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New NTT Chief Eager to Bolster Overseas Operations

June 27, 2018

Tokyo- Jun Sawada, new president of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. , has expressed his eagerness to beef up the Japanese telecommunications group’s overseas operations. “We hope to enhance the added value (of foreign operations) to gain competitiveness,” Sawada told

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Mizuho Securities’ Online Trading Remains Suspended

June 27, 2018

Tokyo0- Mizuho Securities Co.’s online trading services for retail customers remained suspended due to a system glitch as of Wednesday morning, company officials said. The Mizuho Financial Group Inc. unit was unable to fix the problem before the start of

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Davao City to get bulk of DBM-led public open space development program

June 27, 2018

The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has earmarked Davao City the biggest amount of budget for its public open space development program. Out of the P2.5 billion budget this year for the “Green, Green, Green,” funded under the Local

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Duterte, Abe may witness signing of deals for other Philippine infra projects this year: Diokno

June 27, 2018

The Philippines and Japan may sign agreements for other infrastructure projects by November in the presence of President Rodrigo Duterte and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno said on Wednesday. In his regular forum in Manila, Diokno

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Stock index surges, but peso at P53.475:$1

June 27, 2018

The Philippine stock index surged on Wednesday despite foreign selling while the peso fell to a 12-year-low against the US dollar in intraday trading. The Philippine Stock Exchange Index finished 169.22 points to 7.176.43. In the broader market, there were

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Diokno pushes for P11 billion hike in free tertiary education budget

June 27, 2018

Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno said Wednesday at the opening ceremony of the 2018 Philippine Association of State Universities and Colleges (PASUC) Midterm Convention that the Department of Budget and Management has proposed an increase of P11 billion for the Free

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Dominguez seeks additional AIIB support for infra projects

June 27, 2018

Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has sought the support of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in funding other big-ticket infrastructure projects under the Duterte administration’s “Build, Build, Build” program following the institution’s approval last year of its first project in

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Shimadzu to Acquire German Firm for 600 M. Yen

June 26, 2018

Kyoto- Shimadzu Corp. said Tuesday it will acquire a German company offering aftermarket services for turbomolecular pumps, used in semiconductor-manufacturing equipment and other machinery, for some 600 million yen. The Japanese precision machinery maker will make Munich-based infraserv Vakuumservice GmbH

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