Business World - 2019-02-18

• Gov’t zeroes in on online casinos
• HOW DOES THE PHILIPPINE­S COMPARE WITH OTHER ASIAN ECONOMIES IN TERMS OF INTELLECTU­AL PROPERTY PROTECTION?
• BSP takes heart from rice tarifficat­ion, charter change
• Finance dep’t still open to general tax amnesty
• BPO company looking for workers with high level of digital proficienc­y
• CPG allots P3B for affordable housing projects
• Globe in talks with common tower providers
• Unifrutti secures P1-B loan from DBP for banana area expansion
• NAIA consortium hopes to start Swiss challenge by mid-2019
• Bloomberry stock price gets lift from PSE index inclusion
• Smart mobile network is more consistent — report
• Data is power: Using analytics for a Customs audit
• PCC proposes divestment as remedy for URC deal
• Senate eliminates Bataan freeport incentives from bill
• PRC relaxes license renewal requiremen­ts during CPD ‘transition period’
• Social welfare attaché bill for OFWs to be elevated to Palace for signing
• Managing our country brand and national identity
• THE EVOLUTION OF PRESIDENT DUTERTE
• 2019 – the year of choices for ASEAN’s bond markets
• How was the service?
• Talk about something else
• La Salle clips Ateneo
• Philippine men’s Under-22 soccer team begins AFF Championsh­ip 2019 campaign
• ONE: Filipino fighter Gina Iniong swings back to winning in Bangkok
• Packed grind for Gilas in lead-up to FIBA window
• ‘Return of the Rivals’
• Police call on gun owners to renew expired licenses, surrender firearms
• Treasury bill rates to move sideways on RTB bets
• PHL stocks to firm up ahead of corporate earnings
• Mitsubishi Motors Philippine­s market share improved in 2018
• Peso likely to climb on US data, Fed minutes
• Yields on gov’t debt sideways as market waits for retail bond issue
• SEC sees strong demand for green bonds amid gov’t infrastruc­ture push, new rules
• United States-China trade talks to resume this week
• Sputtering car makers vehicle production sinks US manufactur­ing output in January
• China ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing plans Chile and Peru launches to take on Uber
• PepsiCo says investment­s to drive sales will dent profit
• Malaysia’s Axiata accepts offer for Singapore’s M1
• Wall St. rallies on optimism over Sino-US trade talks
• Oil up over 2% to year-to-date highs on tightening supplies
• Gold scales 2-week peak; palladium matches record high; other precious metals rise
• China lending data help copper to a positive end
• DTI ready to ‘protect’ sugar producers with import fees
• SKorea-backed Panay terminal cuts out the middleman for farmers
• Corn growers call new rice policy unrealisti­c
• Global commodity traders to monitor deforestat­ion in Brazil’s savannah
• Cocoa prices seen edging up despite small global surplus
• US general recommends arming, aiding Syrian fighters after pullout
• Islamic State’s ‘caliphate’ on brink of defeat in Syria
• Factories to test world ‘equilibriu­m’
• Pence chastises EU allies on Iran, Venezuela
• Love (local) in the time of K-pop
• Garcia Joseph L. Style icon Lee Radziwill, 85
• A $2.5-billion blue jeans fortune emerges with Levi’s IPO plan
• Prada mounts diversity council as brands face blackface backlash
• We’ve Been Good
• How the Lopez-owned Benpres building sparked an entreprene­urial spirit
• HOW TO GET MORE PINAYS TO PURSUE STEM CAREERS
• Want to foster prosperity?
• Competing with global retailers
• Powerful cars for 2019
• Powerful,
• AUDI TT COUPE
• SUZUKI CIAZ
• Microsoft pushes for a future-ready Asia Pacific, backs youth education
• Cebu Pacific opens applicatio­n for new batch of Cadet Pilots

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