In a world that rarely slows down, where the next trend is already outdated and every news cycle feels apocalyptic, there’s a quiet, necessary call to pause. To breathe. To reflect. To feel. It may seem like “it’s the end of the world as we know it,” but writer and professor Genevieve L....
Alliance Global Group, Inc. (AGI), the holding company of tycoon Dr. Andrew L. Tan, has deconsolidated McDonald’s Philippines franchisee Golden Arches Development Corp (GADC) from its financial statements to generate a one-time gain of ₱3.4 billion from the remeasurement of the investment’s...
The PSEi fell as cautious investors continued to take profits while digesting mixed first quarter earnings reports. The main index dropped 84.95 points or 1.30 percent to close at 6,466.86 as Miners led the retreat although Conglomerates bucked the trend by advancing. Volume declined to 1.54...
Investors in the Philippine stock market will be watching out for news on how the mid-term elections was conducted and how the Marcos administration’s candidates fared while also waiting for the release of remittance numbers. Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation Chief Economist Michael L....
The local stock market ended the week higher as investors cheered to announcement of a trade deal between the US and the UK. The main index jumped 68.71 points or 1.08 percent to close at 6,458.20 as Conglomerates led the advance while Miners declined with weaker gold prices. Volume grew to 738...
Tycoon Lucio Co’s The Keepers Holdings Inc. (Keepers), the largest imported liquor distributor in the Philippines, is going directly to consumers to sell its products by putting up a chain of its own liquor stores. The firm disclosed to the Philippine Stock Exchange that its Board of Directors...
Grocery and liquor sales drove the growth in earnings of Cosco Capital, Inc., the listed retail holding firm of tycoon Lucio L. Co, due to recovering consumer demand as the economy continues to post strong growth while inflation eases. The firm reported a 7.6 percent improvement in consolidated net...
Recently-acquired assets and higher rent boosted the earnings of MREIT, Inc., the real estate investment trust of township developer Megaworld Corporation, by 25.6 percent to ₱932 million in the first quarter of 2025 from the ₱742 million earned in the same period last year. The firm said in a...
Tycoon Andrew Tan’s township developer Megaworld Corporation reported a 16 percent growth in net income to ₱5.83 billion in the first quarter of the year as its growing focus on the provinces helped the performance of all of its core businesses. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange,...
D&L Industries Inc., the country’s top specialty food ingredients and oleochemicals producer, is optimistic that the surge in its exports will continue to be a key growth driver, although it is exercising caution due to the uncertainties surrounding US tariff policies. In a media briefing, D&L...
The PSEi bounced back from the previous day’s profit-taking after investor sentiment was buoyed by the low Philippine inflation rate for April plus a number of positive corporate earnings reports. The main index rose by 59.06 percent or 0.93 percent to close at 6,418.69 with the Services sector...
The local stock market declined as investors pocketed gains from its recent runup prior to the release of makor economic reports. The main index dropped 52.23 points or 0.81 percent to close at 6,359.63 with the retreat led by Conglomerates and Miners. A total of 700 million shares worth P5.67...
