SM Prime Board Approves of P60-B Bond Issue
SM Prime Holdings, Inc. plans on raising around P60 billion through a bond issue. They also expect to raise the amount over the next three years or so. The first …
GT Capital Earns P2.95 Billion in the Year’s First Quarter
GT Capital Holdings, Inc. earned a net profit of P2.95 billion in 2016’s first three months. Its earnings across several businesses, including banking, power generation, and automotive, increased greatly. In …
Arizona Governor Protects Airbnb
Arizona’s Republican governor Doug Ducey has signed a bill prohibiting cities and local municipalities from banning short-term rentals such as Airbnb. The signing of the SB 1350 into law is …
Garageio: Control Your Garage Anyway You Like
Owning a home can come with a myriad of worries. Making sure that one’s garage door is safe and secure is surely among them. Garageio offers a simple way for …
DMCI Books P3-B Projects in the First Quarter
D.M. Consunji, Inc. managed to bag P2.9 billion worth of projects in 2016’s first quarter. The brand new projects have brought the construction firm’s order book to P30 billion, according …
San Miguel Corp. Plans New Power Plants
San Miguel Corp. has plans to build two new power plants in Luzon, as well as three in Mindanao. This will provide the publicly listed conglomerate with an extra capacity …
Ex-Googlers Brings Self-Driving Technology to Trucks
While Google, Uber, Apple and other top companies are working on autonomous vehicles, Otto is developing something that can fitted into trucks. Founded by former Googlers Anthony Levandowski, Lior Ron, …
Spanish Vacation Rental Search Engine Hundredrooms Raises €4.1M
European vacation rental search engines are gaining popularity and raising funding. The latest to secure financing after Holidu and HomeToGo is Hundredrooms. The Spanish vacation rental search engine has manage …
Stories of Motivation: How Google, Disney, & Dropbox Does It
According to management consultant, author, and educator Peter Drucker, “the best way to predict the future is to create it.” Action is what gave rise to companies such as Apple, …
Emperador Bringing Brandy to Foreign Soil
Emperador, Inc. is looking to bring its homegrown brandy to markets outside of the Philippines. Its potential targets include other Asian markets as well as the United States. This follows …