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Business Mentor: Defining your purpose for a better life

Armando Bartolome
Jan 23 10:11 AM

Your life's purpose has three components: who you are, how you envision yourself, and how you see yourself making something for the world and its value.  Read more »

PH market swinging into consolidation: analyst

ABS-CBN News
Jan 23 01:31 AM

The local bourse extends its losses for the 6th straight session amid heavy outflows of foreign funds. An analyst meanwhile believes the local market is swinging into consolidation. Read more »

Ayala Corp chair sees full economic recovery by fourth quarter of 2022

Bruce Rodriguez, ABS-CBN News
Jan 22 07:01 PM

Ayala Corp Chairman Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, one of the country's top business leaders, said Friday the Philippine economy will likely recover to pre-pandemic levels by the fourth quarter of 2022. Read more »

PEZA says investments to PH down 19 pct, hopes to bounce back to P100-B level

ABS-CBN News
Jan 22 05:04 PM

The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) saw a 19-percent drop in last year's investments to P95 billion, equal to 326 projects, as investors shy away from commitments due to the impacts of the pandemic. Read more »

SEC green lights Century Properties' P3-billion bond offer

ABS-CBN News
Jan 22 04:26 PM

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) during its en banc on Thursday approved the planned P3-billion bond offering of Century Properties Group Inc. (CPG). Read more »

Pagluwag sa age limit sa MGCQ areas makatutulong sa pagsigla ng ekonomiya: DTI

ABS-CBN News
Jan 22 03:09 PM

MAYNILA - Mas sisigla ang ekonomiya ng bansa kung luluwagan ang age restriction sa mga lugar na nasa ilalim ng modified general community quarantine.   Read more »

Japan's consumer prices fall at decade-fast pace, add to deflation fears

Leika Kihara, Reuters
Jan 22 01:33 PM

Japan's core consumer prices fell 1 percent in December from a year earlier, the fastest drop in a decade, in a sign that deflationary pressures are intensifying in the economy as the coronavirus pandemic drags on. Read more »

Bayad says PH payments remain soft but poised to recover

ABS-CBN News
Jan 22 01:30 PM

Formerly known as Bayad Center, biller aggregator Bayad said Friday that payments in the country is poised to recover despite being stalled by limited income and extended payment periods from billers. Read more »

Dahil mahal ang bilihin, ilang karinderya sa QC may taas-presyo sa paninda

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Jan 22 12:54 PM | Updated Jan 22 08:06 PM

MAYNILA - Nagtaas nang P5 hanggang P15 ang benta sa ulam ng ilang mga karinderya sa Barangay South Triangle, Quezon City.   Read more »

'Di makakasapat': Dagdag sahod para sa minimum wage earners giit ng KMU

ABS-CBN News
Jan 22 12:06 PM | Updated Jan 22 08:03 PM

MAYNILA - Muling ipinanawagan ng grupong Kilusang Mayo Uno na aksiyunan na ang hling nilang itaas ang minimum wage ng mga manggagawa sa Metro Manila. Read more »

New Clark Airport terminal turned over to gov't, LIPAD Corp, to open to public in July

Nika Lazo, ABS-CBN News
Jan 22 11:22 AM | Updated Jan 22 03:59 PM

MANILA - Megawide and Indian partner GMR on Friday handed over to the government the newly completed Clark International Airport terminal, expected to start operations by July this year. Read more »

LRT 2, balik-operasyon na sa Santolan, Anonas at Katipunan

ABS-CBN News
Jan 22 10:14 AM | Updated Jan 22 07:45 PM

MAYNILA - Balik operasyon na ang tatlong estasyon ng LRT 2 Biyernes ng umaga.   Read more »

Feed fight: African consumers hit as Asia gobbles up rice supplies

ABS-CBN News
Jan 22 10:10 AM

Tightening global supplies of basic foodstuffs and disruptions to shipping caused by the coronavirus pandemic are driving up the cost of rice, the most important staple food for billions of people worldwide. Read more »

Asian markets set for messy open after U.S. stocks peak following Biden inauguration

Jessica DiNapoli, Reuters
Jan 22 09:46 AM

Asian investors were expecting a mixed day of trading after Wall Street peaked on Thursday, pushed upward by continued optimism about economic stimulus to counteract the COVID-19 pandemic promised by newly inaugurated U.S. President Joe Biden. Read more »

Elon Musk to offer $100-M prize for 'best' carbon capture tech

Reuters
Jan 22 09:32 AM

Tesla Inc chief and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk on Thursday took to Twitter to promise a $100 million prize for the development of the "best" technology to capture carbon dioxide emissions. Read more »

Parler loses bid to require Amazon to restore service

Elizabeth Culliford and Jonathan Stempel, Reuters
Jan 22 09:03 AM

A U.S. judge on Thursday rejected Parler's demand that Amazon.com Inc restore web hosting services for the social media platform, which Amazon had cut off following the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol. Read more »

PH shares skip global rally following Biden's inauguration

ABS-CBN News
Jan 21 11:46 PM

Philippine shares skip a global rally buoyed by the inauguration of US President Joe Biden. Read more »

House panel mulling data cap removal on mobile data services

Zandro Ochona, ABS-CBN News
Jan 21 09:21 PM

MANILA — The House Committee on Information and Communications Technology is considering measures seeking to require telecommunications (telcos) companies to roll over its data services and remove data caps for the customers.  Read more »

Price ceiling kontra taas-presyo ng baboy, manok pinag-aaralan

ABS-CBN News
Jan 21 09:12 PM

Apat na toneladang karne ng baboy rin kada araw ang plano umanong dalhin sa Metro Manila mula Ilocos.  Read more »

Libo-libong empleyado apektado ng mga nagsasarang negosyo: DOLE

ABS-CBN News
Jan 21 08:29 PM

Ito ay ayon sa pinakahuling datos ng Department of Labor and Employment. Read more »

Google and French publishers sign agreement over copyright

Mathieu Rosemain, Agence France-Presse
Jan 21 06:21 PM

In a first in Europe, Alphabet's Google and a group of French publishers said on Thursday they had agreed a general framework over copyrights under which the US tech giant will pay publishers for content online.   Read more »

Skyway 3 to remain toll free for medical workers: San Miguel

ABS-CBN News
Jan 21 05:48 PM | Updated Jan 21 09:43 PM

San Miguel Corp is waiving toll fees of Skyway 3 for medical frontliners, even after it starts collecting toll payments on Feb. 2. Read more »

Araneta City offers free RFID installation from Jan 23 to 31

ABS-CBN News
Jan 21 05:32 PM

Araneta City is offering free installation of AutoSweep RFID stickers from Jan 23 to 31. Read more »

Bangko Sentral sees inflation staying benign, to keep rates low

ABS-CBN News
Jan 21 05:23 PM

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said Thursday it expects inflation to remain "benign" this year allowing it to keep interest rates low to help economic recovery.  Read more »

National Privacy Commission nabahala sa bagong privacy policy ng WhatsApp

ABS-CBN News
Jan 21 05:09 PM

Hindi rin umano tiwala ang NPC sa Facebook na wala namang magandang record sa personal data protection at management.   Read more »