Medical waste disposal brings challenges, big opportunities
Employees dispose medical waste at a makeshift hospital in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, on Feb 27. BEIJING — Discarded masks, gloves and protective gowns are just some of the…
ING’s mobile bank keeps high interest rate
Hans B. Sicat (From his Twitter account) Dutch financial giant ING is keeping the above-industry deposit rate of 4 percent per annum offered through its mobile consumer banking platform until…
Shares skid after oil prices dip into negative territory
BANGKOK — Asian shares skidded on Tuesday after U.S. oil futures plunged below zero with storage for crude nearly full as demand collapses due to the pandemic. A man wearing…
AUB unveils new e-wallet | Inquirer Business
AUB’s new e-wallet solution HelloMoney The Rebisco group’s banking arm Asia United Bank (AUB) has rolled out a new digital wallet for consumers seeking to migrate to electronic banking channels…
Megaworld donates P60M to build COVID-19 test labs
Andrew Tan and family Property tycoon-led Megaworld Corp. has donated P60 million to build four COVID-19 testing laboratories for Philippine Red Cross (PRC) in Metro Manila, augmenting the country’s capacity…
PH e-commerce gains during COVID-19 lockdown
MANILA, Philippines — The COVID-19 global pandemic and the resulting lockdowns to contain the disease, including in the Philippines, so far inflicted a “brutal blow” on the growing “sharing economy,”…
Oil price goes negative as demand collapses; stocks dip
NEW YORK — Oil futures plunged below zero on Monday, the latest never-before-seen number to come out of the economic coma caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Aramco refinery at Ras…