SUCK THE FINANCIAL CRISIS
Amid the gloom of a business summit at a time of financial crisis, former U.S. President Bill Clinton managed to deliver an upbeat message, telling delegates, “This is still a good time to be alive.” “This financial crisis proves, as nothing else should or could, the fundamental fact that global interdependence is more important than...
I am MANOLO LOPEZ
His driver now takes the initiative of opening his door once the Volvo stops to dislodge him. From the darkened rear of his top-of-the-line car, by Manila standards, he could see the sharp silhouettes of his Pillars of Makati, the well-appointed Rockwell. From across the Pasig River, he covets the 5-hectare detritus that was once...
AT LAWYER’S END
Leading law firm victim of scam By PURPLE S. ROMERO, abs-cbnNEWS.com/Newsbreak 01/05/2009 9:40 PM The biggest law firm in the country allegedly fell victim to a multi-million-peso scam. Sources in other law firms told abs-cbnNEWS.com/Newsbreak that Sycip Salazar Hernandez Gatmaitan, one of the leading local law firms, was duped by a foreign client into advancing...