For complete list of INQUIRER.net RSS Feed visit http://services.inquirer.net/rss/rss.php http://services.inquirer.net/rss/money_topstories.xml 2010-02-10T17:05:41+08:00 text/html http://business.inquirer.net/money/topstories/view/20100209-252253/Auto-industry-posted-34-sales-growth-in-January Vehicle sales reached 11,763 units in January, a 33.8-percent improvement from the 8,791 units sold in the same month last year. text/html http://business.inquirer.net/money/topstories/view/20100209-252252/BSP-seen-raising-policy-rate-in-Q2 HSBC expects a pickup in interest rates as early as the second quarter, saying the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas will likely raise its key policy or borrowing rate by then in response to faster rise in consumer prices. text/html http://business.inquirer.net/money/topstories/view/20100209-252251/BPO-company-adds-2100-seats Riding the expansion bandwagon, , business process outsourcing firm StarTek Inc. is adding another 2,100 seats to its operations, via a new site at the Ortigas Center. text/html http://business.inquirer.net/money/topstories/view/20100209-252249/09-Customs-collection-falls-19-short-of-goal Collection of import duties fell short by P52 billion in 2009 as the value of inbound cargoes plunged by about a fifth to P2.3 trillion, according to Customs Commissioner Napoleon L. Morales. text/html http://business.inquirer.net/money/topstories/view/20100209-252248/Pacifica-to-bid-for-power-projects Publicly listed Pacifica Inc. plans to bid for two more independent power producer administrator (IPPA) contracts as well as other government-owned power plant assets this year. text/html http://business.inquirer.net/money/topstories/view/20100209-252247/Easycall-profit-dips-sets-rights-offer Profits of former pager industry leader Easycall Communications Philippines Inc. fell two-thirds in 2009 from the year before due to lower income from its investment in a local business process outsourcing (BPO) giant. text/html http://business.inquirer.net/money/topstories/view/20100209-252246/Buyers-beware THE WHO’S WHO ROSTER OF MANIla Golf and Country Club members has been reduced by at least one prominent personality after businessman Benjamin Bitanga was “removed” from the elite group last month. text/html http://business.inquirer.net/money/topstories/view/20100209-252245/Shell-unit-to-spend-85M-in-RP-oil-project Shell Philippines Exploration is spending about $85 million to drill two new exploration wells within its petroleum service contracts in offshore Palawan. text/html http://business.inquirer.net/money/topstories/view/20100209-252244/New-investor-group-buys-LMG-Chemicals-for-P354M A LITTLE KNOWN LOCAL HOLDing company, Sonato Inc., has acquired a 99.8-percent stake in publicly listed industrial chemical manufacturer LMG Chemicals Corp. for P353.67 million. text/html http://business.inquirer.net/money/topstories/view/20100209-252242/Stocks-continue-to-weaken-on-Wall-Street-slide Local stocks plummeted further Tuesday following the Wall Street bloodbath that has been caused by concerns on some fiscally troubled European nations. text/html http://business.inquirer.net/money/topstories/view/20100209-252241/Tax-court-split-on-Shells-bid-to-stop-import-seizure The Court of Tax Appeals is split on whether or not to issue the suspension order sought by Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp. to stop the Bureau of Customs from seizing the oil company’s oil imports.