MANILA: ECONOMY – ‘Investments approved by BOI up 538% in Jan’ | Tuesday, February 06, 2018
INVESTMENT projects approved by the Board of Investments (BOI) in January increased 538 percent to P51.3 billion from P8 billion
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MANILA: ECONOMY – ‘Inflation likely rose to 3.5% in Jan – poll’
Inflation probably accelerated in January and could prompt monetary authorities to adjust key interest rates as early as this week,
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MANILA: FINANCE – Ayala investing over P200b in 2018
Conglomerate Ayala Corp. said capital expenditures in 2018 may exceed P200 billion, higher than the P185-billion programmed spending last year
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US & CANADA: HUMAN RIGHTS – Women’s rights, harassment and pay inequality
(File pix) Protesters calling for greater equality and rights for women in a . . By Mushtak Parker IT is a
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US & CANADA-WASHINGTON: BANKING – US orders Wells Fargo to halt expansion over ‘abuses’
— Reuters . WASHINGTON: In an unprecedented punitive action, the US Federal Reserve on Friday ordered troubled banking giant Wells
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MANILA: ECONOMY – Philippines’ Dept. of Finance sets proviso for VAT rate cuts
The Finance department isn’t closing its doors to lower sales taxes but says that revenue losses will have to
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: PROPERTY – Owning a slice of Malaysia
With burgeoning wealth all around us, why don’t more of us reach out to honestly partake in some? What are
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JAKARTA: Manufacturing – Unilever, PTPN Agree to Accelerate Sustainable Palm Oil Production in Indonesia
A worker unloads oil palm fruits to a local palm oil factory in Serdang Bedagai, North Sumatra. (Reuters Photo/Y.T. Haryono)
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MANILA: ECONOMY – ‘Build Build Build’ to increase NG debt
. National government debt—which ballooned to P6.65 trillion last year—will see a short-term increase as the Duterte administration implements an
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MANILA: ECONOMY – DoF: Jan inflation likely stayed at 3.3%
January inflation will likely stay unchanged from the previous month given steady food and non-food prices, the Finance department
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