It took me several days to decide what I should blog about today, considering that this is the last day of the year. Since I blog in advance, I have time to think about what I am going to write about. I usually try to reconcile my blog schedule with the happenings of a certain day, but I just couldn’t up with something about technology and the last day of the year. I tried a year end review on technology but I only finished half of the article, I didn’t feel like continuing it. After reading several posts from my favorite bloggers, some of them gave me an idea. Some of the featured their top ten posts for the year. Although this blog is barely a month old, I have also decided to feature my top ten posts for 2007. This is based on the number of views. I believe this is the way to close this year. I am also including a comment as to why I believe this has been very popular with the readers. If you haven’t read these posts, you should. You might discover other reasons why they are … [Read more...]
2007 Business year-end-review
More than two years ago, sometime in September of 2005 I saved this article from the Philippine Daily Inquirer entitled “'5% growth or worse 'Forecast of economic 'collapse' in 2 to 3 years chills businessmen” I saved the article in my computer because I wanted to know if the future projections of the business environment in our country will come to pass. In this article, according to economic analyst Peter Wallace “There is a 60% to 70% chance the Philippine economy will experience "modest growth" as it struggles with rising global oil prices and internal political uncertainties” He continues that if President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo fails to carry out tough fiscal reforms and change her leadership style, the country is "heading towards a recession" or prolonged economic slowdown. Now that two years has actually passed, businessmen can take a breather because the analysis of Peter Wallace did not seem to take place. We did not just experience modest growth, we experienced … [Read more...]