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Iran war a boon for China’s electric trucks, fueling export surge
China’s rapid adoption of e-trucks partially shields the world's biggest auto market from the impact of the conflict. Now other countries are scrambling to follow.
Read more →ERC scrutiny adds a new wrinkle to Ramon Ang’s Lopez Inc. investment
(1st UPDATE) Energy Regulatory Commission Chair Francis Saturnino Juan says the regulator is looking into issues involving generation market-share limits and cross-ownership restrictions
Read more →What it took to save ABS-CBN
Gabby Lopez found a way around the family fight that had stalled fresh money for the network. But the P6-billion rescue also rewrites who owns ABS-CBN, and who gets a say in what it becomes.
Read more →[Finterest] Concentrix rolls out matched PERA for employees. Is it time to start yours?
In case you haven't heard of the hottest retirement savings program, PERA offers you a way to start investing for your retirement while getting tax advantages
Read more →[Vantage Point] Whose P3.5 billion is I&C investing in ABS-CBN?
(1st UPDATE) I&C could become ABS-CBN’s largest single shareholder. So who exactly is I&C?
Read more →The renovation is done. Now Ayala is changing the shops inside its malls.
As malls complete their glow-up, Ayala Land hopes it can ‘bring in the concepts to kind of match the new physical experience’
Read more →[Vantage Point] Solar Para sa Bayan: When public privilege meets accountability
Senator Loren Legarda's defense that 'no public funds were involved' does not fully dispose of the controversy. Public resources are not confined to money released from the Treasury.
Read more →DTI, Converge launch AI, digital transformation programs for MSMEs
The launch includes a 380-square-meter DTI center that houses co-working spaces, training rooms, startup areas, tech showcases, and more
Read more →Making sense of US firm KKR’s offer on Lopez family’s First Gen
The Lopez family now has two separate reasons to be careful about how its internal fight ends
Read more →Why is Maya likely to keep its transfer fee?
Why does Maya still charge P10 for transfers when traditional banks have gone free? The answer is at the core of how the emerging fintech does business.
Read more →59% of Filipino workers happy with salary, 45% say pay falls short – Jobstreet
Millennials are also the unhappiest generation with their pay, with their salary happiness rate at 54%, lower than Gen Z at 61% and Gen X at 60%
Read more →From ghost projects to growth slump, Marcos now faces a spending dilemma
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says government must spend faster to revive growth, but after the flood-control mess, even he warns that 'throwing money at the problem simply doesn’t solve it'
Read more →Meralco’s MVP: Nuclear may bring energy security, but it won’t come cheap
In the energy tycoon’s own words, nuclear isn’t quite the 'slam dunk' its proponents make it out to be
Read more →Double bottom line: Edgar Saavedra’s blueprint for Megawide’s sustainable growth
For the general public, Megawide builds essential transit hubs, clean communal facilities, and affordable housing. For institutional investors, it offers a diversified, highly transparent, and well-capitalized company optimized for long-term growth.
Read more →Building a ‘Silicon Valley in Tarlac’? Manny Pangilinan wants in.
Power, connectivity, data centers – MVP has all three, and now he’s looking into how his group can pitch in on Tarlac’s emerging tech hub
Read more →Filipinos helped build UAE’s nuclear plant. PH talent may soon do the same back home.
'80% of the people who built that nuclear facility are Filipinos,' NAPOCOR head Koko Nograles says of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant. 'That should remind us of something important – that the Filipino can do nuclear.'
Read more →As inflation bites, Filipinos have become ‘intentional’ shoppers
To keep customers shopping despite the pressure on their wallets, SM is relying on what it calls its 'good, better, best' line-up of items in stores
Read more →[Ask the Tax Whiz] PROGRESS or GINHAWA: Which reform can truly increase take-home pay?
In this week’s Ask the Tax Whiz, we compare both proposals and examine how they can support a credible roadmap toward ₱1 million in tax-free income for every Filipino
Read more →Gabby Lopez: Man on a mission
After stepping down as chairman emeritus of ABS-CBN in September 2020, Gabby Lopez is stepping up to save the company he loves
Read more →As Atlas Mining leaves by 2027, SMIC expects 2GO, renewables to fill gap
The planned Atlas transfer is less a Sy family exit from mining than a reshuffling of where those assets sit, though the departure of this crucial earnings driver will leave a hole for SMIC to fill in its portfolio
Read more →[In This Economy] The Philippine economy is stuck in a rut
It’s a classic case of bad governance leading to bad economics
Read more →Luxury condo resilience: Half of Ayala’s Laurean buyers staying despite pause
Despite construction grinding to a halt amid higher costs and uncertainty from the Middle East war, half of Laurean Residences’ deep-pocketed buyers are choosing to stay rather than take a refund or move to another Ayala project
Read more →Liberty Flour Mills files cyber libel complaint vs former execs as family feud deepens
LFM's current leadership, headed by chairman and president John Carlos Uy, is firing back at former executives Sandra Uy — John's niece — and Stella Uy over what the company calls an 'orchestrated scheme' to discredit it
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