Articles for PACC-DC

Untitled Document Dear PACC-DC Members, The Philippine American Chamber of Commerce of the Metropolitan Washington D.C. Area (PACC-DC) provides notice ...

Untitled Document The Philippine American Chamber of Commerce of the Metropolitan Washington D.C. Area (PACC-DC) provides notice of its upcoming general membership meeting to elect the Officers and Board of Directors for the 2011 - 2013 term. The meeting and election will be held on Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 6:30 pm. Location: TBD (to be sent by separate email.) The officer positions up for election ...

The Philippine American Chamber of Commerce invites you to Monte Carlo Casino ...

When the news came out that more than 600 executives had taken Lockheed Martin’s offer of a buyout, I was stunned at the number. A quarter of the company's execs will be leaving in short order.

President Barack Obama has formed two interagency working groups that will look for ways to award more federal contracts to small businesses. Obama signed an executive order April 26 that established an interagency task force that will seek to develop opportunities for veteran-owned small businesses. He also signed a memo establishing an interagency task force to help small businesses overall win more federal contracts. In addition, the memo directs Federal Chief Technology Officer Aneesh ...

The Filipina Women's Network (FWN)’s search for the 100 Most Influential Filipina Women in the U.S. in now underway. FWN shall recognize these 100 Filipino women who have shifted the course of events in their own area of influence through ideas, activities, or interactions at a special awards event during the 5th Annual Filipina Summit to be held on October 25- 27, 2007 in Washington DC. FWN’s nationwide search for 100 Most Influential Filipina Women in the U.S. is a ...

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A research conducted by accounting and consultancy firm Grant Thornton International shows Philippines is eight among the countries hosting companies with “super growth” status. Super growth companies are defined in the research as those firms that have grown “considerably more than the average measured against key indicators including turnover and employment.” This year, US again tops the Super Growth Index with 44 percent of its companies reaching the super ...

Today, The Government Released New Jobs Figures – 111,000 Jobs Created In January. Since August 2003, more than 7.4 million jobs have been created − more jobs than the European Union and Japan combined. Over half a million jobs (513,000) have been added in the past three months alone. Our economy has now added jobs for 41 straight months, and the unemployment rate remains low at 4.6 percent. American Workers Are Finding Jobs And Taking Home More Pay Real Wages ...

By Artemio F. Cusi III Success in community development has encouraged further promotion of the "sister city" partnerships between the Philippines and the United States. Cooperation among urban communities of these two countries has spawned various forms of aid to the areas greatly in need of such help. The results of the partnerships are seen in the assistance poured by US donor cities into infrastructure, education, and health sectors, among others, in Philippine local government ...

John K. Yang fiddles with the blue, pen-shaped computer mouse he has spent three years peddling to local stores and national retail chains. In Seoul, a team of two dozen businessmen and 150 manufacturers work to produce the ergonomic mouse, designed to reduce wrist strain, for customers in Europe and Asia. In marketing it in the United States, though, Yang is on his own. He won't be much longer. His company, Waawoo Technology Inc., plans to move its headquarters from Seoul to Fairfax ...

A Texas bank that caters to the Asian community will open a full-service branch Sept. 1 in Springfield, its first in the area. Dallas-based United Central Bank, which opened loan processing centers in Alexandria and Richmond earlier this year, plans to take full advantage of what many people see as one of the hottest banking markets: Immigrants. Going after the Asian market is not a new practice for financial service companies. "If you are not marketing to Asians, you are ...

The number of Asian-owned businesses surged in the Washington area from 1997 to 2002, as a diverse mix of entrepreneurs with broad global ties flocked to the region's technology and government contracting sectors in suburban commercial centers outside the District, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report released yesterday. The number of firms owned by ethnic Asians locally rose 30 percent, to 40,152, during the five years studied, double the national rate of growth for all businesses and ...

CEO Talks to WBJ about Improvements That Make Office "More Conducive to Creativity" Alexandria, VA, August 16, 2005-Filnet is featured in the "Sources Say" column of this week's Washington Business Journal (WBJ). WBJ editors asked Filnet CEO/President Chris J. Baltazar and four Washington area executives about improvements they have instituted to make their workplaces "more conducive to creativity." According to Mr. Baltazar, "Since most of our employees are programmers or designers, ...

There are more Korean firms in the Washington region, while Filipino-owned businesses increased the most from 1997 to 2002. SOURCE: Census Bureau | GRAPHIC: The Washington Post - May 17, 2006

The number of Asian-owned businesses grew 24 percent between 1997 and 2002, approximately twice the national average for all businesses. The 1.1 million businesses generated more than $326 billion in revenues, up 8 percent from 1997. This is according to a new report, Survey of Business Owners: Asian-Owned Firms: 2002 [PDF], released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. "The robust revenues of Asian-owned firms and the growth in the number of businesses provide yet another indicator that ...

Whether promoting U.S. business abroad, foreign investment in the United States, or a specific set of policy issues, inter-national trade and commerce chambers act as honeybees to pollinate global business relationships. Although most of these associations are located in Washington, D.C., or New York City, many countries and regions boast multiple chambers. New York organizations tend to focus on the United Nations and foreign consulate work, while those in Washington, D.C., are more attuned ...