Ayala Corp. secures €50 million from European lender
LISTED conglomerate Ayala Corp. has secured a social loan worth €50 million (P3.1 billion) from European bank ING Group to support its subsidiary Ayala...
7 energy projects cleared for system impact study
THE Department of Energy (DoE) endorsed seven energy projects in November to undergo a system impact study (SIS) with the National Grid Corp. of...
GenAI will help streamline firms’ tax, finance functions
MAJORITY of chief financial officers (CFOs) and tax leaders in Southeast Asia (SEA) are only in the early stages of adopting generative artificial intelligence...
22 Prime names new head chef
HAILED as Metro Manila’s top steakhouse by popular travel site TripAdvisor and renowned for its mastery of US Prime Angus Steaks, 22 Prime ushers...
Bottomline of bottomlines
By Wilfredo G. Reyes
In all likelihood, few of us will be able to recall the first time we set eyes on a belen (a tableau of the...
Epson to ramp up sustainability investments to become carbon negative
EPSON plans to invest 100 billion yen ($700 million) in sustainability efforts over the next decade to eliminate underground resources and become carbon negative...
Surreal vertical tasting of Chateau Margaux
By Sherwin A. Lao
CHATEAU MARGAUX holds a special place in my heart as a wine writer because it basically kicked off my wine column. In 2004, after...
Growing the Philippine EV market
By Marvin Tort
Southeast Asia’s electric vehicle (EV) market is undeniably at a different stage compared to the US, Europe, and even China. While EV markets in...
Term deposit yields go down before BSP review
TERM DEPOSIT yields fell on Wednesday ahead of expectations of further easing by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) at its last rate-setting meeting...
Deepfakes seen to go mainstream in 2025
GROWING USE of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in fraud schemes such as deepfakes is one of the top cybersecurity concerns for 2025, according to...
CCA embraces sustainability
THE Center for Culinary Arts Manila (CCA Manila) did not celebrate its 28th anniversary in a grand manner on Nov. 26 — it didn’t even hold it in its new BGC campus.
Business lessons from a global Filipina
By RJ Ledesma
Filipinos are making their mark all over the world. Of course, we have our pambansang bayani, our overseas Filipino workers who are shining examples...