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Cracker Barrel logo is corporate mediocrity's latest casualty
THE latest battle in America’s woke wars featured a country-themed restaurant-and-store which gloried in the name of Cracker Barrel.
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September 01, 2025
Business World Philippines
Shares to trade with bearish bias before key data
PHILIPPINE STOCKS could move sideways this week with a bearish bias as the market is likely to stay cautious before the release of key economic data at home and in the United States.
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September 01, 2025
Business World Philippines
Eduardo Rodriguez, Diamondbacks stifle Dodgers' offense
LEFT-HANDER Eduardo Rodriguez went six scoreless innings and Corbin Carroll hit a home run to break a scoreless tie in the seventh inning as the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks earned a 6-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night.
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September 01, 2025
Business World Philippines
ERC approves Meralco, First Gen power supply deal extension until 2026
THE ENERGY Regulatory Commission (ERC) has approved the request of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) and a unit of First Gen Corp. to continue procuring power supply from a 1,000-megawatt (MW) gas-fired power plant in Batangas until Jan. 31, 2026.
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September 01, 2025
Business World Philippines
Partnership for health equity
Health is a fundamental human right. Everyone should have a fair opportunity to attain their highest level of health, regardless of social, economic, geographic, or demographic circumstances. This vision is at the core of universal healthcare (UHC), and it is why the research-based pharmaceutical industry remains committed to leveraging innovation to advance health equity.
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September 01, 2025
Business World Philippines
China reissues warning to students planning to study in the Philippines
CHINA'S MINISTRY of Education has renewed its warning to Chinese students considering studying in the Philippines, citing what it described as a worsening security situation for its nationals in the country.
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September 01, 2025
Business World Philippines
Developing barangay style
JOR-EL ESPINA and other designer friends opened a new store on Aug. 18, right beside Mr, Espina’s atelier in Makati.
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September 01, 2025
Business World Philippines
GWM PHL targets sales growth with key hires
LUXURIANT AUTOMOTIVE Group, Inc. (LAGI), the official importer and distributor of GWM vehicles in the Philippines, announced the recent appointment of two “seasoned automotive professionals” to its growing leadership team.
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September 01, 2025
Business World Philippines
Winford Resort & Casino Manila commits to 30% plant-based menu offerings by 2026
WINFORD RESORT & Casino Manila has become the first gaming complex in the Philippines to publicly commit to a comprehensive plant-forward initiative, earning recognition from international NGO Lever Foundation for its leadership.
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September 01, 2025
Business World Philippines
Oil prices fall with expected low demand, upcoming supply rise
Oil prices fell on Friday as traders looked toward weaker demand in the US, the world’s largest oil market, and a boost in supply this autumn from OPEC and its allies.
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September 01, 2025
Business World Philippines
Bids solicited for Samar-Leyte, Panay railway feasibility study
THE Department of Transportation (DoTr) said it is soliciting bids from consultants for a bundled feasibility study covering a railway on Panay and another linking Samar and Leyte.
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September 01, 2025
Business World Philippines
US makes it harder for chipmakers SK Hynix, Samsung to manufacture chips in China
THE United States is making it more difficult for chipmakers Samsung and SK Hynix to produce chips in China by revoking authorizations that allowed the companies to receive American semiconductor manufacturing equipment there, according to the Federal Register.
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September 01, 2025
Business World Philippines
BCDA shoots for P70B in investment approvals
THE Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) said it is hoping to double its investment approvals to P70 billion this year and breach P100 billion in funds remitted to the Treasury since 1993.
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September 01, 2025
Business World Philippines
Top ranks Sinner, Swiatek survive US Open scares in third round as Osaka-Gauff showdown looms
JANNIK SINNER and Iga Swiatek proved they are only human at the US Open on Saturday and showed that even the best players in the world have to figure things out on the fly sometimes when pure talent is not enough.
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September 01, 2025
Business World Philippines
PHL needs broader investor base to mitigate volatile flows – BPI
STRENGTHENING the Philippine investor base could help mitigate any potential volatility when investment flows dry up, Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) Wealth Chief Investment Officer Luis Antonio Zialcita said.
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September 01, 2025
Business World Philippines
DBP lends P815 million for Bulacan social housing project
STATE-OWNED Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) has extended a P815-million term loan to a mass housing developer for the construction of three residential buildings in Bulacan, heeding calls from President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. to broaden support to the housing sector.
