Millionaire Acts

Are you curious to know who are among the top Philippine companies in 2009? The Wall Street Journal recently conducted a survey of top 200 companies in Asia. Their project started in August 2008 when they compiled a lists of Asian companies traded on stock exchanges. A total of 2,622 executives and professionals participated in the survey. Based on their research, here are some of their findings when it comes to the top companies here in the Philippines: In OVERALL RANK, the country’s

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Be Optimistic! Be Positive! That’s one of the most common words that we keep on hearing from friends when we encounter failures and defeats. If you are inclined to be a pessimist, experts say to try to bite your tongue to stop those negative comments coming out, because everytime they come out, they’ll kill a bit of enthusiasm for life. A lot of times, it may be necessary to just pretend to be happy. So try to think of yourself as someone with a happy demeanor. Nevermind that you

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Sales proposals are very important for an entrepreneur to close a sale with a client. With the vast competition that entrepreneurs have nowadays, how can they write a winning sales proposal to be able to win a deal? A sales proposal is just the first communication that you want to establish with a client. Valuing one’s client should be intrinsic to every entrepreneur for them to become successful. Every entrepreneur should commit themselves in a philosophy of serving, and not merely

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Opportunity cost analysis is one of the main foundations used in making financial decisions. In strict accounting terms, opportunity cost is not really a cost or an expense. However, it maybe relevant in making decisions with financial repercussions. Wikipedia says that opportunity cost has been described as expressing the basic relationship between scarcity and choice. When you are torn between making decisions with mutually exclusive results, then one benefit should be sacrificed and

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Are you a reader of Good House Keeping Magazine? Last July 2009, I got my very first feature under their Money Makeover section. I was happy with the outcome and I was contacted again to further contribute to their growing number of readers.   And so since I knew that my second feature will come out this September, I urgently bought the magazine again to see how it goes. I bought one copy at the nearby Mini Stop in our office. The September 2009 issue Good House Keeping Magazine cover was no

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