Vista Land posts P2.7-B income, to undertake P1-B share buyback.
Byline: JAMES A. LOYOLA Vista Land & Lifescapes Inc. reported a 170 percent increase in net income for the first nine months of the year to P2.7 billion from P1 billion in the same period of 2006 mainly due to a P1 billion one-time gain from the...

P/$ rate closes at P46.72/$ 1.
The peso exchange rate closed higher at P46.72 to the US dollar yesterday at the Philippine Dealing Exchange from P46.935 the previous day. The weighted average rate appreciated to P46.79 from P46.957. Total volume amounted to $815.6 million. Portfolio inflows gain 127% The Bangko Sentral...

Clorox outlines strategy.
* Clorox Co. will look to expand its market share internationally in fiscal 2008, and may sell any businesses with less than double-digit annual profit growth potential. The announcements came during the company's analyst day in New York on May 24. Clorox also raised its quarterly dividend by 29%,...

P/$ rate closes at P46.23/$ 1.
The peso exchange rate closed sharply lower at P46.23 to the US dollar yesterday at the Philippine Dealing & Exchange Corp. (PDEx) from P45.83 the previous day. The weighted average rate depreciated to P46.182 from P45.696. Total volume amounted to $ 744.44 million. First Gen pays dividends...

Commerce upbeat about future growth.
Byline: Bob Kievra WEBSTER - An acquisition and a new hire will help diversify the insurance operations of Commerce Group Inc., company officials said yesterday. Speaking to about 70 shareholders at the property and casualty insurer's annual meeting, President and Chief Executive Officer Gerald Fels...

BRIEFS.
COLUMN: BRIEFS Stock buyback PUTNAM - PSB Holdings Inc., the parent of Putnam Savings Bank, has completed a stock buyback program and authorized a new one. The company reported in a news release that it completed a program announced in December 2005, which...

P/$ rate closes at P45.96/$ 1.
The peso exchange rate closed higher at P45.96 to the US dollar yesterday at the Philippine Dealing Exchange from P46.05 last Friday.The weighted average rate appreciated to P45.922 from P46.237. Total volume amounted to $ 556.552 million. First Pacific keeps Pangilinan HONG KONG (Dow Jones)...

Wendy's Begins Modified 'Dutch Auction' to Repurchase 22.2 Million Shares.
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-18 October 2006-Wendy's Begins Modified 'Dutch Auction' to Repurchase 22.2 Million Shares(C)2006 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Wendy's International announced that it will commence beginning October 18, 2006, a modified "Dutch Auction" tender offer to purchase shares of its common stock in a price range...

Babbitt ranches: adding value to cattle.
Abstract This case study explores the feasibility of a new business venture by a fourth-generation family business, Babbitt Ranches. As the business leader of a vast ranching empire in northern Arizona, Mr. William Cordasco, President of Babbitt Ranches, has developed a business plan to produce, process, distribute...

Nu Skin Announces $75 Million Increase in Share Repurchase Authorization.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-7 September 2006-Nu Skin Announces $75 Million Increase in Share Repurchase Authorization(C)2006 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Nu Skin Enterprises announced that its board of directors has authorized a $75 million extension to the company's ongoing share repurchase authorization. The newly authorized funds...