LONDON -- For many US allies, Secretary of Defense James Mattis is the last of the Trump administration’s so-called grown-ups in the room.

By Arra B. Francia, Reporter TYCOON Andrew L. Tan has stepped down as chief executive officer of holding company Alliance Global Group, Inc. (AGI), appointing...

D&L Industries, Inc. (DNL) targets to seal more partnerships with global food manufacturing companies, similar to its existing one with United States-based food manufacturer Ventura Foods, in a bid to further grow its exports business.

IRC Properties, Inc., now led by businessman Antonio L. Tiu, is seeking to build a mass transportation system within Makati City to address traffic congestion in the country’s central business district.

ROBINSONS LAND Corp. (RLC) is opening up one of its residential developments in the Bay Area to home-sharing online apps, seeking to capture the rising tourist market in the area.

PHILIPPINE manufacturing activity saw “solid improvement” in May, picking up for the third straight month on growing demand despite “intensified” cost pressures passed on to customers via higher prices, according to the latest monthly tracking IHS Market conducted for Nikkei, Inc.

PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte is set to sign four memoranda of understanding (MoU) with the South Korean government during his first official visit on June 3 to 5.

ADVANCED completion in July is being targeted for the Manila-Cavite Expressway (Cavitex) road-widening project and the construction of the southbound Marina flyover.

OF THE 2,448 establishments that set up productivity schemes in 2015, around half availed themselves of tax incentives under the Productivity Incentives Act of 1990 (Republic Act 6971), according to the latest biennial Integrated Survey on Labor and Employment conducted by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).

DOUBLEDRAGON PROPERTIES Corp. announced on Friday that the stock exchange has approved the updated timetable for its follow-on offering, which could raise up to...

NO SHARES were tendered after Udenna Corp. offered to buy 37.994% of Philippine H20 Ventures Corp.’s issued and outstanding common shares to complete its acquisition of the company.

MONEY SUPPLY continued to grow at the start of the second quarter although slightly slower than the previous month, even as bank lending accelerated, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said in a statement released late Thursday.