Henry Sy's death unlikely to affect empire: analyst

ABS-CBN News
Jan 21 12:16 PM

Sy's children have been handling their parts of the business "efficiently and professionally" and there are no signs of a power struggle, said Regina Capital head of sales Luis Limlingan. Read more »

'Huge' investment potential rests on Bangsamoro Law success

ABS-CBN News
Jan 21 11:15 AM

Nearly 3 million voters will decide in a plebiscite starting on Monday whether or not to approve the Bangsamoro Organic Law, a key component of a 5-year-old peace deal between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.  Read more »

Century, Dennis Uy to form joint venture for Clark Global City project

ABS-CBN News
Jan 21 10:54 AM

A memorandum of agreement was signed last Jan. 9 for the partnership, which aims to build a residential and commercial complex on 2.6 hectares in Clark, Century Properties said in a statement. Read more »

Sun Life looks to provinces for growth, says CEO

ABS-CBN News
Jan 21 10:24 AM

Sun Life is also looking at ramping up its partnership with Lazada to sell more investment products online, said its CEO and country head for the Philippines, Benedict Sison. Read more »

Asian stock markets hold breath for China data, Brexit news

Wayne Cole, Reuters
Jan 21 10:01 AM

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was little changed in early trade, after rising 1.6 percent last week. Read more »

Sympathizers gather at Henry Sy's wake

Cathy Yang, ABS-CBN News
Jan 21 09:01 AM | Updated Jan 21 11:31 AM

Henry Sy, the father of Philippine shopping malls and the country's richest man, died last Saturday at 94. Read more »

World's 26 richest own same as poorest half of humanity: Oxfam

Agence France-Presse
Jan 21 09:00 AM

The world's 26 richest people own the same wealth as the poorest half of humanity, Oxfam said Monday, urging governments to hike taxes on the wealthy to fight soaring inequality. Read more »

Saving goals for every age: from your 20s, 30s, 40s to 50s

Aneth Ng-Lim
Jan 21 08:37 AM

If you’re thinking you have too many bills to pay at the moment, and you have time to focus on this later – you actually don’t – as any single life emergency will prove to you. Read more »

China set to post slowest growth in 28 years in 2018

Kevin Yao, Reuters
Jan 21 07:46 AM

Growing signs of weakness in China -- which has generated nearly a third of global growth in the past decade -- are stoking worries about risks to the world economy and are weighing on profits for firms ranging from Apple to big carmakers. Read more »

US chipmakers earnings may give clues on China hazard

Noel Randewich, Reuters
Jan 21 07:45 AM

Upcoming quarterly scorecards from Intel, Texas Instruments and other chipmakers, as well as Ford Motor Co, will shed light on whether Apple made a convenient excuse for its own troubles or revealed a strengthening headwind faced by global companies that rely on China for a big chunk of their sales. Read more »

Meet Angkas' expat CEO who gives new meaning to 'Bahala na si Batman'

Joel Guinto, ABS-CBN News
Jan 21 07:00 AM | Updated Jan 21 09:03 AM

Fighting for legal recognition for Angkas' 27,000 drivers, the Singapore-born mother of one often gets "bawal 'yan" or "hindi puwede," but she makes sure to do everything possible to disrupt the system while leaving some to fate. Read more »

DOJ affirms dismissal of another estafa case vs Japanese billionaire Kazuo Okada

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Jan 20 07:48 PM

The Department of Justice has affirmed the dismissal of another estafa case against Japanese gaming tycoon and billionaire Kazuo Okada, this time over defective LED strips installed on Okada Manila.  Read more »

Coffee clash brewing in China: startup Luckin takes on Starbucks

Poornima Weerasekara, Agence France-Presse
Jan 20 03:37 PM

When Starbucks came to China two decades ago it promised to open a new store every 15 hours. Now a homegrown rival, Luckin Coffee, plans to build a high tech-driven shop every three and a half hours to dethrone the US giant. Read more »

Nancy Binay hits slow Pantawid Pasada rollout

ABS-CBN News
Jan 20 01:25 PM

Senator Nancy Binay slammed Sunday the slow distribution of subsidy cards meant to cushion jeepney drivers and operators from fuel price increases.  Read more »

#WalangKuryente: Power interruption sa Luzon sa Enero 21-27

ABS-CBN News
Jan 20 11:50 AM

Nag-abiso ang Meralco na makararanas ng pansamantalang pagkawala ng kuryente ngayong linggo ang ilang lugar sa Metro Manila, Bulacan, Laguna, Rizal province at Quezon province. Read more »