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Meta launches smart glasses with built-in display, reaching for ‘superintelligence’
Meta Platforms on Wednesday launched its first consumer-ready smart glasses with a builtin display, seeking to extend the momentum of its RayBan line, ‘one of the early consumer hits of the artificial intelligence (AD) era.
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September 19, 2025
Business World Philippines
Aboitiz Equity Ventures welcomes Coca-Cola to TARI Estate
ABOITIZ EQUITY VENTURES INC. (AEV), a portfolio manager of the Aboitiz Group and a 40% shareholder in Coca-Cola Europacific Aboitiz Philippines (CCEAP), welcomed the groundbreaking of CCEAP’s state-of-the-art, 42-hectare manufacturing plant at TARI Estate in Tarlac City.
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September 19, 2025
Business World Philippines
DigiPlus, PhilFirst roll out surety bond covering players' in-game funds
LISTED DigiPlus Interactive Corp. (PLUS) has partnered with Philippine First Insurance Co., Inc. (PhilFirst) to roll out a surety bond program that provides financial protection for players’ in-game wallets and balances.
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September 19, 2025
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RFM says fourth 2025 dividend totals P300 million
LISTED food and beverage company RFM Corp. on Thursday declared a P0.08903 per share cash dividend, payable on Oct. 22 to shareholders on record as of Oct. 1.
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September 19, 2025
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POC partners with Smart, SportsPlus for athlete preparations leading to Los Angeles
THE road to the 2028 Los Angeles (LA) Olympics for Filipino athletes just gained a lift.
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September 19, 2025
Business World Philippines
Farmers’ Rights: Honoring heritage, cultivating our shared future
ASTHE WORLD gathers in Manila for the Second Global Symposium on Farmers’ Rights, generously hosted by the Government of the Philippines, we are called to reflect not only on the lessons and legacy of the past, but also on the aspirations and responsibilities for the future.
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September 19, 2025
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GCash partners with InvestaTrade for upgraded stock trading platform
GCASH has partnered with Inves-taTrade, the stock trading arm of Investa, to roll out an upgraded version of its GStocks platform aimed at first-time investors.
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September 19, 2025
Business World Philippines
Right-of-way law seen boosting PHL bid for upper middle-class status
THE newly signed Republic Act No. 12289, or the Accelerated and Reformed Right-of-Way (ARROW) Act, can help the Philippines achieve its goal of becoming an upper middle-income country, analysts said.
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September 19, 2025
Business World Philippines
Peso weakens past P57 after Fed signals more cuts later this year
THE PESO slipped back to the P57-a-dollar level on Thursday after the US Federal Reserve delivered a widely expected rate cut, and hinted at more easing later this year.
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September 19, 2025
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UST kicks off UAAP Season 88 on its own turf
LIKE the oldest existing university in Asia that it is, host University of Santo Tomas (UST) rolls the red carpet for the UAAP Season 88 with a traditional outdoor opening ceremony in front of an expected 30,000-strong crowd at the UST Grandstand and Open Field on Friday.
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September 19, 2025
Business World Philippines
Aboitiz Land reports value growth in RFO homes
ABOITIZ LAND, INC., the real estate segment of the Aboitiz group, said the value of its ready-for-occupancy (RFO) homes has increased, suggesting potential returns for investors.
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September 19, 2025
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Business chamber calls for digitalization push to be made more inclusive
THE Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) said the digitalization process needs to be made more inclusive if the Philippines is to catch up with the rest of the region.
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September 19, 2025
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Fisheries science conference convening in Clark this month
FISHERIES RESEARCHERS are convening later this month in Clark to present findings that will make fishing more sustainable and financially more rewarding to industry participants, conference organizers said.
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September 19, 2025
Business World Philippines
PSEi extends gains on bets BSP will follow Fed cut
PHILIPPINE STOCKS extended their winning streak on Thursday, with investors betting that the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) might soon follow the US Federal Reserve’s move to ease monetary policy, boosting appetite for risk assets.
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September 19, 2025
Business World Philippines
Mirasol exits PHL; Nando may intensify into typhoon
TROPICAL Depression Mirasol (International name: Mitag), which exited the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) on Thursday morning, intensified into a tropical storm bringing heavy rains to Luzon, while Tropical Depression Nando is expected to develop into a typhoon, which could trigger wind signals in the coming days, the state weather bureau said on Thursday.
