Business
Local nickel miner prepares to take 20% of Chinese smelting company for $75m
Global Ferronickel Holdings Inc., the country’s second largest nickel ore producer, is acquiring a 20-percent interest in a Chinese smelting...
Business group bullish on six-year export plan
Filipino exporters look forward to the new and improved Philippine Export Development Plan 2023 to 2028 which is now in...
Now Corp. to buy 20% stake in affiliate Newsnet
Now Corp. of the Velarde family said Monday it is acquiring an initial 20-percent stake in Newsnet, an interactive pay...
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BDO waives remittance charges for donations
BDO Unibank Inc. through remittance arm BDO Remit is waiving the remittance fees for donations sent to victims of typhoon...
Stock market rebounds on bargain-hunting
Stocks rebounded Monday on bargain-hunting after the benchmark index plunged 8.3 percent last week amid concerns on rising inflation and...
UAE to set up ministry in the metaverse
Dubai, United Arab Emirates—The United Arab Emirates, which already boasts the world’s tallest skyscraper and has launched a bold Mars...
Crude prices rally as OPEC mulls over output reduction
Hong Kong, China—Oil prices jumped more than three percent in Asian trade Monday as reports said OPEC and other top...
Britain’s new gov’t makes dramatic U-turn on tax cut after uproar
Birmingham, United Kingdom—Britain’s beleaguered finance minister on Monday announced a dramatic U-turn on a tax cut announced as part of...
Cavite to start Swiss Challenge on SMC’s proposed P27-b road
The provincial government of Cavite is preparing for the start of the Swiss Challenge in November on San Miguel Corp.’s...
IPOPHL worried on country’s drop in innovation rank
The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines expressed dismay over results of the Global Innovation Index 2022 which saw the...
Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.