Business World - 2017-04-19

• IMF sees sustained Philippine growth
• Supreme Court stops QC from collecting higher realty tax
• AmCham says US firms in China face worst conditions in decades
• Wall Street rallies in low volume
• ERC approves NGCP’s P6.86-B Mindanao transmissi­on backbone
• ODA deal with Japan to fund subway expected
• Gov’t tightens controls over foreign funding
• Smuggled rice viewed as critical in improving estimates of nat’l inventory
• DA says preparing for another El Niño
• It’s final: SEC foreign ownership rules legal
• Online gaming seen to drive office space demand
• 1st Tryp by Wyndham hotel in Manila to open in June
• GT Capital to raise Metrobank stake by 9.6%
• Drilling in Galoc field shows inconclusi­ve results
• Lopez Holdings profit up 6% in 2016
• LBC Express net income surges
• China to gather friends for biggest summit of year on New Silk Road
• British PM calls for early general election in June
• New US-Japan talks could lead to trade deal
• FISHING AND THE FUTURE OF THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA
• Defusing the threat of nuclear war
• Electricit­y retail competitio­n should be voluntary, not mandatory
• Local business tax: A tool by the LGU to create its own source of revenue or a means of abuse?
• SWS poll: 73% worried about EJKs
• Duterte expected to return to Japan for June forum
• Peso extends slide as geopolitic­al tensions cause safe-haven buying
• Treasury partially awards fresh seven-year bonds as rates rise
• Firms’ expansion to drive banks’ offshore ventures
• PBCom’s net income surges on lending boost
• PSEi ends flat on weak remittance­s, lack of leads
• Oil edges lower, trade thin as some cash in
• Gold pares gains from five-month high despite geopolitic­al risks
• Wheat leads grains lower on US rains; soybean and corn futures weaken
• World’s hottest property stocks found in China as curbs ignored
• Why Singapore is Asia’s best in attracting talent
• Delta will pay up to $10,000 to passengers bumped off flights
• BRITISH AND BESPOKE
• BMW Motorrad mixes all-wheel drive, hybrid power in upcoming variant of R1200 GS
• Outsourcin­g the LTO’s driver’s test
• Mazda MX-5 RF named ‘Best of the Best’ in Red Dot design awards
• Streaking Beermen, Gin Kings take on struggling opponents
• Early playoff thoughts
• PVL fires off April 30
• In-form Andray Blatche expected for SEABA
• Cavs, Spurs take 2-0 series leads
• Ceres in an all-important AFC Cup fixture; Global out to stay on top
• Blues great John Terry set to leave Chelsea
• Playing with fire
• Collegiate sofabed design competitio­n launched
• Bonifacio High Street features ‘Glamping in the City’
• Free books and roses at Dia del Libro
• Juvenal Sanso at Alliance Française

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