Meralco Q2 profit declines on lower contribution from units
By Krista A. M. Montealegre,National Correspondent
EARNINGS of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), the country’s largest power retailer, slid in the second quarter dragged by the lower contributions of its subsidiaries...
PSE working to bring down broker ownership
By Arra B. Francia
THE Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. (PSE) has given 52 inactive trading participants until the end of September to signify their intention to continue operations...
In the aftermath of the Marawi Crisis and with martial law, what to do...
Yellow Pad
Ed Quitoriano
The November 2009 Ampatuan Massacre was too big and too heinous to be ignored.
In the aftermath, martial law in Maguindanao was declared....
BPI’s net income declines 7.7% in first semester
BANK of the Philippine Islands (BPI) reported a lower net income as of end-June following one-off gains from the sale of securities a year...
Energy dep’t eyes private sector participation in LNG facility
THE Department of Energy (DoE) may turn to the private sector anew for the development of an integrated facility for liquefied natural gas (LNG)...
Coconut’s versatility encourages planting
KUALA LUMPUR -- Coconuts seem to be everywhere these days.
Whether as “water” in PepsiCo Inc.’s Naked drink range, as “milk” in Starbucks Corp.’s coffees,...
Pernia: Q2 GDP growth likely better than 1st quarter but slower than a year...
By Elijah Joseph C. Tubayan
Reporter
SECOND-QUARTER gross domestic product (GDP) growth likely raced faster than the first three months’ pace on the back of continued...
June money supply growth fastest in a year
MORE MONEY circulated in the economy in June -- fueled by rising bank lending -- to post the fastest climb in a year, the...
Duterte suspends GOCCs’ compensation scheme
PRESIDENT RODRIGO R. Duterte has issued an order suspending some provisions in the Compensation and Position Classification System (CPCS) for government-owned and controlled corporations...
Power costs may have pulled down July inflation — DoF
LOWER POWER costs last month as well as steady food prices likely tempered the rise in prices of widely used goods in July, the...
PAGCOR first-half gaming revenue up by 8.4%
STATE-RUN gaming firm Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (PAGCOR) said its gaming revenue rose 8.4% year on year in the first half, as a...
Demand for ‘sexiest job’ growing among companies
By Jose Bimbo F. Santos,Bloomberg TV Philippines
THERE IS NOW a growing universe of data than most institutions could make sense of, with companies now raring to address the deficit between...