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Real estate properties in Mindanao soar

July 23, 2018

DAVAO CITY – Real estate properties are priced five-fold higher before President Rodrigo Duterte was elected into Malacanang, the Chamber of Real Estate Brokers Association (Creba) said Monday. “What used to be P15,000 per square meter before is now 500

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Stocks down despite foreign buying

July 23, 2018

Philippine stocks went down despite foreign buying on Monday. The peso closed at P53.48 against the US dollar from Friday’s P53.51. Volume amounted to $99.6 million from $474.05 million. The Philippine Stock Exchange index finished at 7,376.80 points, down 22.81

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Japan’s Aso Asks U.S. to Reconsider Auto Tariffs

July 23, 2018

Buenos Aires- Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso on Sunday asked the United States to reconsider its plan to impose additional tariffs on automobile and auto parts imports. Aso made the request during talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in

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Foreign Supermarket Operators Struggling in Japan

July 22, 2018

Tokyo- Some of the major non-Japanese supermarket operators that launched businesses in Japan around 2000 featuring low prices through bulk purchasing have pulled out of the country. Carrefour SA of France and Tesco PLC of Britain pulled the plug on

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EXCLUSIVE: BOJ Mulling Making 10-Yr JGB Target More Flexible

July 22, 2018

Tokyo- The Bank of Japan is considering making its long-term bond yield target more flexible to help ease the adverse effects of its current massive monetary easing policy, Jiji Press learned Friday. This issue will be on the agenda of

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Toyota Founder Kiichiro Inducted into Automotive Hall of Fame

July 22, 2018

Nagoya- Toyota Motor Corp.’s late founder, Kiichiro Toyoda, has been inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in the United States, the top Japanese automaker said Friday. Kiichiro’s vision and entrepreneurial spirit at the time of the founding were rated

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Nippon Cargo Disciplined for “Vicious” Irregularities

July 22, 2018

Tokyo- The Japanese transport ministry took disciplinary action against Nippon Cargo Airlines under the civil aeronautics law on Friday, for its inadequate aircraft maintenance and failure to report accidents, as well as the manipulation of maintenance records. The ministry found

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Moody’s affirms Philippine ratings at Baa2

July 20, 2018

Moody’s Investors Service Friday affirmed the Philippines’ long-term local currency and foreign currency issuer and senior unsecured debt ratings at Baa2 and maintained the outlook at stable. It expects that growth will remain robust and that the Philippines’ fiscal metrics

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