Corporate
SM focuses expansion toward provincial areas
Conglomerate SM Investments Corp. is gearing its expansion plans toward the provincial areas where growth is faster, according to a...
SPNEC open to more strategic investors
SP New Energy Corp. said Thursday it is open to taking in more strategic investors to broaden investor base and...
Manila Water investing P37.3 billion in wastewater masterplan
Manila Water Company Inc. said Thursday it is investing in the P37.3-billion Three-River System Wastewater Masterplan to help rehabilitate and...
Cemex main shareholder launches P2.1-b tender offer
Cement manufacturer Cemex Holdings Philippines Inc. said Wednesday its majority shareholder Cemex Asian South East Corp. will launch a P2.1-billion...
SEC releases draft IRR on Financial Consumer Protection law
The Securities and Exchange Commission said Wednesday it released the draft implementing rules and regulations of Republic Act No. 11765,...
Wilcon expects to have 100 stores ahead of 2025 goal
Home improvement and construction supplies retailer Wilcon Depot Inc. said it expects to achieve its goal of having 100 stores...
Maynilad to expand water supply by 150m liters per day
West zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services Inc. is working double time to expand water supply by 150 million liters per...
Microsoft discloses multibillion investment in OpenAI
WASHINGTON, United States—Microsoft on Monday said it had extended its partnership with OpenAI, the research lab and creator of ChatGPT,...
Prime Infra unit takes over Cebu’s waste business
Prime Integrated Waste Solutions Inc., a subsidiary of Prime Infrastructure Capital Inc., said Monday it completed the acquisition of Cebu-based...
4 Jollibee brands named among favorite US chains
The Jollibee Group said four of its brands were named among America’s favorite restaurant chains for 2023. Jollibee said in...
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.