Business World - 2021-06-22

• Fed rate hike not a threat to PHL
• PHL credit rating unlikely to be hurt by Mandanas ruling
• BoC sets rules for goods cleared via informal entry
• Coworking from your apartment building
• Four more Filipinos infected with Indian variant
• VAT and percentage tax amendments in light of the coronaviru­s pandemic
• Palace says over P18 billion in Bayanihan II funds available
• LRT-2 East Extension opening postponed
• Manila Water wins indigenous people consent for Antipolo treatment plant
• China-funded Estrella-Pantaleon Bridge now 93% complete
• Landlords have legal duty to monitor power use — Leechiu
• Wilcon Depot sets expansion plan, eyes 100 stores by 2025
• GrowSari raises over $30M in funding from global investors
• Globe 5G network now covers ‘at least 88%’ of NCR
• Vivant unit bags Cebu bulk water supply deal
• Da Vinci Capital, Cosco Capital execute share-for-share swap
• Megaworld seeing uptick in residentia­l sales
• What resilience look like
• What the crypto crowd doesn’t understand about economics
• 10 trends in lockdowns, COVID deaths, and vaccinatio­ns
• Why nobody will ever agree on whether COVID lockdowns were worth it
• Hawks upset no. 1 seeded 76ers in Game 7; Booker’s 40-pt triple-double carries Suns past Clippers
• Gilas Pilipinas looks to build on gains from FIBA ACQ
• Rahm wins US Open
• Back to the drawing board for Dasmariñas — analyst
• Filipino tennis ace Alex Eala trusting the process
• Hong Kongs’s Apple Daily said to shut within days
• US envoy for North Korea eyes ‘positive’ response on dialogue
• Dongguan becomes latest city in China to be hit by COVID-19 outbreak
• Indonesia police investigat­es death of politician who opposed remote mine
• Veteran lawmakers to seek return to Senate under NPC next year
• PHL, Saudi Arabia to advance labor reforms
• Senior HS graduates get help from DepEd, ECOP, Microsoft to attract employers
• Cebu lawyers take quarantine protocols battle to court in support of local policy vs national COVID task fore
• Gov’t increases T-bill award as rates drop further
• Quasi-banks swing to profit in 1st quarter
• PSEi drops on profit taking, higher virus cases
• Oil prices climb as Iran nuclear talks drag on
• Chinese apps could face bans or subpoenas under Biden order
• Asian bourses fall as Fed shift rumbles; yields slide
• Ikea and Rockefelle­r foundation­s plan to give $1 billion for clean energy
• UK gov’t launches plan to capitalize on science and technology breakthrou­ghs
• So it shall sound
• Evil is good, and it’s back for a second Satanic season

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