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September 19, 2025
Business World Philippines
Antiquated golf rules
Golf has invariably prided itself on heritage, with its reverence for history presented as proof of its purity, All too often, however, the adherence to customs comes with firmness; rules devised for another era are enforced without question, even when the game itself has evolved. The age of hickory shafts and balata balls has come and gone, and still its sense and sensibility — or, to be precise, lack thereof — seem to cast a shadow over modern athletes, global audiences, and multimillion-dollar tournaments, Instead of letting it breathe, its supposed guardians wind up strangling it with sheer illogic.
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September 19, 2025
Business World Philippines
Region VII wage board approves P39 increase
THE wage board for the Central Visayas granted a P39 increase in the daily minimum wage, bring- ing minimum pay to between P500 and P540.
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September 19, 2025
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Vietnam’s FDI surge vs the Philippines: Beyond the gray list
Vietnam has pulled off something remarkable. In just the first eight months of 2025, it attracted $15.4 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) disbursements — its highest yearly growth of 8.8% in five years. Over 80% of that went to manufacturing and processing, cementing Vietnam’s role in global supply chains.
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September 19, 2025
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Cebu BRT targeted for full completion by 2030 – Recto
THE Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project is expected to be fully complete by 2030, two years later than initially planned, Finance Secretary Ralph G. Recto said on Thursday.
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September 19, 2025
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Deeper strategic ties with Europe needed amid tensions — Año
A TOP Philippine security official on Thursday underscored the need to expand regional partnerships to address tensions in the Indo-Pacific, calling for deeper strategic interdependence with Europe to address shared security anxieties.
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September 19, 2025
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Against odds, Storm in position for huge upset of Aces in Las Vegas
THE Seattle Storm cooled off the Las Vegas Aces and now have the opportunity to post a mammoth upset when the teams meet in the decisive Game 3 on Thursday night in Las Vegas.
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September 19, 2025
Business World Philippines
Building inclusive finance: Governance and compliance of Islamic banking in PHL
ISLAMIC BANKING has been one of the more inclusive developments in Philippine finance in recent years.
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September 19, 2025
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Mexican government to inject nearly $14 billion into state oil firm Pemex after fresh debt offers
Mexico will inject nearly $14 billion into highly indebted state oil company Pemex after it raised funds through two recent bond issuances on international markets, the nation’s finance ministry said on Wednesday.
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September 19, 2025
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Wall St. ends mixed after Fed’s rate cut, outlook
THE NASDAQ and the S&P 500 closed lower in choppy trading on Wednesday, after the US. Federal Reserve cut interest rates by an expected 25 basis points and Fed Chair Jerome H. Powell cited the weak job market.
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September 19, 2025
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PHL companies remain near bottom in Al adoption amid investment gaps — Hitachi
PHILIPPINE COMPANIES sit closer to the lower end of the artificial intelligence (AI) adoption curve due to limited investment, cultural and language barriers, and weak scaling strategies, according to Hitachi Vantara, the US-based digital infrastructure unit of Japan's Hitachi, Ltd.
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September 19, 2025
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MGEN to start Cebu battery storage build with Chinese partners
MERALCO POWERGEN CORP. (MGEN), the power generation arm of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), has tapped two Chinese firms to build its 49-megawatt (MW) battery energy storage system (BESS) in Toledo, Cebu.
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September 19, 2025
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NYT chief executive warns Trump is deploying 'anti-press playbook,' FT says
THE chief executive officer of the New York Times (NYT), Meredith Kopit Levien, said the company would “not be cowed” by US President Donald J. Trump’s $15-billion lawsuit against the newspaper, the Financial Times (FT) reported on Wednesday.
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September 19, 2025
Business World Philippines
Transport strike cut short after government, commuter appeals
TRANSPORT group Manibela ended its strike one day earlier, calling off protests by Thursday afternoon following appeals from transport officials and commuters as the Philippines braces for a wider movement against alleged government corruption on Sept. 21.
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September 19, 2025
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Gold falls as markets digest Fed chair views
GOLD prices fell nearly 1% on Wednesday, retreating from a record high scaled earlier in the session, as market participants parsed remarks from US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell.
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September 19, 2025
Business World Philippines
Oil prices ease as increase in US diesel stocks fuels demand fears
Oil prices eased on Wednesday after data showing an increase in US diesel stockpiles stoked worries about demand and the US Federal Reserve cut interest rates as expected.
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