LV to close HK shop as protests bite – report
PARIS/HONG KONG – Louis Vuitton, the
world’s biggest luxury goods brand by sales, is preparing to shut one of its
shops in Hong Kong where protests...
PH to import onions to cover production gap
THE Philippines will be importing 35,000
metric tons of red onions until mid-February to cover a production gap
equivalent to two months, according to the Department...
PSEi soft on first trading day of 2020
SHARE prices on the Philippine Stock
Exchange resumed trading on a soft note Thursday, the first trading session of
2020, as investors chose China over the...
Wall Street kicks off 2020 at record levels
UNITED States (US) stocks extended their
rally into the new year, with all three major indexes hitting record highs on
Thursday, as fresh stimulus from Beijing...
SG’s economy grew .7% in 2019 – gov’t
SINGAPORE – Singapore’s economy, a
closely watched barometer for the rest of Asia’s export-driven countries, grew
just .7 percent last year as the trade war between...
Oil prices soar after Iranian general killed
HONG KONG – Oil prices soared more than four
percent Friday following claims that the United States had killed a top Iranian
general, ratcheting up tensions...
Private workers on duty on Jan. 1 entitled to double pay – DOLE
PRIVATE sector workers, who reported to work
on Jan. 1 or New Year’s Day, are entitled to double since the day is a regular
holiday, the...
Task force to monitor fuel hike urged
SENATOR Sherwin Gatchalian on Wednesday urged
the Department of Energy (DOE) to create a task force that will closely
monitor the implementation of the new round of...
Worldwide plane crash deaths fall by more than half – group
WASHINGTON – The number of people killed
in large commercial airplane crashes fell by more than 50 percent in 2019.
Aviation consulting firm To70 said there
were...
TH kicks off 2020 with plastic ban
BANGKOK – Thailand began the year with a
ban on single-use plastic bags at major stores, continuing a campaign launched
by the government and retailers towards...