PHILIPPINE BANKS continued to miss the mandated lending quota for small businesses as of end-March, data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed.

SUPERMAN was the very first superhero. He debuted in Action Comics issue #1 which was released in June 1938. Over time, the character has been assigned multiple nicknames: “The Man of Steel,” “The Man ...

ABOITIZ POWER CORP. (AboitizPower), through Therma Power, Inc.’s wholly owned subsidiary East Asia Utilities Corporation (EAUC), is set to commence construction of its 30-megawatt (MW) hybrid battery ...

JAPAN’S Fast Retailing, owner of the Uniqlo clothing brand, said on Thursday higher US tariffs would start impacting its US operation significantly from later this year and it planned to raise prices ...

YUCHENGCO-LED Dagohoy Green Energy Corp. (DGEC) has secured government approval to begin commercial operations of its 27.121-megawatt direct current (MWdc) solar power plant in Bohol, allowing it to ...

PHILIPPINE BANKS should improve their cybersecurity posture amid a rise in phishing attacks targeting the industry as more Filipinos shift to online transactions, global cybersecurity firm Kaspersky ...

THE Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. (PSE) saw a 25% increase in its net profit for the first half, reaching P495.7 million from P398 million a year ago, after taking control of the Philippine Dealing ...

THE Board of Investments (BoI) said that it is currently evaluating applications for 30 manufacturing projects which have a total cost of P33.54 billion.

LISTED holding company A Brown Co., Inc. (ABCI) said on Monday that the board of directors of its subsidiary ABC Energy Inc. (ABCEI) approved the proposal to sell its 20% equity interest in Palm ...

KOSTCON, a K-pop concert centered on K-drama soundtracks, arrives on Aug. 6, emphasizing their connection under the Hallyu wave: the global love for Korean entertainment.

Japan’s central bank may face political pressure to keep interest rates low for longer than it wants, as opposition parties favoring tax cuts and loose monetary policy are expected to gain influence ...

Consider this as Part 2 of my earlier article in this column, “Economic basis of net zero is zero” (Sept. 5, 2023). In that paper, I compared coal consumption per capita, electricity generation per ...