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The country’s currency, Philippine Peso surge to a new record for the year 2016 against the United States dollar after the world’s major currency (US Dollar) slightly weakened further with bets for a near term interest rate hike from the US Federal Reserve now dashed. According to the national government, the local currency gained over … Read more
Australia’s largest telecommunication company Telstra ends its talk with San Miguel Corporation for a planned joint telecom venture as both companies abandoned the plans to compete against the Philippines leading telecom firms. Both San Miguel and Telstra failed to reach an agreement as reported by the two companies. According to San Miguel President and Chief … Read more
One of the Philippines richest Taipan and the founder of real estate giant Filinvest Land Inc., Taipan Andrew Gotianun Sr. passed away on the morning of Thursday, March 10, 2016, he was 88 years old. Based upon the estimates of Forbes Magazine he is the 18th wealthiest man in the Philippines. The late Andrew Gotianun … Read more
One of the richest families in the Philippines, the Ayala Brothers were caught on camera riding Metro Rail Transit (MRT-3) yesterday morning went viral online after it was posted by some netizens. Businessman Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, chairman and CEO of Ayala Corp. was spotted riding the MRT. According to a news report posted … Read more
Robinsons Malls considered as one of the country’s largest mall developer revealed to the media about the plans of Robinsons Land Corp. (RLC) to build 20 more malls in the Philippines in the next five years. Out of the 20 malls to be built in different parts of the country, two of them will be … Read more
Aisa Mijeno, the Filipino co-founder of the popular Sustainable Alternative Lighting (SALT), made international headlines after she was featured in the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation CEO Summit on Wednesday as a great example of a young entrepreneur using technology to solve everyday problems. The engineer and environmental advocate of SALT was involved in a panel … Read more
One of the world’s most recognized Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Kevin Plank of Under Armour shared his Filipino connection during his first time visiting the country this weekend. According to the Under Armour CEO, he has never been to the country but really feels home. The self-made billionaire Kevin Plank, revealed during an interview with … Read more
The country’s largest Mall Operators, SM Malls, announced that they will open the fourth largest mall in the country, the SM Seaside City located in the Southern portion of the city of Cebu, this coming November 2015. The announcement was revealed to the media by Hans Sy, President of SM Prime Holdings Inc. The SM … Read more
One of the country’s leading conglomerates, San Miguel Corporation is now preparing to revive their flagging telecom venture as they set to compete against the two largest telecom networks in the country, Smart Communications and Globe. The launching of the telecom projects will be in the year 2016. According to some sources, a British executive, … Read more
Self-made billionaire founder and CEO of GoPro has granted his old college roommate, this time not to share a room but to give the promise he made 10 years ago. Nick Woodman, named as Business Insider highest-paid CEO in America, has returned 4.7 million shares to GoPro so that his college roommate, Neil Dana, could … Read more