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Johnson & Johnson makes Philippines its global service center
Johnson & Johnson plans to expand operations in the Philippines to allow its service centers in the country to serve countries outside the Asia Pacific, said Dominic Caruso, the company’s chief financial officer. Caruso said pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson’s newly inaugurated $13.25-million Global Finance Services (GFS) in Parañaque City will be set up to [...]
May 11, 2011
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Tags: Asia, expansion, GFS, global service center, Johnson & Johnson, manufacturing operations, pharmaceutical, pharmacy, Philippines · Posted in: Announcement, Corporations, economy, Employment, finance, Health, investments, Job Opportunities, marketing, Medicine, Philippine business news, Philippines, Products
8th IFEX at SMX Convention Center this May
On May 12 to 14, the 8th International Food Exhibition (IFEX) Philippines will be held at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City. The event was announced by the Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions (CITEM), the organizer of the exhibit and an attached agency of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). An [...]
May 2, 2011
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Tags: food fair, IFEX, international food exhibit, Mall of Asia, SMX Convention Center · Posted in: Announcement, Consumers, Customer Service, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, innovation, International relations, investments, Job Opportunities, marketing, money, Opportunities, Philippine business news, Philippines, Products, promotions
Diesel price cut by Chevron and Shell
Diesel prices were reduced by P0.40 per liter on Tuesday morning by oil firms Pilipinas Shell and Chevron Philippines, prices of their gasoline and kerosene products, however, remained the same. Last week, the two companies, with SeaOil and Total, hiked petroleum prices by P0.25 to P0.70 per liter citing “market forces.” Motorists commented that the [...]
April 25, 2011
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Tags: Chevron, Department of Energy, gasoline price, oil firms, oil price, Petron, rollback, Shell, world oil price · Posted in: Announcement, Consumers, Corporations, Customer Service, OFWs, Philippine business news, Philippines, Pricing, Products
Free webinar on franchising
Here’s a primer on franchising for those who are planning to franchise, or wanted to start a business yet do not what business to get into. A free webinar on franchising will be conducted by Armando “Butz” O. Bartolome, a noted franchising guru in the country, tomorrow, April 26 at 10 a.m. The free webinar [...]
April 25, 2011
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Tags: business opportunity, franchising, free webinar, free webinar on franchising · Posted in: Announcement, business opportunity, franchise, Opportunities, Philippine business news, Philippines, Products, social network, Technology
Executive order to ban oil price hike
The government wanted to put a stop to the series of oil price hikes by oil firms by issuing an executive order to ban oil price increase. Justice Secretary Leila De Lima said they may resort to the “extreme legal measure” to cushion the effects of steadily rising oil prices. De Lima said, “Talking about [...]
April 20, 2011
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Tags: business news, Consumers, DOJ, Executive Order, legal, oil price hike, Philippines, price freeze · Posted in: Announcement, Consumers, Corporations, economy, finance, Government, Law, money, Philippine business news, Philippines, Pricing, Products
Prices of LPG went up on Holy Wednesday
Prices of LPG went up on Holy Wednesday. Starting Wednesday, prices of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) have gone up by P1/kilo or P11 per 11-kg tank after the recent fuel price hike by some oil firms. The LPG Marketers’ Association (LPGMA) said the price increase was due to the $45/metric ton increase in contract prices [...]
April 20, 2011
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Tags: Consumers, Filipino sacrifices, Holy Wednesday, LPG, LPGMA, oil price hike, prices · Posted in: Announcement, Consumers, Customer Service, economy, finance, Government, money, Philippine business news, Philippines, Pricing, Products
PAL reduced airfares for Filipino evacuees from Japan
Flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) slashed its fares by more than 30 percent to help Filipinos whom the Japanese authorities are forcing to evacuate from the leaking nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Prefecture. The discounted airfare will be for inbound flights from Narita, Japan. The new rate will be $335 from $500, for one-way trips [...]
April 19, 2011
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Tags: air travel, airfare, discounted airfare, Filipino, flag carrier, Japan, Lucio Tan, OFW, PAL, Philippine Airlines, promotion, reduced ticket price, travel · Posted in: Announcement, Customer Service, finance, Foreign exchange, Government, money, OFWs, People, Philippines, Pricing, Products, promotions, Transportation, Travel
BPI wins bidding for smartcards
The Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) has won the bidding by the Department of Energy (DOE) for the production of the smartcards for the “Pantawid Pasada” program of the government. The DOE said BPI topped four other bidders through a bidding done by the DOE’s Bids and Awards Committee. The memorandum of agreement (MOA) [...]
April 18, 2011
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Tags: bank, BPI, business news, Department of Energy, drivers, fuel subsidy, Pantawid Pasada, Philippines, public transporation, PUJs, PUVs, smartcard, transportatin · Posted in: Announcement, banking, Consumers, economy, finance, Government, innovation, money, Philippine banks, Philippines, Pricing, Products, Transportation
Oil companies raised prices of gasoline and diesel anew
Even before the “Pantawid Pasada” or the fuel subsidy could be implemented, another round of price increase has been slapped in the face of Filipinos by major oil players in the company. The price of diesel and gasoline were increased by P1.50 to P1.75 a liter and kerosene by P1.40 a liter. Companies who were [...]
April 12, 2011
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Tags: Chevron, diesel, fuel subsidy, gasoline, kerosene, oil price deregulations, oil price hike, oil prices, Pantawid Pasada, price increase, Shell, smartcard, Total · Posted in: Announcement, Consumers, economy, finance, money, Philippine business news, Philippines, Poverty, Pricing, Products, Transportation
Johnson & Johnson fined by US authorities for bribing doctors
The 5th largest company in the US in terms of market capitalization, Johnson & Johnson, was fined $70 million by the US authorities for bribing doctors in Europe and paying kickbacks for contracts under a UN relief program in Iraq. The US Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission said that since 1998, the [...]
April 10, 2011
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Tags: $70 million fine, bribery, Department of Justice, Johnson & Johnson, middle east, Oil for Food Program, Saddam Hussein, SEC · Posted in: finance, Government, International relations, Law, Medicine, money, Pricing, Products, World News