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September 01, 2025
Business World Philippines
Shakey’s Super League to retain the renewed three-leg format for the National Invitationals
THE renewed three-leg format of the Shakey’s Super League (SSL) National Invitationals in line with the brand’s 50\" anniversary is likely to stay from here on forward.
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September 01, 2025
Business World Philippines
Priest who opposed drug war among Magsaysay winners
THE 67th Ramon Magsaysay Awards has honored three transformative leaders from Asia: a nonprofit advancing girls' education in India, a Maldivian diver-turned-environmentalist tackling plastic pollution and a Filipino missionary priest devoted to defending the dignity of the poor and victims of injustice.
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September 01, 2025
Business World Philippines
Climate change and consumer behavior
Climate change has significantly intensified over the years, impacting lives around the world. In a recent Deloitte study, more than half of respondents said they have experienced at least one extreme weather event, pushing majority of them to agree that climate change is an emergency. Organizations are also feeling increasing pressure to integrate sustainability in their business agenda, with consumers demanding the same from producers of goods and services.
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August 29, 2025
Business World Philippines
Global Ideas, Local Impact: What the Philippines can learn from international sustainability laws — 2
In Part 1 of this series, we outlined 10 sustainabil ity laws that the Philippine Congress must pursue to build a greener and more resilient nation. But the Philippines need not reinvent the wheel. Around the world, countries are already making bold legislative moves to align development with sustainability and their laws offer powerful templates we can learn from.
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August 29, 2025
Business World Philippines
SSS sees profit breaching P100B as it aims to grow membership
THE SOCIAL Security System (SSS) expects its net income to surpass the P100-billion mark this year as it targets to increase its membership and ramp up its collection efforts.
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August 29, 2025
Business World Philippines
Consumer push to drive rise in Philippine banks’ nonperforming loans
S&P GLOBAL RATINGS expects Philippine banks’ nonperforming loans (NPL) to increase over the next two years amid their aggressive expansion into the consumer segment.
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August 29, 2025
Business World Philippines
BSP cuts rates for 3rd straight meeting
THE BANGKO Sentral ng Pilipi-nas (BSP) on Thursday cut its key policy rate for a third meeting in a row and signaled another cut this year that may be the last for this monetary easing cycle.
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August 29, 2025
Business World Philippines
Budget deficit shrinks to P18.9B in July
THE NATIONAL Government's (NG) budget deficit sharply narrowed in July amid the sluggish pace of revenue collection and spending, the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) said on Thursday.
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August 29, 2025
Business World Philippines
PHL pledges full funding for JICA-assisted infrastructure projects
THE Philippine government has committed to fully financing its counterpart share in Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)-assisted infrastructure projects, aiming to resolve budget constraints that have delayed implementation.
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August 29, 2025
Business World Philippines
Philippines seeking US tariff exemptions for selected exports
THE PHILIPPINES is asking the US to exempt exports of agricultural products and other goods from the 19% tariff imposed by US President Donald J. Trump, a Trade official said on Thursday.
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August 29, 2025
Business World Philippines
Radenta Academy receives accreditation from TESDA
RADENTA ACADEMY, the latest brainchild of solutions integrator Radenta Technologies, is now officially recognized as a TESDA-accredited Technical Vocational Institute (TVI).
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August 29, 2025
Business World Philippines
Texas Rangers explode for first 20-run game since 2011 in blowout of AL West rival Los Angeles Angels
ADOLIS GARCIA, Joc Pederson, Corey Seager and Kyle Higashioka all had home runs as the surging Texas Rangers took advantage of a dearth of pitching from Los Angeles while pounding the reeling Angels 20-3 on Wednesday to capture a three-game series between the American League (AL) West rivals in Arlington, Texas.
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August 29, 2025
Business World Philippines
FNI elects Bravo as chair; Sy takes leave over citizenship issue
LISTED mining company Global Ferronickel Holdings, Inc. (FNI) said its chairman, Joseph C. Sy, has taken a voluntary leave of absence amid questions over his Filipino citizenship.
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August 29, 2025
Business World Philippines
DITO: Konektadong Pinoy IRR should not kill law’s purpose
DITO TELECOMMUNITY Corp. said it wants to play a role in crafting the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Konektadong Pinoy Act, particularly on data security and privacy, warning that poorly designed rules could “kill the purpose of the law.”
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