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Philippines’ Panda bonds rated ‘AAA’ by top Chinese credit rating agency

March 12, 2018

A major Chinese credit rating agency has given the Philippines’ planned issue of some RMB 1.46 billion-worth of “Panda bonds” its highest rating of ‘AAA’ with a stable outlook,  citing the country’s  “strong and consistent economic growth,” low level of

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Consortium asks gov’t to speed up approval of P350b offer to expand NAIA

March 11, 2018

Seven of the country’s largest conglomerates want the government to speed up approval of its P350 billion offer to expand the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). “The present approval process takes time, months to more than a year. The country

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Stocks’ early gains fizzle out

March 9, 2018

Stocks ended the week lower on Friday after early gains dissipated. The Philippine Stock Exchange index finished at 8,372.51 points, down 9.34 points. In the broader market, there were 125 gainers, 82 decliners and 54 unchanged. Volume reached 2.57 billion

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Train Law not cause of most commodity price increases: Dominguez

March 9, 2018

DAVAO CITY – Finance Secretary Carlos Dominquez III on Friday took exceptions to allegations that price increases early this year were triggered by the implementation of the Tax Reform for Acceleration for Inclusion (Train) Law. “The most part of the increases in

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Stocks lower, peso at P52.03:$1

March 8, 2018

Stocks ended lower on Thursday, a day after breaking a series of declines. The Philippine Stock Exchange index closed at 8,381.85, down 22.84 points. In the broader market, there were 118 gainers, 85 decliners and 61 unchanged. Volume amounted to

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PLDT 2017 net income down 33% to P13.4 billion

March 8, 2018

PLDT Inc. on Thursday reported a 33 percent drop in net income last year, mostly due to modernizing its network. Net income amounted to P13.4 billion last year from P20.16 billion in 2016. In the fourth quarter, PLDT reported a net loss of

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February gross international reserves reach $80.6 billion

March 7, 2018

Foreign exchange reserves in February went down to $80.6 billion from the previous month’s $81.2 billion due to outflows from foreign exchange operations of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, debt payments by the national government and revaluation adjustments on the

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PSE index ends five-day decline

March 7, 2018

The Philippine Stock Exchange index ended a five-day decline as it ended 44.47 percent higher to 8,404.19 on Wednesday. In the broader market, there were 113 decliners, 100 gainers and 48 shares unchanged. Volume reached 2.42 billion worth P8.63 billion

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