Facebook questioned as Cambridge Analytica CEO claims poll influence
LONDON/SAN FRANCISCO -- The suspended chief executive officer (CEO) of Cambridge Analytica said in a secretly recorded video broadcast on Tuesday that his UK-based...
Myanmar president and Suu Kyi ally quits
YANGON -- Myanmar’s President Htin Kyaw resigned suddenly on Wednesday leaving the country’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi without a close confidant...
G20 fails to defuse trade war threat
BUENOS AIRES -- The world’s financial leaders rejected protectionism on Tuesday and urged “further dialogue” on trade, but failed to defuse the threat of...
Maiden ‘panda’ offer oversubscribed
THE GOVERNMENT raised 1.46 billion renminbi (RMB) on Tuesday from its maiden “panda” bond sale amid “overwhelming demand” from both offshore and onshore investors,...
Growth mainstays in focus for 2018
By Melissa Luz T. Lopez
Senior Reporter
STRONGER consumption coupled with the government’s infrastructure push will drive economic growth this year, S&P Global Ratings said, as...
Cryptocurrency wave keeping regulators busy
HONG KONG -- Getting your head around cryptocurrencies was hard enough before governments got involved.
But now that policy makers around the world are drawing...
Another casino set to open in Boracay
By Krista A.M. Montealegre,
National Correspondent
APART from Macau casino operator Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd.’s planned integrated resort complex, a new casino will rise on Boracay...
CLI sets nearly P9-billion capex for 2018
By Arra B. Francia, Reporter
CEBU LANDMASTERS, Inc. (CLI) is accelerating spending this year to P8.8 billion, after posting double-digit growth that allowed the company...
National Book Store group ventures into education as it opens QC college
By Anna Gabriela A. Mogato,
Reporter
THE National Book Store Group is venturing into the education sector, as it officially launched its college in Quezon City...
High-end art sales boom in 2017, but it’s only a partial rebound
ZURICH — The works of great artists buoyed the art market last year and none did more than Leonardo da Vinci, whose Salvator Mundi...
The Saturday Group at 50
ONE SATURDAY afternoon in 1968, artists Alfred Roces, H.R. Ocampo, Tony Quintos, and Enrique Velasco ate at the now defunct Taza de Oro restaurant...
Treasury makes partial award of 10-year bonds
By Elijah Joseph C. Tubayan
Reporter
THE GOVERNMENT made a partial award of the 10-year Treasury bonds (T-bonds) it offered yesterday as yields surged ahead of...