Investor’s visa to the United States come in other forms than the 5th Preference employment-based category which requires an investment of one million dollars. This particular type of visa requires an investment of one million dollars. Pretty hefty for a Filipino investor. There is actually another type called E visa that does not require this […]

Despite the current financial slack that has adversely affected most industries from manufacturing to banking, the call center industry is still expanding. Recruiters for call centers and outsourcing providers in the Philippines are still at work looking for talents who can meet the demand. In fact, according to Gigi Virata, research chief of the Business […]

In the Philippine corporate world, shares of stock are traded and transferred everyday from one hand to another, whether in the stock exchange by public trading, or through private transactions. We are going to discuss transfer of shares not traded nor listed in the stock exchange.
First off, certain documentary requirements need to be met in […]

In President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s State of the Nation Address, she mentioned that jobs in the next years must be generated. But a year after her SONA, results from Statistics seem to be in opposition with her statement.
A recorded 7.3 million underemployed and 2.7 million unemployed Filipinos in July shows that the President’s promise is […]

The Malacañang needs to consider tweaking taxes and its incentives system if it wants to address investor concerns regarding the country’s poor infrastructure.
This was according to Reza Beqir, a resident representative of the International Monetary Fund or IMF, on the occasion of the release of a UN report pointing to a low performing Philippines.
Mr. Baqir […]

Several people have invested into the clean, renewable energy in recent years. During the year of 2007, global wind energy capacity grew by 27% and solar energy sales grew an estimated of 50%.
A report coming from the Ernst & Young offers insight into where future growth is likely to occur by examining a variety […]

According to Thomas Harpointner, “businesses already have cut back on postal use, the rate increase is making the press but now, they are raising the rates annually.”
E-mail, is being used to virtually every type of business. But there are some things that cannot be sent through e-mail so, is there a way for those types […]

People act as a co-maker or guarantor of a loan for various reasons. But mostly it is either they are being asked by a friend who is in dire need of the loan and they can’t say no, or it is because they are really ignorant as far as their participation or liability in the […]

Good news to all young entrepreneurs! Once passed into law in the House of Representatives, House Bills 5468 will require banks to allot five percent of their loanable funds to young entrepreneurs. This is done to encourage entrepreneurship among the youths.
This bill also grants college students and new graduates access to a financial window which […]

Children are a great target market, that’s why most businesses’ marketing efforts are geared towards them. This is most especially true this coming Christmas season, as children are expecting to receive gifts in this time. Absorbing the impact of these marketing ploy are the parents, who oftentimes give in to their children’s nagging for various […]

Exxon Mobil Corporation, the largest oil company in the United States surges past the analysts’ estimates having a posted net income pf $14.83 billion and sets a national record for quarterly profit
The leading oil company cited that from $9.41 billion or $1.70 per share to $14.83 billion or $2.86 per share in their third-quarter net […]

This is a very optimistic take on the current economic condition of the Philippines, what with the financial crisis and all. It should be noted that the whole proposal of the new Filipino family being middle-class – 10 million of them – as compared to that of an American middle-class family whose assets are practically […]

As popularized from the 2000 film, A Boiler Room is a lead-generating system usually characterized by large groups of people working in cubicles making cold calls to consumers in order to gauge interest in real estate investments, insurance products, refinance offers, or any number of other products. The leads are then sold to professionals for […]

House Bill 5241, or the “Investments and Incentives Code of the Philippines” being sponsored by Philippine House Speaker Prospero Nograles seeks to codify various incentive-giving laws and statutes to enhance the country’s investment strategies and programs with the aim to attract foreign investments.
To compete for development capital in the global market, Speaker Nograles believes […]

Economy in the regional level may not immediately feel the impact of the global financial crisis but business leaders in Negros Oriental warned that its effects may be felt by next year. According to Councilor Manuel Sagarbarria, who is also the president of the Negros Oriental Chamber of Commerce and Industry is confident that the […]

The associated director of the ratings agency Standard & Poor’s Agost Bernard has been painting the town red with the glowing remarks of Arroyo administration.
“The Philippines is ‘lucky’ because they made necessary adjustments and reforms when times were still good. They are now facing global market problems and economic slowdown from considerably improved position compared […]

“Yes, The Filipino Can! Awards” recognizes eleven outstanding Filipinos –men, women and institutions – at NBC Tent in Taguig. RFM Corporation will give the said award.
In the celebration of their 50 golden years in industry, the award will recognize Filipinos who have greatly contributed to improving lives and empowering their countrymen. It will lead by […]

Now, the clients, policy holders, subscribers, as well stockholders and all others with interest can rest and sleep soundly at night because Philam Insurance Company will not be up for sale. Philam Insurance Company, Inc. will not be part of the Philippine assets that the American International Group (AIG), which currently in financial trouble, […]

“As it competes to more prosperous Asian neighbors and facing global financial crisis, Philippines should need to upgrade its business climate to allure foreign investors in investing in our homeland,” said by an international think tank.
Southeast Asia of the Economist Intelligence Unit director, Justin Wood said that the Philippine investment climate is “too dubious, too […]

According to Business Processing Association of the Philippines (BPAP) executive director Maria Jamea Garcia, Philippines is well positioned to corner a 10 % share of the global outsourcing and offshoring market by 2010, with a likely revenues of $13 billion adding direct employment of almost 1 million workers.
Mindanao continues to develop business environment that can […]