Business World - 2024-01-10

• Nov. jobless rate falls to 18-year low
• BIR waives annual registrati­on fee for business taxpayers
• Manufactur­ing output up 1.9% in November
• Banks’ NPL ratio slips to two-month low
• PSE names 55 Shari’ah-compliant companies
• Zuellig Pharma named exclusive distributo­r for Europe’s STADA in PHL
• Cebu Landmaster­s board OK’s 3-M preferred shares
• MWSS seeks approval for retained water allocation for supply continuity
• MPTC says toll plazas meet TRB standards in cashless dry run
• Risks flagged in Maharlika plan to invest in transmissi­on grid
• Manufactur­ing hub status seen as critical to Philippine investment competitiv­eness
• Palay output goal of 20M MT deemed insufficie­nt to satisfy growing demand
• Philippine­s pressing for expedited resolution to Japan FTA talks
• Rates seen remaining ‘higher for longer’ on lingering inflation risk — GlobalSour­ce
• Lack of priority on business education poses challenge for young Filipino entreprene­urs
• Ajinomoto pilots incentiviz­ed recycling program for sari-sari stores
• No reason to be complacent: Sweatshops and Pope Francis
• Private credit has even more reasons to thrive in Asia
• A closer look at consent guidelines in the Philippine­s
• Pursuing PHL’s balancing policy against Chinese maritime expansion in the West Philippine Sea
• CHALLENGIN­G ASEAN’S COMPLICITY
• Meralco battles Phoenix for the twice-to-beat edge in quarters
• Baltazar, Heading beef up Strong Group in Dubai tourney
• Raptors player swaps
• Korea passes bill to ban consumptio­n of dog meat
• United, Alaska find loose parts on 737 MAX planes, raising pressure on Boeing
• Legal migration to EU must increase as workforce ages
• Spanish court convicts arbitrator who awarded $15 billion to sultan’s heirs in Malaysia dispute
• Hungary takes aim at ‘shrinkflat­ion’ with mandatory price warnings
• Indonesia, Philippine­s agree to seek code of conduct for South China Sea
• Lawmaker slams budget for ‘Cha-cha’ to be bigger than gov’t services fund
• DoJ pursuing 151,818 drug cases against erring cops
• Black Nazarene feast draws hundreds of thousands of devotees in Manila
• BDO eyes P5B from second ASEAN sustainabi­lity bonds
• Bangko Sentral starts FX reporting system
• Most Filipinos saw easy credit in 2023, Digido survey shows
• PSEi advances after better job data, rate cut view
• Peso breaches P56 a dollar level on policy rate easing signals from BSP
• Nasdaq posts first 2024 gain as yields decline
• Samsung flags large quarterly profit drop on weak demand
• Canada, Honda Motor Co. representa­tives to meet about potential EV plant
• What the NYT’s critics are looking forward to in 2024
• A fantastica­l, dreamlike swan song
• Russian billionair­e and Sotheby’s fight over ‘the lost Leonardo’ painting

Business World - 2024-01-09

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