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Fulltime Europe border controls could cost France billions

February 3, 2016 - 2:10pm

Reintroducing permanent border controls in Europe's passport free travel area to respond to the refugee emergency could cost France more than a billion euros a year and perhaps 10 times that longer-term.

World

Oil exec slams Napocor rate hike

January 27, 2016 - 9:00am

An oil industry official has questioned National Power Corp.’s proposal for an increase in the universal charge component of bills amid the steep drop in oil prices since the middle of 2014.

Business

Disruption

By FIRST PERSON | By Alex Magno | November 11, 2015 - 9:00am

Hosting the APEC meeting in a crowded and disorganized metropolis like Manila is very likely a bad idea. The disruption will impose costs on everyone, costs far beyond the few billion pesos government is actually...

Opinion

OPMC profits fall in H1

August 21, 2015 - 10:00am

Lower revenues arising from the drop in oil prices in the international market resulted in a 70 percent drop in Oriental Petroleum and Minerals Corp.’s first half net profit.

Business

Businesses still prefer checks for payments

July 27, 2015 - 10:00am

Checks remain by far the most widely used interoperable payment instrument in the Philippines despite the presence of digital payment instruments.

Banking

JP Morgan expects improved ROE for local banks

By Louise Maureen Simeon | July 27, 2015 - 10:00am

Global financial services firm JP Morgan Chase & Co. expects an improvement in the return on equity (RoE) of various Philippine banks for the remaining quarters of the year due to improving core income and prudent...

Business

AirAsia scraps fuel surcharges as oil price plummets

January 26, 2015 - 4:41pm

Southeast Asia's biggest budget carrier AirAsia is scrapping fuel surcharges on tickets following the decline in global oil...

Business

Philippines cited as one of world’s cheapest countries to live in

By Alixandra Caole Vila | January 22, 2015 - 11:59am

The living costs in each country are measured against a base of 100, which represents New York City's cost of living.&nb...

Travel and Tourism

Consumer goods likely to drop by March – DTI

By Carlo S. Lorenciana | January 14, 2015 - 12:00am

Consumers may have to expect lower prices of basic goods late next month or early March amid the drastic drop in global oil prices. While the recent oil price rollbacks have already triggered a decrease in jeepney...

Freeman Cebu Business

PCCI seeks repeal of BOC rule on stuffing of containers

By Louella Desiderio | January 12, 2015 - 12:00am

The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) is seeking the repeal of the Bureau of Custom’s stuffing policy as this increases the cost of doing business.

Business