Google stock price at $4,488?

Did the Google (Stock Code: GOOG) stock really trade yesterday at $4,488.24?

Philippine major daily GMANews.tv reported last night (see screenshot of online article below) that the stock price of the number one search engine in the world reached $4,488.24 — a big increase considering that Google’s price recently hovers within the $500 range only.

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Discourteous bank managers and staff of BDO

In this day and age, can you really judge a person’s financial capability based merely on appearance?

Some staff of Banco de Oro (BDO), one of the country’s leading banks, seem to think they can.

Several PMT members narrated in the forum’s Discriminating BDO bank manager thread how they were treated differently or, worse, badly just because they visited a BDO branch with an “unprofessional” attire or look.

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‘N Sync creator ordered to repay scam victims $300 million

It looks like the victims of scammer and boy band creator Lou Pearlman won’t have to sing Bye, Bye, Bye to their money.

This week, a US court ordered Lou Pearlman, creator of the popular boy bands ‘N Sync and Backstreet Boys, to repay as much as $300 million to the more than 1,000 people he swindled in his Ponzi scam and fraudulent investment programs.

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Top 50 Pinoy blogs based on Alexa (July 2008)

Here it is! The July 2008 update of the list of Top Philippine Blogs which we have been tracking for four months now.

The rankings are primarily based on Alexa.com’s 3-month traffic rank.

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Philippine market news and economic recap: July 7-11, 2008

Update on the Philippine market and other economic news, for the week ended July 7 to 11, 2008.

Total export earnings up but exports of electronic products decline

The country’s export earnings for the month of May went up by 2.3% to US$4.22 billion from US$4.13 billion in the same period last year. However, exports of electronic products, which accounted for 58.6% of total export earnings in May, decreased by 3.4% to US$2.47 billion from US$2.56 billion in the same period last year. The decline in electronics exports was attributed to the slowdown in the demand for electronic products, especially semiconductors, which recorded a decrease of 7.1%.

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10 more umobile invite codes for FREE!

Two weeks ago, I received my umobile phone SIM card. The sad fact, though, is I haven’t opened the package yet because of my hectic schedule. I promised myself I’ll unbox it this weekend and will try to use this new mobile phone network. I’ll post a review of umobile once I’ve tested it.

For the meantime, I’m giving away 10 more free invite codes. I logged into my umobile online account earlier and found 10 more invitation codes to give away.

If you are one of the first 10 commenters to post below, you’re on your way to becoming the next umobile subscriber.

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Western Union to charge 0.15% tax on remittances

The good news is that the additional 0.15% tax on all incoming overseas remittances was supposed to start May 30, 2008 but, until now, this has not been implemented.

The bad news is that the collection of this tax will start anytime soon.

Last week when I picked up my Google Adsense earnings from Western Union, they told me that the additional Documentary Stamp Tax (DST) tax on remittances will start “sometime this June.”

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No more jobs abroad for Filipino nurses?

Planning to take up Nursing so you can earn a lot when you practice the profession outside of the Philippines?

Think again, because if the decreasing demand for Filipino nurses continues, you may not be able to work abroad anymore.

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Best Performing Mutual Funds (2nd Quarter 2008)

Here is a list of mutual funds in the country ranked according to their performance from the start of 2008 until the end of the second quarter (end-June 2008).

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