A new report released yesterday claimed Standard & Poor’s (S&P) Ratings Services has made an upward revision on its forecast on the gross domestic product (GDP) growth of three countries in Asia Pacific including the Philippines even if the recent rebound of economic activity in…
The development of value chain offers an opportunity for developing countries and their small and medium enterprises (SMEs), according to a confidential report obtained from the World Trade Organization (WTO). “While many of them (SMEs) may not have the scale or productive capacity to export…
Department of Transportation and Communications (DoTC) Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya declined to identify which among the three options he presented to President Aquino is the best way to declog the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) of so much air and passenger traffic, saying all the…
As bank depositors think about their security, Sterling Bank of Asia said it is not being left behind as far as protecting depositors is concerned. The bank recently cemented some security features in its automated teller machine (ATM) cards through investing in a security chip…
Universal Robina Corp. (URC) reported a 14.8 percent sales growth for the first half of fiscal year 2013 (fiscal year beginning October 2012 and ending September 2013) with net sales amounting to P40.317 billion versus P35.134 billion in the prior year. URC’s Philippine branded consumer…
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