeful' of new deal
Brave new curriculum
Morgan Stanley Building
After Buying Spree, China Owns Stakes in Top U.S. Firms
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Fans boo cancellation of soccer broadcasts
Chinese art of reveling in another's pain
DHL golf gets going Raptors turn back Nets -->
Avram Grant insists he is not walking out on Pompey
Lalit Modi the Chairman and Commissioner of the Indian Cricket Premier League (IPL) speaks during the Global Sport Summit in London, Friday Oct. 23, 2008.
Overseas plans for IPL
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Entertainment Travel & Tourism
Seeing How Far $100, and a Bit of Creative Generosity, Can G
Pang's daughter in limelight after Sin Jie's nuptial
91% think new rich use govt connections
Crackdown on kidnap scams nets 17 suspects
Roman Polanski speaks at a press conference in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday Sept. 29, 2005. The 72-year-old Polanski, director of the Oscar-winning film "The Pianist," was in Warsaw to promote the film. The film is based on Dickens' classic tale of a young orphan turned pickpocket in the squalor of Victorian London.
Polanski, Scorsese Films to Debut at Berlin Festival
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National identity depends on culture, too
Chinese investors turn to Dubai
Winning photos of i-City to be used in Tourism Malaysia prom
N. Korea accuses S. Korea of plot amid push for nuclear talk
Haikou skyline, Hainan Province, China
Hainan fears real-estate bubbles - again
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