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Business World Philippines
Rex Education celebrates authors recognized in Asia Business Law Journal's Philippines Top Lawyers 2025 A-List
REX EDUCATION congratulated three of its distinguished authors—Atty. Hector M. De Leon Jr., Managing Partner of SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan; Atty. Nilo T. Divina, Managing Partner of Divina Law, and Atty. Tranquil A. Salvador, Partner at Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura Sayoc & De Los Angeles—for their recognition in the Asia Business Law Journal's Philippines Top Lawyers 2025 A-List.
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October 06, 2025
Business World Philippines
GIP nears deal to buy Aligned Data Centers for about $40 billion
BLACKROCK-OWNED Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) is in advanced talks to acquire Macquarie-backed Aligned Data Centers in a deal valuing the technology infrastructure company at $40 billion, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday.
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October 06, 2025
Business World Philippines
World Bank loan awaited for fiber backbone final phase
THE Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said it hopes to obtain World Bank loans within three to four months to finance the remaining phases of the national fiber backbone project.
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October 06, 2025
Business World Philippines
UPHSD beats Lyceum, 73-61, shares NCAA lead
UNIVERSITY of Perpetual Help System DALTA (UPHSD) drew strength from Mark Gojo Cruz and its rock-solid interior defense as it turned back Lyceum of the Philippines University, 73-61, on Sunday and claimed a piece of the lead in NCAA Season 101 at the Filoil EcoOil Arena.
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October 06, 2025
Business World Philippines
Copper scales 16-month high and year’s best week
COPPER hit a 16-month high on Friday and was poised to record its strongest week in more than a year as supply constraints and a softer dollar boosted prices.
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October 06, 2025
Business World Philippines
DoLE asks employers not to punish absent workers after Cebu quake
LABOR Secretary Bienvenido E. Laguesma urged employers to show understanding towards employees struggling to return to work in the wake of the 6.9-magnitude Cebu earthquake.
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October 03, 2025
Business World Philippines
Samsung, SK Hynix set to supply chips to OpenAI’s Stargate project
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix have signed letters of intent to supply memory chips for OpenaI’s data centers, as South Korean chipmakers join forces with the ChatGPT maker to meet rising demand from its Stargate project.
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October 03, 2025
Business World Philippines
Israel stops 13 Gaza aid boats, organizers say, sparking international criticism
ISRAELI FORCES have stopped 13 boats carrying foreign activists and aid bound for Gaza, but 30 boats are continuing to sail towards the war-ravaged Palestinian enclave, flotilla organizers said on Thursday.
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October 03, 2025
Business World Philippines
Business confidence, economic outlook may take a hit amid corruption probe
THE PHILIPPINE government must deliver swift and credible results in its investigation into allegations of corruption in flood control projects, to avoid hurting growth prospects and losing the confidence of investors and the business community, experts said.
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October 03, 2025
Business World Philippines
Inflation likely quickened to 1.9%
HEADLINE INFLATION likely quickened to a six-month high in September, but still below the 2-4% target, due to a rise in food and fuel costs, analysts said.
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October 03, 2025
Business World Philippines
Spooked by AI, Bollywood stars drag Google into fight for ‘personality rights’
In India, Bollywood stars are asking judges to protect their voice and persona in the era of artificial intelligence (AI). One famous couple's biggest target is Google's video arm YouTube.
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October 03, 2025
Business World Philippines
Resilient Fever
The Fever’s season ended as it had so often been played — with them at the edge of exhaustion, holding on with everything they had, and refusing to surrender.
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October 03, 2025
Business World Philippines
PHL electronic product exports may reach $110B in five years
THE SEMICONDUCTOR and Electronics Industries in the Philippines Foundation, Inc. (SEIPI) said exports may possibly hit $110 billion in five years, but uncertainty clouds the outlook.
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October 03, 2025
Business World Philippines
Missing governance: When every storm is both natural and moral disaster
At the rate politicians are tearing each other down, Filipinos could almost be forgiven for greeting typhoon season with grim welcome.
