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Former AIG chairman sees the PH as a ‘high growth area’
Former AIG Chairman Hank Greenberg praised the Philippines as one of the high growth areas in the world during his lecture last week on “The U.S.- Philippine relationship: A Heightened Importance” held at Fordham University. Greenberg who is currently the chairman and CEO of C.V. Starr and Company, spoke nostalgically about his days building up […]
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Women-, minority-owned businesses invited to attend investment forum
By Federico A. Espiritu An investment and entrepreneurship forum aimed at creating linkages among minority and women-owned businesses will be held in New York next month. The Foundation & Endowment Emerging Manager Round-Up Forum will take place on December 10th at the Ford Foundation and December 11th at Westin Grand Central, according to RG & […]
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Kosherfest expo to showcase banana chips, coco jam from the Philippines
Philippine food companies will be participating for the first time in Kosherfest 2012, the world’s largest kosher-certified products trade show to be held November 13 and 14 at Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, New Jersey. At least five companies will debut their products before top kosher supermarkets, restaurant and food service buyers, said Philippine Agriculture […]
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Investing in the Motherland
Tom Riggio, an apartment owner from Queens, visited the Philippines and parts of Asia in the 1970s and loved everything about the country – the idyllic rural life, the richly delicious food, the kindness and warmth of the Filipinos. On his second visit years later, he married a Filipino woman. Now separated and retired, Tom […]
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CEOs to mentor Filipino entrepreneurs
New York CEO and philanthropist Loida Nicolas Lewis leads a panel of U.S.-based business executives who will be mentoring Filipinos entrepreneurs on how to take their genius from local to global. The four days of brainstorming will take place October 5 to 8 at the Manila Peninsula in Makati City. Organized by the Philippine Development […]
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Best of both worlds for Gerard Araw, Wall Street banker and suburban family man
By Cristina DC Pastor Gerard Araw, the relationship manager for Commerzbank, probably speaks for many immigrant professionals who are trying to strike a balance between the traditions they grew up with and the alluring cosmopolitan lifestyle of New York. Gerard, 41, works in Lower Manhattan and goes home to his family in Springfield, New Jersey. […]
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Bankers offer financing advice to business owners
By Cristina DC Pastor “It felt like a checklist,” said Alicia Almendral, a family physician who has a private practice in the Bronx. “It’s very helpful.” Almendral was one of several entrepreneurs who were taking note as Citibank executives gave a presentation on “Setting Up Your Business” at the Philippine Center on Fifth Avenue. Donald […]
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Software developer shares Bloomberg’s vision for digital NYC
By Cristina DC Pastor Want to know how many people visit the Rockefeller Center every year or every hour? Maybe you’re curious about New York’s youngest, wealthiest mayors. And just who are the Canarsies? NYCFacets, an application that will put New York City at your fingertips, is nearing completion and scheduled to launch in October. […]
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Property of Edwin Josue
By Cristina DC Pastor Location, location, location may be real estate babble for success, but to Manila-born broker Edwin Josue, 57, it’s guts, discipline, patience that’s helped him to get ahead in the high-end property market. Edwin is a licensed associate real estate broker for Halstead Property, a topnotch property company, and an established realty […]