THE BOTTOMLINE>CAR INSURANCE Buying a Car Insurance Policy Protect yourself against loss due to road accidents and car theft. Here’s a primer on auto insurance By Arlyn W. Cheng, LUTCF, CIS Do you know that road accidents are now the fourth leading cause of death in the country? Based on the 2006 report of the [...]

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SMART SPENDER>BEST VALUE FOR MONEY Choosing Your Broadband Internet Provider The choices for high-speed Internet access have expanded beyond cable and DSL to wireless broadband. So which one is best for you? By Sherwin Chan It was bound to happen. It was never a question of why, only a reckoning of when. Tommy mustered all [...]

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Recession Proof Your Career Secure your post – here’s your survival guide against lay-offs and retrenchments By Felicisimo A. Tejuco, Jr. The debate on whether recession has hit the country may go on but the lay-off of employees from export industries (for instance, the highly publicized retrenchment of semiconductor workers) has generated fears and anxiety [...]

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MY MONEY STORY Bossa Nova Music By Sitti as told to Excel V. Dyquiangco Photos by Wilson Chua Not many people know that there are a lot of underground bossa nova singers even before I burst on the scene. Eileen Sison and the Guarana Band, for example, started their repertoire way back in 2001. Touted [...]

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EXPERT ADVICE>FINANCIAL PLANNER By Henry Ong, RFP® Tax-Advantaged Investments The more infamous four-letter words in our vocabulary are those that cannot be uttered in front of children. But there are also four-letter words and acronyms that deserve to be mentioned especially in front of children. Yet, they are commonly disregarded when it comes to personal [...]

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