How Changing Housing Needs Influence Singapore Property Choices
Housing needs rarely stay the same throughout a person’s life. A home that works well for a young professional may not provide the same advantages…
Microsoft’s cloud business helps offset pandemic woes
The Microsoft logo in Issy-les-Moulineaux, outside Paris, France (Image: AP/Michel Euler) Ongoing demand for Microsoft’s cloud computing services helped soften the blow of the coronavirus pandemic on the software giant’s…
Twitter stock slips amid pandemic-caused revenue uncertainty
A screen shows the price of Twitter stock at the New York Stock Exchange. Image: AP/Mark Lennihan OAKLAND, California—Twitter’s stock tumbled Thursday after the company failed to show that it’s…
Isolate the sick to get the economy moving, says Concepcion
After the two-month lockdown of Metro Manila, the country should start working on a normalization process using the simple strategy of isolating the sick, not those who are healthy, according…
P200M in fake cigarettes seized in Valenzuela
Authorities have seized some P200-million worth of fake cigarettes in Valenzuela City as unscrupulous traders tried to fill the gap left by dwindling supply of tax-paid sticks amid the COVID-19…
COVID-19 relief: LGUs told to extend local tax deadlines to June 25
All local government units (LGUs)—provinces, cities, municipalities and barangays—have been ordered to extend until June 25 the deadline for payment of all taxes, fees and charges that were due during…
Apple pinched by pandemic; profit, iPhone sales decline
FILE – The newly renovated Apple Store at Fifth Avenue is pictured on September 19, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Johannes EISELE / AFP) BERKELEY, California — Apple’s…
Asian shares fall after Wall St slips on grim economic news
Shares fell in Asia on Friday after a crush of dismal data about the economy helped send markets lower overnight in a meek ending to a historic, juggernaut month for…
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…