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October 03, 2025
Business World Philippines
Sustainability goes hand in hand with ethics
Sustainability is more than a buzzword. The United Nations defines it as “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”
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October 03, 2025
Business World Philippines
Improved logistics seen reducing 30% farm waste
THE agricultural logistics industry said the 30% rate of wasted farm produce can be mitigated by improving the farm-to-market link, including the transport and storage components.
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October 03, 2025
Business World Philippines
China curbs use of Ericsson, Nokia in telecoms networks
CHINA is curbing the use of European telecom kit suppliers Nokia and Ericsson in its networks, the Financial Times (FT) reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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October 03, 2025
Business World Philippines
Air Canada serves free beer, wine in economy
Air Canada is betting on free beer and wine at the back of the plane to help fill more seats, an executive said on Wednesday, as North American airlines face passenger pushback over fees for extra baggage to legroom.
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October 03, 2025
Business World Philippines
Eala guns for semis berth against Golubic in WTA125 Suzhou Open
ALEXANDRA “ALEX” EALA shoots for her second straight semifinal appearance against Switzerland’s Viktorija Golubic in the battle between top-10 seeds in the WTA125 Suzhou Open on Friday at Sungent International Tennis Center in China.
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October 03, 2025
Business World Philippines
St. Luke's Medical Center Certified as the Philippine Leader in Robotic Surgery with 2,500+ Procedures Completed
St. Luke’s Medical Center proudly announces a groundbreaking achievement in Philippine healthcare: the successful completion of over 2,500 robotic surgeries, the highest number of robotic-assisted procedures performed by any hospital in the country.
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October 03, 2025
Business World Philippines
OFWs in Taiwan to receive pay hike in 2026
THOUSANDS of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Taiwan are set to benefit from a minimum wage increase that will take effect on Jan. 1, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said.
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October 03, 2025
Business World Philippines
From titlist San Miguel Beermen to the rest of PBA, teams see tough road to Philippine Cup glory
THE knives are out and the San Miguel Beermen know they can’t rest easy in their PBA Philippine Cup title defense.
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October 03, 2025
Business World Philippines
Gilas Pilipinas working with 16-man pool for FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifier
FROM 12, coach Tim Cone’s Gilas Pilipinas Men will now work with an expanded 16-man pool for next month’s FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers.
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October 03, 2025
Business World Philippines
Wall St. ends up lifted by healthcare as investors shrug off US shutdown
WALL STREET’s main stock indexes closed higher on Wednesday, with the biggest boost from the healthcare sector, as investors looked past weaker-than-expected private payrolls data and uncertainty around the first day of the US federal government shutdown.
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October 03, 2025
Business World Philippines
Peso up as uncertainty weighs on dollar
THE PESO continued to climb on Thursday as the dollar remained under pressure due to concerns over the US government's shutdown.
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October 03, 2025
Business World Philippines
Hollywood performers union condemns Al-generated 'actress' Tilly Norwood
The recent debut of an artificial intelligence (AI)-generated “actress” dubbed Tilly Norwood, and its producer's boasts of interest from studio executives, sparked a backlash on Tuesday from the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) actors union, condemning the replacement of human performers with “synthetics.”
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October 03, 2025
Business World Philippines
Trump to bar funding of entities doing DEI work abroad
The Trump administration plans to halt federal funding of any organization or government that supports work overseas related to gender identity or diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), Politico reported on Wednesday, citing a US official and nonprofit groups informed of the policy change.
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October 03, 2025
Business World Philippines
PHL to allocate nearly P1OB from WB loan to agri projects
THE Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said that the government will allot nearly P10 billion from a World Bank (WB)-funded 2026 infrastructure project to farm-to-market roads and value-chain rural infrastructure.
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October 03, 2025
Business World Philippines
Oil prices plunge on US shutdown and possible OPEC+ output boost
Oil prices slid for a third day in a row to a 16-week low on Wednesday as a US government shutdown fed worries about the global economy, while traders expected more oil supply to come on the market with a planned output boost by OPEC+ next month.
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October 03, 2025
Business World Philippines
Tropical Storm Paolo may hit Isabela, Aurora by Friday
TROPICAL STORM Matmo, locally named Paolo, was expected to make landfall over the Isabela, Aurora area on Friday morning, as it kept its strength while moving westward over the Philippine Sea, the state weather bureau said on Thursday.
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