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Dow falls, S&P 500 flat as Fed rate cut not sure

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October 31, 2025

The Dow ended lower and the S&P 500 finished flat on Wednesday after the US Federal Reserve cut interest rates but Fed Chair Jerome H. Powell said another rate cut in December is far from assured.

The Nasdaq registered another record closing high, boosted by Nvidia after the artificial intelligence chipmaker made history as the first company to reach $5 trillion in market value.

In earlier trading, stocks rose and then added to gains after the Fed cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point, as expected, and said it will restart limited purchases of Treasury securities.

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US firm positions for Philippine energy expansion

US-BASED engineering, procurement, and construction firm Black & Veatch is banking on the Philippines' power sector for growth opportunities, driven by large capacity additions expected to come online.

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2 mins

February 18, 2026

Business World Philippines

Financial system resources hit P36.9T

THE TOTAL RESOURCES of the Philippine financial system climbed by 8.08% year on year to nearly P37 trillion at the end of 2025, preliminary central bank data showed.

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3 mins

February 18, 2026

Business World Philippines

LANDBANK raises P50 billion from ASENSO bonds

THE Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK) raised P50 billion from its dual-tenor sustainability bond offering as it saw strong demand from both institutional and retail investors.

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1 mins

February 18, 2026

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Business World Philippines

DA to set up Philippines’ first agri-insurance pool

THE Department of Agriculture (DA), with support from the World Bank, is setting up the country’s first agricultural coinsurance pool to expand private sector participation in agricultural insurance and improve coverage for semi-commercial and commercial farmers.

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2 mins

February 18, 2026

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Australia rules out helping families of IS militants leave Syrian camp

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Tuesday his government would not help Australians ina Syrian camp holding families of suspected Islamic State (IS) militants return home, with the government open to prosecutions if they make it back.“

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1 min

February 18, 2026

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BSP fine-tunes monetary operations

THE BANGKO SENTRAL ng Pilipinas (BSP) has limited its term deposit facility (TDF) and short-term securities to a single tenor each as it aims to enhance monetary policy transmission and push banks to better manage their liquidity.

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2 mins

February 18, 2026

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London cocoa hits fresh 2-1/2-year low in holiday-thinned trade

London cocoa futures on ICE hit fresh 2-1/2-year lows on Monday, with the well-supplied market unable to stage a recovery despite a move by Ghana, the world’s second-biggest grower, to slash the fixed price paid to cocoa farmers.

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1 min

February 18, 2026

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Oil prices rise 1% ahead of talks between United States and Iran

Oil prices edged up on Monday as investors weighed the market implications of upcoming US-Iran talks aimed at deescalating tensions against abackdrop of expected OPEC+ supply increases.

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2 mins

February 18, 2026

Business World Philippines

Business World Philippines

Population decline: Greatest threat to humanity

Is the problem with China the fact that population has begun to decline because of a very low fertility rate that is a direct result of the inhuman birth control practices associated with the one-child policy under Mao Zedung?

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5 mins

February 18, 2026

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Asia markets cautious ahead of US-Iran talks

Asian financial markets struck a cautious tone on Tuesday in holiday-thinned trading, as oil prices were mixed ahead of nuclear negotiations between the US and Iran in Geneva due to begin later in the day.

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2 mins

February 18, 2026

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