Business World - 2021-02-26

• BoP posts $752-M deficit in January
• BSP rationaliz­es DOSRI reporting requiremen­ts
• PHL an ‘outperform­er’ in f rontier technology
• Central banks say no tapering, but markets are not buying it
• Cebu Pacific expects delivery of 8 aircraft this year
• SMC says prepayment offer for Ilijan gas plant was ‘made in good faith’
• SEC warns public about R.L. Aggregates
• Meralco says power bill may drop in March
• SN Aboitiz allots 633 MW for ‘green’ energy users
• Manila Water starts building 42nd sewage treatment plant
• Technology,
• Tapering,
• More meat inspection needed, not hog-farmer subsidies — SINAG
• Taxation of digital firms seen hindered by policy, lack of infrastruc­ture
• Permit process for fiber optics projects next up for streamlini­ng
• IP treaty to protect PHL performers’ rights globally
• Improved growing methods expected to raise catfish, mudfish output
• Who is primarily responsibl­e for worker discipline?
• Philippine­s facing oversupply in IT graduates, STEM shortage
• Virtual work parties: The good, the bad and the plain peculiar
• Keep GCQ: Setting f ire to our ship…
• China and Russia are beating the West at vaccine diplomacy
• Reinventin­g EDSA
• Want to improve the country? Improve marriages
• Biden to ask for $37B to boost chip production amid shortfall
• Wall Street finishes up as Fed soothes inflation fears
• Oil rises after data shows slump in US output
• US audit report cites ‘weaknesses’ in FAA’s certificat­ion of grounded Boeing 737 MAX aircraft
• India plans new social media controls after Twitter face-off
• Australia passes law making Facebook pay for news
• Moderna starts developing booster shot for new coronaviru­s variants
• Husband must pay wife $7,700 for years of housework, court rules
• Biden revokes Trump ban on green card applicants
• Cautious Asian nations finally fire starting gun on vaccines
• PSL beach volleyball tournament takes place this weekend
• Ups and downs
• Tennis ace Alex Eala basks in chance to compete against older opponents, eyes more tournament­s
• Another great Tiger Woods comeback possible — experts
• COVID-19 vaccinatio­n drive may start next week
• Senate president says time to pass law for just one agency to handle anti-drug enforcemen­t
• Senate panel says mechanisms in place to penalize unwarrante­d tagging of persons and groups as terrorists
• Safeguard rights, Duterte tells Pinoys on People Power day
• Cops violated rules of engagement in drug war, DoJ chief tells UN
• 1st African Swine Fever case in Tacloban City confirmed
• Approved Bangsamoro Civil Service Code covers indigenous peoples, Shari’ah Bar and madaris teachers
• Singing is praying twice
• Playing life, not notes
• Spotify to launch in 85 new markets, reach more than a billion listeners
• Caring capitalism vs loneliness
• Quick lending upturn unlikely
• Peso may weaken on vaccine issues, positive US data
• PSEi seen to correct after underperfo­rming in Feb.
• PEZA welcomes 2021 with positive investment­s
• PEZA celebrates 26th anniversar­y
• PEZA records good performanc­e in investment­s in 2020 despite pandemic

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