Archive for the ‘Foreign exchange’ Category
Puregold sets IPO date to September 21
The Puregold Price Club Inc. will launch its initial public offering (IPO) on September 21, 2011. The supermarket chain hopes to raise P12.4 billion in its IPO which it will use for its planned expansion. The IPO, which is only the second in the country this year, was approved by the Philippine Stocks Exchange for [...]
August 28, 2011
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Tags: business news, finance, initial public offering, investment, IPO, money, Philippines, PSE, shares of stocks, stocks · Posted in: Announcement, Business News, Corporations, economy, Foreign exchange, IPO, marketing, money, Opportunities, Philippine business news, Philippines, Pricing, Products, promotions
Convergys hiring 5,000 more employees
Business process outsourcing (BPO) firm Convergys is hiring 5,000 more employees for its new contact centers in Cebu and Baguio city. The Camp John Hay site, which formally opened last July 27, is Convergys Corp.’s 15th site and offers hope for many Filipinos who are looking for a job. Convergys president and chief operations officer [...]
July 30, 2011
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Posted in: Announcement, BPO, Business News, business opportunity, Call Centers, Career, communications, Corporations, Customer Service, e-commerce, economy, Employment, finance, Foreign exchange, Health, innovation, investments, Job Opportunities, Opportunities, Philippine business news, Philippines, Technology
Call center conference slated this August
A call center conference will be held at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City this August. Spearheaded by the Contact Center of Philippines (CCAP), this year’s International Contact Center Conference Expo 2011 will have the theme “Sustaining the Lead, Expanding Opportunities and it will be on August 2 and 3, 2011. The conference aims [...]
July 30, 2011
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Tags: BPO, business news, business process outsourcing, Call Center, CCAP, conference and expo, outsourcing, Philippines · Posted in: BPO, Business News, Call Centers, Career, communications, e-commerce, economy, Foreign exchange, innovation, International relations, marketing, Philippine business news, Philippines, Technology, Tourism
iRemit opens shop in Italy
The largest Filipino-owned non-bank remittance firm, iRemit, opens shop in Italy as part of its aggressive overseas expansion. I-Remit Inc. said its unit iRemit Global Remittance Limited was able to obtain authorization from the Financial Services in London and Banca D’Italia of Italy to convert its office in Rome into a branch. Operations will start [...]
July 29, 2011
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Tags: foreign exhange, iRemit, Italy, money, OFW, remittance · Posted in: Announcement, Business News, economy, finance, Foreign exchange, money, Philippine business news, Philippines, Remittance
PDIC has a new president
The Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC) has a new chief. The new PDIC president, in the person of Valentin A. Araneta, took his oath of office before Finance Secretary and PDIC Chairman Cesar V. Purisima in a simple ceremony held at the Office of the Finance Secretary. Araneta was a former president or Rizal Commercial [...]
June 19, 2011
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Tags: bank, banking, business news, new PDIC chief, PDIC, Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp., Valentin Araneta · Posted in: Announcement, banking, Business News, finance, Foreign exchange, Government, money, People, Philippine banks, Philippine business news, Philippines
New CDC head wants theme park inside Clark
Former Clark Development Corporation (CDC) chief Benigno Ricafort formally turned over stewardship of the Clark Freeport Zone to new CDC head Felipe Antonio Remollo who officially assumed the post last Monday. A member of the Liberal Party, Remollo had been mayor of Dumaguete City in Negros Oriental from 1998 to 2001. He resigned recently from [...]
May 4, 2011
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BSP to convert Libyan dinar until June 30 only
The Monetary Board of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said it will terminate the Currency Exchange Facility (CEF) for Libyan dinars. The facility was established in March to help overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) displaced by the strife in the North African country. With the CEF, each OFW may exchange up to P10,000 worth of Libyan [...]
April 29, 2011
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Tags: bank, banking, BSP, exchange rate, foreign currency, Foreign exchange, forex, Libyan dinar, money, OFWs, Philippines · Posted in: Announcement, banking, Consumers, e-commerce, finance, Foreign exchange, Government, International relations, money, OFWs, Philippine banks, Philippine business news, Philippines
Money transfer company offers free Pacquiao-Mosley fight on TV
Get to watch the Pacquiao-Mosley fight for free on TV! This is the exciting promo of money transfer company Xoom.com, as partnered with DIRECTV, to offer its first time customers to watch the Manny Pacquiao versus Shane Mosley fight on May 7, 9 p.m. (ET) for free on DIRECTV Pay-Per-View (PPV). The PPV offer is [...]
April 23, 2011
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Chevron cuts oil prices a day after increasing them
A day after increasing prices, oil giant Chevron Philippines rolled back prices of its oil products effective noon of Wednesday, April 20, 2011. At 12 noon, Chevron (formerly Caltex) slashed prices of unleaded gasoline by P0.60 per liter, diesel by P0.25 per liter, kerosene by P0.40 liter and regular gasoline by P0.70 per liter. The [...]
April 20, 2011
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Tags: Chevron, Department of Energy, DOE, gasoline prices, oil players, Petron, price rollback, Seaoil, Shell, world oil prices · Posted in: Announcement, Consumers, Corporations, economy, Foreign exchange, Government, marketing, money, Philippine business news, Philippines, Pricing, Transportation
Job opportunities on Labor Day job fairs
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said there are more than 100,000 job opportunities available for jobseekers this coming Labor Day. DOLE Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz confirmed last Monday that there are 1,000 companies and recruitment agencies who would be offering both local and foreign employment opportunities at the different Jobs and Livelihood Fairs across [...]
April 19, 2011
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Tags: displaced OFWs, DOLE, Employment, job fair, Job Opportunities, jobseekers, Labor Day, new graduates, OFWs, Philippines · Posted in: Announcement, BPO, Call Centers, Career, e-commerce, economy, Employment, Foreign exchange, franchise, Government, International relations, Job Opportunities, Labor, OFWs, Opportunities, People, Philippines, Working Students
