Business World - 2024-02-02

• Factory activity further eases in Jan.
• BSP likely to mirror Fed’s ‘wait-and-see’ approach — analysts
• CREC gets approval for initial public offering
• MGreen signs contracts with Chinese firm for 2 solar projects
• AbaCore board OK’s sale of unit’s Batangas property
• TV5 introduces RPTV free-to-air channel
• PSEi seen to end at 7,665.26 this year — Philstocks
• Robinsons Retail net income down 29.5%
• NEDA sees new taxes as necessary to achieve PHL transforma­tion goals
• Use RE as a means to attract more mining investment, US official says
• DTI banking on investment from companies fleeing China
• PEZA approves P2.21B worth of investment­s in Jan.
• The best onboarding program
• GOCC regulator halts PAGCOR casino layoffs, senator says
• When growth forecasts fail
• The f light beyond
• Mainstream news media is imploding. That’s a good thing
• High time to reactivate the No Contact Apprehensi­on Policy
• Oil prices fall on faltering China economy, US crude stock build
• US stocks plunge after Fed holds rates steady, rules out early rate cut
• London cocoa climbs to record high; sugar also up
• Copper hits one-month high as US dollar retreats
• Gold slides on Powell view on rate cut
• KKR raises $6.4B for biggest Asia-Pacific infrastruc­ture fund
• H&M CEO quits as retailer fails to keep up with rivals
• Missing Embiid
• Angelos family agrees to sell Baltimore Orioles for $1.725B
• How Washington is preparing for a Chinese invasion of Taiwan
• Top tech CEOs told ‘you have blood on your hands’ at US child safety hearing
• Gaza’s GDP plummets due to war
• Philippine­s to buy submarines in bid to defend claims in South China Sea
• PHL House think tank proposes 3 tiers for sugar tax
• Pangilinan sees chance to attract supporters amid UniTeam discord
• Angkas eyes four-wheel service
• Marcos told to prioritize key issues over ‘Cha-cha’
• Fed chair Powell sees lower interest rates on the horizon as inflation ebbs, economy bounces ahead
• FINEX President Toti Bengzon and transforma­tion
• BANK, CREDIT RISKS DROPPED
• Domestic claims of nonbank financial firms rise in Q3 2023
• Passengers on epic cruise sail into minor stardom
• Women’s pop culture power takes center stage at Sunday’s Grammys EDITOR ALICIA A. HERRERA
• Ryan Murphy’s finishes what Truman Capote started
• Brand builders on using artificial intelligen­ce
• AI AND CREATIVE RESISTANCE

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