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Apple’s iPhone: Buzz gone Bust?

Sunday, July 1st, 2007

Some juicy news and reviews on Apple’s iPhone (words from the naysayers and the praisemongers):
CNNMoney: One buyer’s tale of woe
C|Net: “As an iPod, it shines” but…
PCMag: “The best portable media player ever” but…
WSJ’s Walt Mossberg: the iPhone “a Breakthrough Hand-held Computer”
New York Times: iPhone matches *most of its* hype
More from the happy people of […]

Good News in the News!

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

After hearing about how Philippine media can be so pessimistic and cyncial, we find the following article in the news! Well, let’s all sit back and relish some good news for a change.
Note, however, the little snippet of ‘bad news’ (talk about black sheep) in the latter half of the piece. Hint: the line describes […]

Taipan Henry Sy believes, can’t we too?

Friday, June 29th, 2007

Many believe that we are a generation of disillusioned youth, a flock of nonbelievers, a mass of Filipinos-by-name who believe immigration is only a matter of when, not why; why not, not caring where so long as it is away from here.
Taipan Henry Sy relates to us in an interview with the Philippine Star his […]

M&A Spree, too Big? Not Quite

Sunday, June 24th, 2007

China Bank acquires 87.5% of Manila Bank. China Bank is partly owned by Henry Sy’s SM Investments Corporation, the same holding firm that owns majority shares of Henry Sy’s own Banco de Oro and BDO’s new acquisition Equitable PCI. Talk about an M&A craze. While some may now begin to make side comments to the […]

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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