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Diskarte Against Credit Cards Paranoia

If some of you are having sleepless nights, nightmares and are losing weight even without popping an Anoretix just because of credit card bills, I recommend paying Rene’s Diskarte a visit these days for practical legal remedies. Know your civil rights. (Apparently, in the Philippines, you’ve got several of them just in case you did not know.) Diskarte has enumerated ways to combat collection harrassments through legal means… continue reading here.

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Go Negosyo

That’s the title of the book and everyone on the publisher’s side has been busy promoting it - book signings, press releases and, yes, an audio van roaming around Ortigas Center playing the book’s jingle.

Go Negosyo is basically a compilation of stories of successful men and women who ventured in different businesses and succeeded. It’s a powerhouse cast from business elites to movie personalities, basically all about people who… continue reading here.

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It’s Dollar Weak!

The peso has gone way too stronger than the dollar for the past months and has not shown any signs of slowing down. It’s good news to businesses doing importation but poses a dilemma to families relying on OFW remittances, dollar account holders and BPOs among others.

I have almost signed up to a mutual fund program offered by Generali Pilipinas during the time when I asked them for 10 and… continue reading here.

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A Modern-Day Sweatshop?

The call center industry in the Philippines is reported to have the highest manpower turnover in the world. At 60 to 80 percent turnover rate, the country’s young billion-dollar industry is reeling from severe human resource losses and has known to employ aggressive campaigns to fill up its ranks with fresh and motivated talents.

BPO companies have been employing all sorts of tactical means to attract applicants in the same… continue reading here.

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How Futures Trading Started

If you’re a stock trade dummy like me, you’ll be amazed at how this seemingly intimidating futures trading started out as a simple buyer-seller exchange in the old times. When railroads were developed and industrial machines were invented to create mass production of good, sellers of wheat, for example, would travel to the city’s center with hopes of finding someone to buy his wheat. But lack of… continue reading here.

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