Bizsnippets
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Higher Food Prices Fuel Inflation for June
Inflation rose up from 1.6 percent to 1.8 percent in the month of June due to higher food prices, as reported by the DBS Bank…
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Unmanned NASA Spacecraft to Enter Jupiter’s Orbit
The $1.1 billion unmanned NASA spacecraft called Juno is barrelling towards Jupiter for a two-year mission to orbit and study the biggest planet in the…
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Ayala Land Plans New Mall at Paranaque in 2017
Property giant Ayala Land Inc. is set to open the country’s biggest commercial complex in Paranaque in 2017. The planned 600,000 square meter mall–which would…
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Megaworld to Build Five More Hotels for P10 Billion
A subsidiary company of Megaworld is going to spend P10 billion to build hotels in Boracay and Tagaytay. Global-Estate Resorts Inc. (GERI) will build four…
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Sales Data Startup LeadiD Renames to Jornaya
Fast-growing consumer journey insights platform LeadiD has rebranded into Jornaya after securing $10 million in Series B funding. Since its creation in 2011, Jornaya has…
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National Museum Admission Now Permanently Free
In a post published by the National Museum of the Philippines on Facebook, the museum announced that effective July 1, 2016, admission fees for visitors–Filipino…
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Philippines and Spain to Reinforce Economic Ties
In light of newly-elected President Duterte’s vow to accelerate infrastructure projects in his administration, Philippine and Spanish businesses are seeking to reinforce economic relations by…
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UP, Vista Land to build Technopreneurship School
The premier university in the country, University of the Philippines (UP), and Vista Land & Landscapes, Inc. have signed the deal for the establishment of…
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Google’s New Platform Teaches Kids How to Code
Project Bloks, a platform supported by Google, aims to teach kids how to learn from a series of fun and collaborative coding activities. It provides…
