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High inflation, rate hike pause, economic slowdowns sway markets in Q2
ADAM SMIGIELSKI-UNSPLASH By Mariedel Irish U. Catilogo, Researcher SOFTER global economic growth, high inflation, and the US Federal Reserve’s hawkish stance stirred the domestic financial markets in the second quarter. The barometer Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi)closed the second quarter at 6,468.07, down 0.5% quarter on quarter from 6,499.68 in…
Read More »Developing the fashion industry by improving business skills
YOU CAN make a dress, but can you sell it? A series of talks in November aims to equip fashion designers with business skills — just enough to get themselves launched worldwide. The PHx Fashion Conference will…
Read More »Fighting for our coral reefs
By Amelia H. C. Ylagan PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD/PHILSTAR GLOBAL There were gushing descriptions and awesome pictures of bountiful marine life in the National Geographic magazine of May 12, 2022, that featured the coral reefs in…
Read More »Rice inventory declines in early June; corn stocks edge up
THE rice inventory declined 18.1% year on year, while that of corn rose 1.5% at the start of June, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said. In a report, the PSA said that the rice inventory during the…
Read More »Should you take chances in buying a dream home?
By Bernadette Therese M. Gadon, Researcher ARE FILIPINOS still willing to take a chance to buy their dream home amid an economic slowdown and high inflation? Concerns have eased as real estate demand shows no signs of slowing. Analysts noted that it is still every Filipino’s dream is to have…
Read More »Appellate tax court grants 3M Philippines’ refund
CTA.JUDICIARY.GOV.PH THE Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has granted the appeal of 3M Philippines, Inc. to cancel P37.29 million of its deficiency taxes for the year 2014 and to refund P13.4 million from the same assessment it…
Read More »Life stories of criminals-without-borders
By Eric D. U. Gutierrez FREEPIK Constructing life stories is an extremely useful technique in investigating messy and often unintelligible social phenomena for which information is typically fragmented, uneven, piecemeal, hidden, and often inconsistent. It…
Read More »Views on the Vios Cup
1 of 5 The TGR Vios Cup continues to create a significant impact on the industry — and to the people racing the cars By Dylan Afuang THE TOYOTA VIOS, a reliable subcompact sedan, is always big…
Read More »BSP orders closure of rural bank in Cebu, tells PDIC to take over
THE BANGKO SENTRAL ng Pilipinas (BSP) has shut down one more rural bank in the country, bringing the number of institutions it has closed this year to seven. The Rural Bank of Talisay (Cebu), Inc. was prohibited…
Read More »Michael Cinco goes high tech
PHILIPPINE Blockchain Week (think cryptocurrency and Web3) isn’t exactly where you’d expect to see a Michael Cinco fashion show, but that’s exactly what happened on Blockchain Week’s opening on Sept. 18. The designer opened the event with…
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High inflation, rate hike pause, economic slowdowns sway markets in Q2
ADAM SMIGIELSKI-UNSPLASH By Mariedel Irish U. Catilogo, Researcher SOFTER global economic growth, high inflation, …
