Meralco says it is not interested in the NPC's 230-kilovolt main transmission line, but just in the 115-kv subsidiary link to the southern Luzon provinces of Cavite and Laguna, where the country's major industries - Meralco's customers - are situated.
"I've always loved the U.S. GP, " said the Brazilian, who raced in the U.S.-based IndyCar Series for KV Racing Technology this year after losing his place with the Williams F1 team.
The biggest winner in biotech last month was KV Pharmaceuticals, a heretofore unknown drug maker whose new drug to treat pre-term birth was approved but the Food and Drug Administration on Feb. 4.