Support Filipino local sellers at Lazada’s Bounce Back Sale
From May 3 to 5, customers can shop all daily needs and more at up to 90% off with Lazada’s Bounce Back Sale. To top that off, free shipping is…
Wall Street’s best month in 33 years closes with whimper
A crush of dismal data about the economy helped send markets lower Thursday, a meek ending to a historic, juggernaut month for stocks. FILE – In this Aug. 23, 2019,…
Concepcion: ‘Test, test, test’ needed to revive economy
LOCAL INITIATIVE Community testing sites have become crucial to controlling the virus. —CONTRIBUTED PHOTO A business leader on Thursday stressed that one of the ways the private sector hopes to…
Airlines seek 1-yr waiver of fees
The country’s biggest airlines are asking the government for free plane parking and rental fees for a whole year as losses mount due to the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.…
Robinsons Retail Q1 net jumps 45%
Panic-buying in supermarkets before and during the start of the lockdown of Luzon in mid-March boosted the first quarter net profit of Gokongwei-led Robinsons Retail Holdings Inc. (RRHI) by 45…
PSE moves to manage market volatility
The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) seeks to better control extraordinary volatility at the local stock market, which entered the bearish cycle earlier this year, by shifting to a three-tier circuit…
Agriculture finally gets attention | Inquirer Business
It had to take this pandemic for agriculture to finally get the deserved attention it has long been denied. The two most critical elements during this time are health and…
European economy suffers record drop amid pandemic
In this Wednesday, April 29, 2020 photo a man walks in front of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany. The European economy shrank by 3.8% in the first quarter,…
Kin, beneficiaries of 8 health workers who died of COVID-19 to get P12.9M from GSIS
Families and beneficiaries of eight public health workers who died giving care to COVID-19 patients but contracted the disease themselves would receive a total of P12.9 million in life insurance…
With fever checks and masks, Dubai’s megamall reopens
Dubai Mall is operating at 30% of capacity to ensure social distancing. Image: AFP/Karim Sahib via AFP Relaxnews Clutching bags from designer boutiques in their gloved hands, customers are back…