John H. Greenaway Jr.
NASHUA, NH John H. Greenaway Jr., 84, of 10 Aids Street, Nashua NH died on October 24, 2007 in Nashua. Mr. Greenaway was born in Portsmouth NH on January 31, 1923, the son of the late John H. and Ethel (Burnham) Greenaway. He began his career in the steel...

P/$ rate closes at P44.05/$ 1.
The peso exchange rate closed higher at P44.05 to the US dollar yesterday at the Philippine Dealing & Exchange Corp. (PDEx) from P44.16 the previous day. The weighted average rate appreciated to P44.082 from P44.361. Total volume amounted to $ 487 million. TKC buys blast furnaces ...

U.S. STEEL PROPOSES $1 BILLION INVESTMENT AT CLAIRTON.
United States Steel Corporation (NYSE:X), Pittsburgh, is considering a $1 billion capital investment program at its Clairton Plant coke making operation near Pittsburgh that will enhance the company's environmental performance, help to ensure the long-term viability of its Mon Valley Works operations, and create more than 600 construction jobs....

Global Steel bares $ 1.6-B plan to backwardly integrate steel plant.
Byline: BERNIE CAHILES-MAGKILAT Brushing off takeover reports by a local steel firm, Indian-owned Global Steel Philippines (SPVAMC), Inc. (GSPI) yesterday said it is in the midst of a plan to implement its $ 1.6-billion investments that would backwardly integrate the Iligan-based steel plant. In a...

From every shilling a prisoner.
The cooee whistle cracked through the dawn like a baton slammed into a body. Echoes rang over the Hunter River and were lost in the masts of mangroves growing thick upon the river's black mud edges. Darkness paused above the restless pulse of water, the flow of fresh water...

Construction work at $ 2-B Misamis Or shipyard faces snag.
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - Construction of the US$ 2-billion shipyard complex in Misamis Oriental may be delayed as acquisition of the 500-hectare lot in Villanueva may face delay as heirs of the Jacinto Group of Companies are not on terms. "It (shipyard construction) may be realized...

City's link to steel in sale talks; Morgan Construction courted in Europe.
Byline: Martin Luttrell WORCESTER - Morgan Construction Co., a fifth-generation family-run business and the city's oldest industry operating under its original name, said yesterday it is in discussions with an Austrian steel-plant building company over a possible acquisition. Philip R. Morgan, president and chief executive...

'Resiklo' not a copycat! -- Reyes.
Byline: Leah C. Salterio Just because there are huge robots in the current Metro Manila Film Festival entry, "Resiklo" does not mean the sci-fi film is a copycat of the Hollywood blockbuster, "Transformers." "Resiklo" director Mark Reyes points out the robots in his film do...

FGI opposes operation certification to GSII.
Filipino Galvanizers Institute Inc. (FGI) has asked the government to hold in abeyance the grant of certification of the commercial operation of Global Steelworks International Inc. (GSII) following the discovery of Vietnam Steel Association (VSA) that GSII's exports of steel products to Vietnam were based on alleged "forged and...

GMA flying to Kuwait; Will meet with Emir and plead for Ranario's life President back in Manila on Monday morning.
Byline: Genalyn D. Kabiling LONDON (via PLDT) -- President Arroyo will meet Kuwaiti ruler, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al Sabah, on Sunday to personally appeal to him to spare the life of a Filipino domestic helper convicted of murder. The President is scheduled to have a...