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274 articles from Rappler Business
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
Read more →A new Mitsubishi hybrid is coming. But don’t expect a pure EV anytime soon.
Expensive, plug-in hyrbid, and a global flagship model. Any guesses?
Read more →Meralco may absorb system loss, but ERC says its rates may need adjusting
'We’re looking at the impact of removal of system loss, whether total or phased in, whether just the nontechnical, whether there’s a lowering of the cap,' says ERC chair Francis Juan
Read more →Inside Mitsubishi’s long-term P7-B bet on PH-made hybrid vehicles
Mitsubishi is also betting that its decades-old brand loyalty and established customer base can hold their own against newer rivals such as BYD, as it targets a 20% market share this year
Read more →Ramon Ang buys his way into Lopez Inc., which owns what he already builds
So far, what has actually changed hands is one family branch’s stake in the private company at the very top of the Lopez empire. Whether it leads to a direct ABS-CBN rescue is a question about what Ang, and the Lopez family, do next.
Read more →Meralco customers to have lower electricity rates in August 2026
The reduction was tempered by higher pass-through costs as well as the additional P8.7-billion collection that ERC permitted
Read more →Another fuel price rollback set for August 11
The rollback gives motorists another week of relief after steep July increases, though prices remain elevated compared with levels prior to the US and Israel war on Iran
Read more →Lopez family confirms a sale inside ultimate parent firm Lopez Inc.
What the resignation of Roberta Lopez-Feliciano from Lopez firm, First Philippine Holdings Corporation, means in the Lopez family feud...for now
Read more →Taste mee pok, otak-otak, octopus adobo at Grand Hyatt’s buffet for a limited time
Eligible Singapore Airlines customers, and KrisFlyer or Mastercard users get special dining deals
Read more →[Vantage Point] When Landbank’s prudence becomes punishment
How could a gov't bank deprive a corporate president and sole account signatory of access to company money for nearly six years without any definitive finding that she had done anything wrong?
Read more →[Vantage Point] PSE veterans take SEC term-limit fight to Court of Appeals
SEC Chair Francis Lim tells Rappler that the regulator has no intention of retreating
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