http://money.roysville.com Money, finance and business news Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:35:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Because of the continuous growth of the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry in the Philippines, BPO firm StarTek Inc. plans to hire 1,000 people as it aims to fill up seats at its facility in Ortigas area which has a 2,100-seat capacity. Rod Spires, who was appointed to lead the operations ... http://money.roysville.com/2010/03/09/startek-hiring-more-call-center-agents/ Looking for new skills that you can turn into a business? Here's an interesting seminar on meat and fish processing. A one-day seminar on meat and fish processing will be conducted by the Golden Treasure Skills Development Program. It will be held at the PTTC, Department of Trade and Industry Bldg. ... http://money.roysville.com/2010/03/08/seminar-on-meat-and-fish-processing/ Iloilo City is one of the city identified as the Next Wave Cities (NWC) for business process outsourcing (BPO) firms by the Business Processing Association of the Philippines (BPAP) because of its attractive power, telecommunications, commercial, sea and airport infrastructure and it offers one of the lowest rental, power and ... http://money.roysville.com/2010/03/08/ayala-land-to-open-new-bpo-center-in-iloilo/ Now, here's a good suggestion. Presidential aspirant Gilberto "Gibo" Teodoro Jr. wanted bets bank accounts bared. The Lakas-Kampi-CMD standard-bearer said that the bank secrecy law should be lifted or at least be reviewed to help unmask the financial activities of politicians who are suspected to have links to the illegal drug ... http://money.roysville.com/2010/03/06/presidential-bets-bank-accounts/ At the closing of the week's trade this Friday, Peso inches up further as it closed at 46.05 against the US dollar, which is stronger than Thursday closing which is 46.09. The peso continued to appreciate as favorable investor sentiment boosted appetite for currencies of emerging Asian economies. Volume of Friday's ... http://money.roysville.com/2010/03/05/peso-continues-to-appreciate/ Planning of getting a franchise for a business? Here's an opportunity for you to learn the ropes on how to get a franchise here in the Philippines. There is a scheduled franchise seminar to be held tomorrow, March 7, 2010 at the Mang Inasal, Makati Ave. corner Jupiter Street in Makati. ... http://money.roysville.com/2010/03/04/franchising-seminar/ The Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF), commonly known as the Pag-IBIG, will be having a P12-billion bond offering starting next month. In an investors' meeting held recently were the bonds were launched, HDMF chief executive officer Jaime Fabiaña said the proceeds of the bonds would be used to refinance in maturing ... http://money.roysville.com/2010/02/24/pag-ibigs-p12-billion-bond-offering/ The Asian Development Bank is making funds available to Philippine traders via its $1-billion regional facility. To help traders get access to this fund, the ADB signed a trade finance agreement with five banks - Development Bank of the Philippines, Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co., Philippine National Bank, Rizal Commercial ... http://money.roysville.com/2010/02/23/five-banks-signed-trade-finance-agreement-with-adb/ The country continues to become an attractive place to invest, especially in the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector, because of the availability of qualified workforce and quality service areas. The ingredients that motivate Infosys BPO Ltd. to draw up plans to expand its presence in the country. The Philippine expansion of ... http://money.roysville.com/2010/02/19/bpo-firm-gears-up-for-expansion-in-the-philippines/ Online gaming publisher IP E-Game Ventures Inc. (IP E-Games) held its listing ceremony last February at the Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. (PSE) Wednesday. The PSE approved an initial introduction of 33,545,554 common shares under the Second Board of the PSE, last Feb. 1, 2010. On its first day of trading, share ... http://money.roysville.com/2010/02/19/ip-e-game-gets-listed-in-pse/