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Manny Pangilinan to buy Philippine Airlines (PAL)?

Manny V. Pangilinan (MVP) is on a buying spree.
Through his holding firm Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPI), MVP acquired the following:

telecommunication company PLDT in 1988;
water concessionaire Maynilad in 2006;
the Manila North Tollways in 2008;
the Philippines’ largest mining company Philex in 2009
power distribution company Meralco in 2009;
hospital Makati Medical Center in 2009;
broadcast network ABC5 (now TV5) also in 2009

Now it appears that MVP wants to add in this portfolio another company that is significant to most Filipinos. Rumor has it that he is already in talks to buy the country’s flag carrier, Philippine Airlines or PAL.

Agri-Nurture (ANI) buys Big Chill fruit juice company

Food producer and trader Agri-Nurture Inc. (ANI) recently announced it is acquiring a majority stake in The Big Chill Inc. (TBC), a local seller of fruit juice and food products.
In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, ANI said it would own 51% of TBC after making a cash payment of P20 million to the company.

Microsoft-Yahoo to merge vs. Google?

If you’re Microsoft Corporation, what do you do to challenge Google’s dominance in the online advertising industry?
You acquire another search engine, albeit struggling, company such as Yahoo!.
That seems to be Microsoft’s plan when it submitted an unsolicited takeover bid of $44.6 billion.
The offer of $31 per share is a 62% premium to Yahoo! stock’s closing price on Thursday. Yahoo climbed $10.40 a share, or 54%, to $29.58 in premarket trading after the announcement.