From the News! - Your Daily News » Finance http://fromthenews.net Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:35:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Foreign debt stock fell to $53.5B in Q3 http://fromthenews.net/foreign-debt-stock-fell-to-535b-in-q3.htm http://fromthenews.net/foreign-debt-stock-fell-to-535b-in-q3.htm#comments Sun, 28 Dec 2008 13:14:04 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=5219 Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines’ foreign debt burden fell by $1.3 billion in the third quarter to $53.5 billion from $54.8 billion in the previous quarter, as local borrowers reduced their foreign currency exposure in view of… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/foreign-debt-stock-fell-to-535b-in-q3.htm/feed 1 Banks’ exposure in property hits P224B http://fromthenews.net/banks%e2%80%99-exposure-in-property-hits-p224b.htm http://fromthenews.net/banks%e2%80%99-exposure-in-property-hits-p224b.htm#comments Fri, 26 Dec 2008 23:04:42 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=5199 Doris Dumlao
Philippine Daily Inquirer

The exposure of Philippine commercial banks to the real estate sector expanded in the third quarter despite the worsening US property downturn that triggered a global financial turmoil, the central bank reported.

It reached… Read the rest

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Central Luzon Desk

STA. RITA, Pampanga – A day after Christmas, 86-year-old Benjamin Mariano went to the Rural Bank of Sta. Rita in Barangay San Vicente here, wanting to get a word from the… Read the rest

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Philippine Star

The national inflation rate slid back to single-digit levels earlier than expected, dropping to 9.9 percent in November from 11.2 percent in October as prices of basic commodities fell in the wake of weakening oil… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/november-inflation-rate-drops-to-99-percent.htm/feed 0 After a layoff, a family learns to cope http://fromthenews.net/after-a-layoff-a-family-learns-to-cope.htm http://fromthenews.net/after-a-layoff-a-family-learns-to-cope.htm#comments Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:43:35 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=5079 CNET News

With the calendar winding down, the hours get hardest when Andy Erickson and his wife, Andrea, are forced to take out their checkbook and do the math.

“We see the finish line in December before we have to… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/after-a-layoff-a-family-learns-to-cope.htm/feed 0 Arroyo bares package for retrenched OFWs http://fromthenews.net/arroyo-bares-package-for-retrenched-ofws.htm http://fromthenews.net/arroyo-bares-package-for-retrenched-ofws.htm#comments Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:16:12 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=5078 Joel Guinto
INQUIRER.net

MANILA, Philippines — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has unveiled a “payback package” for overseas Filipino workers (OFW) who have been retrenched as a result of the global financial crisis, even as she belittled the layoffs… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/arroyo-bares-package-for-retrenched-ofws.htm/feed 0 PC shipments to grow just 3.8 percent in 2009 http://fromthenews.net/pc-shipments-to-grow-just-38-percent-in-2009.htm http://fromthenews.net/pc-shipments-to-grow-just-38-percent-in-2009.htm#comments Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:12:14 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=5076 Erica Ogg
cnet News

Analysts are readjusting their expectations for the PC industry next year, and it’s not looking good.

On Wednesday, IDC released an updated forecast for the number of PCs expected to be shipped next year. In… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/pc-shipments-to-grow-just-38-percent-in-2009.htm/feed 0 RP outsourcers: ‘Cautious optimism’ http://fromthenews.net/rp-outsourcers-%e2%80%98cautious-optimism%e2%80%99.htm http://fromthenews.net/rp-outsourcers-%e2%80%98cautious-optimism%e2%80%99.htm#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:59:11 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=5075 Alexander Villafania
INQUIRER.net

MANDALUYONG CITY, Philippines – Philippine-based outsourcing giants are now feeling effects of the US recession with some companies seeing a slowdown in demand for services, particularly on medical transcription and animation, industry executives said.

But some… Read the rest

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Agence France-Presse

GENEVA, Switzerland — Illegal immigration is likely to rise as the economic crisis continues and governments must do more to effectively manage the flow of labor, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/illegal-migration-may-rise-amid-crisis.htm/feed 0 How long, how deep is the US recession? http://fromthenews.net/how-long-how-deep-is-the-us-recession.htm http://fromthenews.net/how-long-how-deep-is-the-us-recession.htm#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:40:41 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=5071 Rob Lever
Agence France-Presse

WASHINGTON, United States — The United States officially joined the ranks of the recession-hit economies, but debate is still raging on how long and how deep the downturn will be.

The Business Cycle Dating Committee… Read the rest

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