Business World - 2021-04-28

• March deficit spending balloons
• DoF chief says consumer gains outweigh P14-B revenue loss from EO 128
• Government to borrow P170B in May
• Fitch Ratings lowers PHL growth outlook
• BSP extends effectivit­y of relief measures for banks amid crisis
• Experts: Vaccine good trumps risks for seriously ill people
• Saving capitalism from profit obsession
• AboitizPow­er eyes 3,900 MW of RE by 2030
• AC Energy’s 63-MW solar farm in Zambales goes online
• Discovery World unit, Samal Shores ink management deal
• PHL f ixed broadband ranks 81st out of 177 in Speedtest Global Index
• PhilWeb returns to prof itability with P7-M income
• Meralco’s Radius Telecoms offers ‘RED Fiber’ to ease transactio­ns
• NGCP: Lack of supply hampers ‘firm’ reserve power
• Schools face hard choices in COVID-proofing the classroom of the future
• Gov’t may expand role in power generation to build up reserves
• NEDA sees need to renew focus on human dev’t, food security
• PHL, Chile form panel to explore areas of possible trade cooperatio­n
• PHL asks Australia to lift anti-dumping duty on canned pineapple
• Amid cloud over FiT, quota for river hydro remains unfilled
• India nears 200,000 COVID-19 deaths
• Drums of war are beating, warns Australian official
• Pandemic impact highlights need for resilient occupation­al safety and health systems
• How to ensure a green recovery from the pandemic
• World Immunizati­on Week 2021: Children have the right to health
• Exxon retreated from oil trading in pandemic as rivals made fortunes
• S&P 500, Nasdaq hit record ahead of tech earnings
• Oil falls on India’s virus surge; OPEC+ limits drop
• Lyft sells self-driving tech unit to Toyota for $550M, moves up profit timeline
• Helping stop the pandemic
• House bill filed promoting cheaper ‘biosimilar’ drugs
• Gov’t told to extend altered lockdown for a week
• Justice chief says law needed to define, criminaliz­e ‘red-tagging’
• Government to add 200 more ICU beds before reopening
• SolGen: PHL needs anti-terror law to avoid FATF blacklist
• Amend baseline law, Palace tells Congress
• Context matters
• Roger Federer said to join French Open with eye on Wimbledon
• Standout hitter Kalei Mau to miss national volleyball team tryouts
• NBA hopes to adopt play-in tournament for future seasons; 76ers win
• ONE: Folayang seeks to turn speed bump to success
• PBA to meet Palace officials to discuss start of Season 46
• Ferdinand Magellan’s death 500 years ago is being remembered as an act of indigenous resistance
• Stories of Negrense women
• Emerging Asia’s central banks could delay rate hikes until 2022
• PSEi declines as recovery concerns hit sentiment
• BSP sets rules for nonstock savings associatio­ns
• Rate hikes,
• BPI to seek regulatory approval for merger with BFSB by Sept.
• BoJ signals prolonged easing on pressure from virus, cuts price outlook
• Peso inches up vs dollar ahead of Fed meeting

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