Business World - 2020-04-01

• PHL plans rice imports amid lockdown
• Virus to cut Philippine growth — World Bank
• Inflation likely slowed in March as oil price plunges
• PHL airlines seek gov’t help to survive virus
• PCC clears Synergy acquisitio­n of entities owning NGCP
• GT Capital net income up 54%
• MPIC takes Japanese partners in Indonesia infrastruc­ture f irm
• AboitizPow­er seeks nod on P9.6-B bonds
• Meralco says electricit­y supply steady during Luzon lockdown
• Sy group allots P170M to fight virus
• SEC to firms: use digital platform
• Government preparing package to aid small firms
• SEIPI seeking clarity on logistics curbs
• Cashing in on e-payments to f latten the COVID-19 curve
• Netf lix watches as Instagram unites a quarantine­d world
• Disease and fear in 21st century US-China strategic competitio­n
• Treasury turns down all bids for 35-day T-bills as rates increase
• Peso ends higher vs dollar on oil prices, China PMI
• Security Bank seeks to raise P50B via LTNCDs
• PSEi rebounds on China data, Trump comments
• China’s March factory activity expands, but outlook still grim
• Crude benchmarks plunge to lowest since 2002
• Coronaviru­s drives US March auto sales off a cliff
• Wall Street rallies as investors snap up bargain stocks
• Duterte considers floating quarantine hospitals
• NATIONWIDE ROUND-UP
• Exporters unable to move goods close shop amid lockdown
• No new COVID-19 cases in Central Visayas as of Monday’s test results
• 5-year-old is 15th confirmed case in Cagayan Valley
• Deadliest day: US coronaviru­s death toll rises past 3,000
• Coronaviru­s epidemic ‘far from over’ in Asia — WHO official
• Brazil’s Bolsonaro urges no more coronaviru­s quarantine
• Developing nations need $2.5-T virus package — UN
• Airlines,
• Mark Magsayo excited to turn a new leaf with MP Promotions
• New Olympic date
• Making its presence felt
• Informatio­n is power
• PLAN OF ACTION
• What a drag! Self-isolating Aussie queen takes routine online
• ONE NIGHT STAND CABARET
• Elton John’s coronaviru­s ‘living room’ show raises $8 million for US charities

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