Bank lending continued to expand in August but at a slower rate of 7.2 percent, significantly less than lending growth averaging 7.7 percent in July, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said on Wednesday, citing preliminary data.
Meta Platforms is exploring a plan that could make users in the European Union shell out as much as $14 to access ad-free versions of Instagram or Facebook or agree to personalized ads for the free versions, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
An interagency committee has laid the predicate—declining prices and increasing supply--for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to lift the price cap on rice he implemented last month to curb inflation and buy time to go after grain smuggler and hoarders.
An increasing number of companies are paying bonuses to executives in the pursuit of sustainability. Driven by an ever-growing focus on global issues, more than three-quarters of large, publicly traded companies in Europe and North America now use environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) metrics when determining executive bonuses.
DMCI Holdings Inc. reported a 20 percent decline in net income in 2025, earning P15.1 billion compared to P19 billion the previous year, mainly due to weaker contributions from its energy business and losses in its cement segment.
A delegation from the Zimbabwean government visited tobacco farms in the Philippines this month to learn about the country’s tobacco industry and explore possible cooperation.
Cybersecurity company Fortinet has announced the release of FortiOS 8.0, a new version of its operating system designed to improve network security and simplify IT management.
The reunion of the SexBomb Girls didn’t just revive a pop-era phenomenon, it demonstrated, with ticket-stub precision, the enduring commercial muscle of SM Mall of Asia Arena as the country’s go-to stage for mass live entertainment.