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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:09:11 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Is the US Recession Good For The Philippines?]]></title>
<link>http://www.philippinesnewsvote.com/Economy/Is_the_US_Recession_Good_For_The_Philippines/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:09:11 EDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>burgerking</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Call Center industry booms in the Philippines while US economy suffers.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Philippines: Stocks and peso plunge.]]></title>
<link>http://www.philippinesnewsvote.com/Economy/Philippines_Stocks_and_peso_plunge-/</link>
<comments>http://www.philippinesnewsvote.com/Economy/Philippines_Stocks_and_peso_plunge-/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:34:12 EDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>burgerking</dc:creator>
<category>Economy</category>
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<description><![CDATA[&quot;This is from Malaya. The financial crisis is being globalised. From the Philippines to Iceland. In fact Iceland seems to be much worse off than the<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Effect of Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy in the Philippines]]></title>
<link>http://www.philippinesnewsvote.com/Economy/Effect_of_Lehman_Brothers_Bankruptcy_in_the_Philippines/</link>
<comments>http://www.philippinesnewsvote.com/Economy/Effect_of_Lehman_Brothers_Bankruptcy_in_the_Philippines/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:24:10 EDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>sunshine</dc:creator>
<category>Economy</category>
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<description><![CDATA[&quot;When the issue of bankruptcy of one of America's banking leaders Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. broke in the Philippines, many thought or even convi<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The U.S. Financial Crisis and the Philippinesa4 Economic Debacle]]></title>
<link>http://www.philippinesnewsvote.com/Economy/The_U-S-_Financial_Crisis_and_the_Philippinesrsquo_Economic_Debacle/</link>
<comments>http://www.philippinesnewsvote.com/Economy/The_U-S-_Financial_Crisis_and_the_Philippinesrsquo_Economic_Debacle/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:10:07 EDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Maggie</dc:creator>
<category>Economy</category>
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<description><![CDATA[&quot;The opposing views proliferating in the media on whether the U.S. financial meltdown will have an extensive impact on the Philippine economy are ex<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Philippines answers the call to prosperity]]></title>
<link>http://www.philippinesnewsvote.com/Economy/Philippines_answers_the_call_to_prosperity/</link>
<comments>http://www.philippinesnewsvote.com/Economy/Philippines_answers_the_call_to_prosperity/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:22:48 EDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>garfield</dc:creator>
<category>Economy</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Canadian companies see opportunity in country's rise in offshore services<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dueterium, the Hope of the Philippines?]]></title>
<link>http://www.philippinesnewsvote.com/Economy/Dueterium_the_Hope_of_the_Philippines/</link>
<comments>http://www.philippinesnewsvote.com/Economy/Dueterium_the_Hope_of_the_Philippines/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:46:35 EDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jasperCruz</dc:creator>
<category>Economy</category>
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<description><![CDATA[&quot;The world's largest deposit of deuterium, which can replace most forms of fuel in powering engines, can be found in the Marianas and Philippine tr<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Optimistic view of the Philippines]]></title>
<link>http://www.philippinesnewsvote.com/Economy/Optimistic_view_of_the_Philippines/</link>
<comments>http://www.philippinesnewsvote.com/Economy/Optimistic_view_of_the_Philippines/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:26:48 EDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Maggie</dc:creator>
<category>Economy</category>
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<description><![CDATA[&quot;...I don't think these people see the positive factors. They are not looking at the empirical evidence, which is positive. I would also argue that<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why people STILL have money]]></title>
<link>http://www.philippinesnewsvote.com/Economy/Why_people_STILL_have_money/</link>
<comments>http://www.philippinesnewsvote.com/Economy/Why_people_STILL_have_money/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:39:34 EDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>burgerking</dc:creator>
<category>Economy</category>
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<description><![CDATA[&quot;With the doubling of rice and oil prices early this year from their year-ago levels and the raging US subprime mortgage crisis (which erupted in Au<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Filipinos richer than they think]]></title>
<link>http://www.philippinesnewsvote.com/Economy/Filipinos_richer_than_they_think/</link>
<comments>http://www.philippinesnewsvote.com/Economy/Filipinos_richer_than_they_think/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:22:32 EDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jordan</dc:creator>
<category>Economy</category>
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<description><![CDATA[&quot;It is perhaps one of the best-kept secrets of the Philippines. The country is bigger and richer than at least 160 of the 192 member states of the U<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Good news: RP outsourcing industry needs extra 420,000 workers by 2010]]></title>
<link>http://www.philippinesnewsvote.com/Economy/Good_news_RP_outsourcing_industry_needs_extra_420000_workers_by_2010-1/</link>
<comments>http://www.philippinesnewsvote.com/Economy/Good_news_RP_outsourcing_industry_needs_extra_420000_workers_by_2010-1/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:09:25 EDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>amy</dc:creator>
<category>Economy</category>
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<description><![CDATA[&quot;MANILA-The Philippine outsourcing industry will need an extra 420,000 workers within the next two years as it bids to become one of the world's le<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[More Workers Hired Than Laid Off in Metro Manila]]></title>
<link>http://www.philippinesnewsvote.com/Economy/More_Workers_Hired_Than_Laid_Off_in_Metro_Manila/</link>
<comments>http://www.philippinesnewsvote.com/Economy/More_Workers_Hired_Than_Laid_Off_in_Metro_Manila/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:47:48 EDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rainbow</dc:creator>
<category>Economy</category>
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<description><![CDATA[&quot;Despite the economic slowdown brought about by the unabated increases in food and fuel prices and the U.S.-led global recession, more workers were <br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cost of Living in the Philippines in 2008]]></title>
<link>http://www.philippinesnewsvote.com/Economy/Cost_of_Living_in_the_Philippines_in_2008/</link>
