Business World - 2018-07-03

• June factory growth buoys Q2 reading
• Gov’t vows fiscal discipline as it widens programmed budget deficit for 2019
• Customs tops June goal as most ports perform
• Sharp-tongued leftist wins presidenti­al elections in Mexico; Trump reaches out
• China drags on Asia shares, politics on euro, Mexican peso
• Loeb pushes Nestlé for more sales, restructur­ing
• Japan business confidence slips in June survey
• Megawide aims to book P24-B contracts this year
• Meralco-First NatGas power supply deal gets ERC go signal
• Stock market seen to end at 7,500 level this year
• ICTSI says Ecuador port cleared to handle mega vessels
• Cebu Pacific sells majority stake in 1Aviation
• Cebu Pacific expands cargo operations
• PLDT works to comply with DoLE order; no contracts terminated
• Don’t miss the de minimis
• Tax evasion seen a hurdle to FATF compliance
• DoF questions ‘third player’ selection via ‘beauty contest’
• IMF says inflation expectatio­ns affect prices more than oil
• DTI says only few prices have moved since Nov.
• The South China Sea game
• Blasphemy and persecutio­n
• # bworldfeed
• WANTED: A DETAILED DATA OF CITY POVERTY INCIDENCE
• Recruiting smoking’s new suckers just got harder
• Russia sets up Croatia quarterfin­al
• Hollywood delight as ‘King James’ seals deal to Lakers
• Federer, Serena lead Wimbledon against World Cup
• George stays
• Paris Rapid/Blitz
• Batang Gilas remains winless after being routed by France
• Ceres-Negros blanks Stallion Laguna anew
• Tanauan mayor shot dead during flag ceremony
• Retiring Ombudsman flags need for stricter monitoring of cases
• Gov’t borrows P11.9B via Treasury bills
• PHL banks to favor digitaliza­tion over mergers or acquisitio­ns for expansion
• Bank of Makati posts P507-M income in Q1
• PSE index extends gains as investors buy bargains
• Peso weakens anew on concerns over trade war, positive US data
• More lenders expected to use InstaPay platform
• South Korea’s Hyundai Motor says US car tariffs would harm security ties over North Korea
• Nissan cancels potential $1-billion sale of battery business to China’s GSR
• London copper steadies near three-month lows as trade tensions simmer
• Oil falls as Saudi output rises; Asia economies slow
• Gold prices edge lower as dollar rides prospects of more Fed rate hikes
• Megaworld opens 1st lifestyle mall in VisMin
• Blockchain-powered real estate platform launched in Philippine­s
• New office buildings targeting BPO firms, MNCs
• New York’s Plaza Hotel now has a 3rd suitor joining battle for control
• Singapore says home prices rise strong for 2nd straight quarter
• US has plan to dismantle N. Korea nuclear program within a year
• China factory growth ebbs as export orders shrink
• Festival vets make up 1st 4 entries in this year’s MMFF
• ‘Bowie Bonds’ creator sues singer Ed Sheeran for copying Marvin Gaye hit
• Westlife’s Filan promotes new album with Sept. concert in PHL
• Posporos hooks up Spanish, Pinoy musicians
• Jurassic dinos boost N. American box office
• Drake smashes streaming record with new album
• Michael Jackson returns posthumous­ly on Drake album
• Slain rapper XXXTentaci­on returns to fight old self in posthumous video
• Independen­t record labels get boost from streaming music services
• Riding the wave of technologi­cal innovation, BSP navigates the future at 25
• DIGITAL FINANCIAL INCLUSION
• Bold FX reforms aim to support a flexible and market-determined exchange rate
• Vigilant monetary policy design for price stability
• Through InstaPay, consumers need not leave their homes or places of work to withdraw cash and make overthe-counter payments... Payments via InstaPay can be made anytime of up to P50,000 per transactio­n, without limit in a day... even after banking hours,
• Working toward a cash-lite economy
• Stability,
• Philippine­s to host Global Farm Tourism Summit on July 17-19
• Holcim aims to improve its environmen­tal footprint
• Avon Philippine­s celebrates 40 years in business

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