Phoenix Net Profit Up by 33% in First Half
Phoenix Petroleum Philippines Inc. saw its net profit rise by 33 percent in this year’s first half owing to stronger sales compared to the same period last 2015. Phoenix attributed …
Twitter Communications Chief Quits Job
Just months after joining the social media platform, Natalie Kerris who served as the Communications VP of Twitter left the company. Kerris joined Twitter last February. Though it wasn’t directly …
McDonald’s to Ditch Artificial Preservatives
If you can’t resist eating meals from McDonald’s, the popular fast food chain has something good for you. Recently, McDonald’s announced its efforts to reduce the use of artificial preservatives …
Philippine-France Partnership to Boost PH Economy
Last year in Paris, former Department of Trade and Industry chief Gregory Domingo met French Minister of State for Foreign Trade Mathias Fekl to discuss about the Philippine-France JEC which …
You Have the Right to Be Left Alone and It Matters
Our modern understanding of privacy is a relatively new one. The earliest publication on the topic was in 1890 by US Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis who defined privacy as …
A Good Place for Startups Opens at iioffice
The word ii means ‘good’ in Japanese and this is what iioffice offers: a good place for entrepreneurs and startups to work. But iioffice founders Seito Horiguchi, Yoshiwara Go believes …
India PM Calls for Support on Tax Reform
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for the passing of an important legislation to reform the country’s tax system. India’s current tax model consists of 15 types of taxes, …
Uber Yields China Business to Rival Didi Chuxing
Uber’s stint in China may have just ended after it agreed to sell its business to its fiercest rival: Didi Chuxing. The local taxi app controls 87% of the Chinese …
Cuisia Hopes for More US Investments on Infrastructure
Outgoing Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Cuisia Jr. hopes that the recent call of the US Secretary of Commerce for US firms to engage more in the infrastructure sector …
BIR Promises Faster Tax Transactions
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is set to initiate reforms designed to eliminate delays in tax dealings. In a meeting last July 27, BIR deputy commissioner Nelson Apse said …