<comments>http://www.philippinesnewsvote.com/Economy/Cost_of_Living_in_the_Philippines_in_2008/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:35:36 EDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bungee</dc:creator>
<category>Economy</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Nice breakdown of our daily costs...<br/><br/>18 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[P5 rollback of fuel prices till September]]></title>
<link>http://www.philippinesnewsvote.com/Economy/P5_rollback_of_fuel_prices_till_September/</link>
<comments>http://www.philippinesnewsvote.com/Economy/P5_rollback_of_fuel_prices_till_September/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:10:12 EDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>wilbur</dc:creator>
<category>Economy</category>
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<description><![CDATA[&quot;An independent oil player said price cuts on petroleum products starting Thursday could go as much as P5 per liter until September due to the decli<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[26 UP economists urge govt to back population bill]]></title>
<link>http://www.philippinesnewsvote.com/Economy/26_UP_economists_urge_gov%C2%92t_to_back_population_bill/</link>
<comments>http://www.philippinesnewsvote.com/Economy/26_UP_economists_urge_gov%C2%92t_to_back_population_bill/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:01:20 EDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>SusanLee</dc:creator>
<category>Economy</category>
<guid>http://www.philippinesnewsvote.com/Economy/26_UP_economists_urge_gov%C2%92t_to_back_population_bill/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;MANILA, Philippines-Economists of the University of the Philippines, including three former socioeconomic planning secretaries, Wednesday backed th<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Half million Filipino families go hungry for at least a day]]></title>
<link>http://www.philippinesnewsvote.com/Economy/Half_million_Filipino_families_go_hungry_for_at_least_a_day/</link>
<comments>http://www.philippinesnewsvote.com/Economy/Half_million_Filipino_families_go_hungry_for_at_least_a_day/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:34:13 EDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jenny1976</dc:creator>
<category>Economy</category>
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<description><![CDATA[An estimated 3 percent of Filipino households, or 530,000 households, had one or more of their members [went] without food for at least one whole day<br/><br/>19 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Singaporea4s model for success was Philippines]]></title>
<link>http://www.philippinesnewsvote.com/Economy/Singaporersquos_model_for_success_was_Philippines/</link>
<comments>http://www.philippinesnewsvote.com/Economy/Singaporersquos_model_for_success_was_Philippines/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:34:16 EDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>wilbur</dc:creator>
<category>Economy</category>
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<description><![CDATA[But perhaps no one-certainly not the Philippines or the other Southeast Asian countries-will fail to notice Singapore's place on the world economic m<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[High prices forcing Pinoys to spend less for food]]></title>
<link>http://www.philippinesnewsvote.com/Economy/High_prices_forcing_Pinoys_to_spend_less_for_food/</link>
<comments>http://www.philippinesnewsvote.com/Economy/High_prices_forcing_Pinoys_to_spend_less_for_food/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:10:46 EDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>burgerking</dc:creator>
<category>Economy</category>
<guid>http://www.philippinesnewsvote.com/Economy/High_prices_forcing_Pinoys_to_spend_less_for_food/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[More and more Filipino families are spending less on food these days to cope with the rising prices of basic commodities, according to a nationwide s<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Philippines losing IT professionals to migration]]></title>
<link>http://www.philippinesnewsvote.com/Economy/Philippines_losing_IT_professionals_to_migration/</link>
<comments>http://www.philippinesnewsvote.com/Economy/Philippines_losing_IT_professionals_to_migration/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 02:51:09 EDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jumpy</dc:creator>
<category>Economy</category>
<guid>http://www.philippinesnewsvote.com/Economy/Philippines_losing_IT_professionals_to_migration/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Philippines loses one qualified IT or information technology professional for every two it employs, even as only 25 percent of graduates of IT an<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Prices of bread to go up with flour price increase]]></title>
<link>http://www.philippinesnewsvote.com/Economy/Prices_of_bread_to_go_up_with_flour_price_increase/</link>
<comments>http://www.philippinesnewsvote.com/Economy/Prices_of_bread_to_go_up_with_flour_price_increase/</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 05:33:05 EDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>burgerking</dc:creator>
<category>Economy</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Prices of pan de sal, the rounded bread often eaten by Filipinos during breakfast, is expected to go up after flour millers announced that they would<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Legitimacy and the VAT]]></title>
<link>http://www.philippinesnewsvote.com/Economy/Legitimacy_and_the_VAT/</link>
<comments>http://www.philippinesnewsvote.com/Economy/Legitimacy_and_the_VAT/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 01:21:58 EDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>superstar</dc:creator>
<category>Economy</category>
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<description><![CDATA[There are many reasons for the growing clamor to reduce the value-added tax (VAT) on oil products. But the two most important are: first, because the<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Inflation rate in July near 12%]]></title>
<link>http://www.philippinesnewsvote.com/Economy/Inflation_rate_in_July_near_12/</link>
<comments>http://www.philippinesnewsvote.com/Economy/Inflation_rate_in_July_near_12/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:41:01 EDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>zohan</dc:creator>
<category>Economy</category>
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<description><![CDATA[The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas expects inflation in July to be close to 12 percent, driven mainly by high oil prices and increases in wage and trans<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Crazy: Gas Prices More Expensive in the Philippines Than in the US]]></title>
<link>http://www.philippinesnewsvote.com/Economy/Crazy_Gas_Prices_More_Expensive_in_the_Philippines_Than_in_the_US/</link>
<comments>http://www.philippinesnewsvote.com/Economy/Crazy_Gas_Prices_More_Expensive_in_the_Philippines_Than_in_the_US/</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:40:26 EDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NewsBoy</dc:creator>
<category>Economy</category>
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<description><![CDATA[According to the US government, the average price of gasoline is somewhere around $4.11 per gallon. That means Americans are paying an average of… 47<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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