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FAA gives Boeing 90 days to develop plan to address quality issues

Boeing must develop a comprehensive plan to address "systemic quality-control issues" within 90 days, the head of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday, after a mid-air emergency last month sparked renewed safety concerns.

MREIT hikes distributable income in 2023 to P2.8B on steady rental escalation

MREIT, Inc., the real estate investment trust of Megaworld Corp., registered a distributable income of P2.8 billion in 2023, up 13 percent from the P2.5 billion recorded in 2022, on the back of steady rental escalation and high occupancy rate in its office portfolio.

PXP Energy widens net loss to P97.4M as revenue declined, cost rise

PXP Energy Corp., the upstream oil and gas unit of Philex Mining Corp., said Thursday it booked a wider net loss of P97.4 million compared with P36.1 million as a result of impairment charges in Service Contract 74 Linapacan, offset by changes in decommission estimates in SC 14C-2 West Linapacan. 

Metrobank raises landmark USD1 billion from international debt capital markets

Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co. (Metrobank) successfully concluded its offering of a dual tranche, 5 year and 10 year U.S. dollar denominated notes amidst overwhelming demand.

Sprawling queues for subsidized rice highlight plight of Indonesia’s poor

In the afternoon sun, dozens of Indonesians, mostly women, gather in a snaking queue to buy bags of subsidised rice, their arms poking through a metal gate to grab tickets assuring them a spot to make a purchase.

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BCDA, Pag-IBIG partner to develop housing projects

The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) and Pag-IBIG Fund are teaming up to develop housing and other projects on BCDA-owned properties, starting with about 14 hectares in New Clark City.

COREnergy urges businesses to cut power costs strategically

COREnergy is urging Philippine businesses to look beyond cheaper...

The car can help, but it cannot drive for you

Cars have become remarkably good at worrying about us. They can warn when we are drifting out of a lane, tell us when another vehicle has entered our blind spot, apply the brakes when we fail to notice something ahead, and, in some cases, even keep themselves pointed in the right direction while traffic crawls along. It is an extraordinary development, particularly in a country where driving is akin to participating in a live-action negotiation with several hundred strangers. The problem is that the smarter the car becomes, the greater the temptation for us to become slightly less smart ourselves.

Gov’t sets January 2027 launch for global bond pricing standard to boost market liquidity

The financial regulators and market institutions on Friday announced that peso-denominated government bonds will transition to the international bond pricing convention for settlement purposes starting January 4, 2027. All relevant regulations and backend systems are scheduled to be fully operational before the end of 2026.
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