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Old May 9, 2012, 12:58 am
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Originally Posted by unfrequentflyer
I am reading a lot of politics into this deal
I wonder where the politics lies in this. Sure, Boeing executives visited San Miguel, but I don't think it will do anything significant at the moment to bring the Philippines back to Cat I. (Then again, I might be wrong.)

Anyway, up to $8.5 billion will be poured into PR over ten years, according to the Wall Street Journal. ^

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