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Tax-free for free

Thursday, June 21st, 2007

I was in queue at the Espana branch of Security Bank yesterday noon, minding my own business for the most part, when I noticed the large tarp advertising the bank’s *totally tax-free* time deposits at an assured rate of return of 4.5% (or so) for a minumum deposit of 25,000php withdrawable after five years. 4.5% […]

The Lip Balm Predicament

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007

An unsolved problem whose solution could be quite lucrative–the lip balm predicament.
Generally, lip balms now come on sticks and in tubs. We quite aware how dirty the surface of our skin can be–where dirt here refers not only to germs, live little critters, but also dead skin cells, dead former parts of ourselves (!). Those […]

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