Globe Telecom is taking its innovation drive to the next level by providing its employees an avenue to explore and harness concepts, ideas as well as technological advances that could prove relevant amid customers’ growing penchant for a digital lifestyle.

Local instant noodle brand, Lucky Me, regains the top spot as the most chosen brand by Filipino consumers in 2015 based on The Brand Footprint research of Kantar Worldpanel.

Local companies bagged the most number of awards at the recent 2016 Asean Business Awards in Jakarta, Indonesia.

International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) unit Matadi Gateway Terminal (MGT), the new container and general cargo terminal on the Congo River, DR Congo, has received the first of two new mobile cranes scheduled to go into service at the terminal.

Property-based conglomerate Megaworld Corp is set to open five new hotels in the country under brands Savoy Hotel and Belmont Hotel in the next three years.

By Riza Lozada The cross-border liquidity arrangement (CBLA) or the currency swap facility between the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and the Bank of Japan (BOJ) has taken effect after the release of its guidelines last August 26, the BSP said.

Washington—US Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen said the case for another interest rate hike has strengthened as the US economy and labor market continue to improve. 

By Riza Lozada The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has penalized six brokers for failure to comply with the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Securities Regulation Code.

The high cost of network and difficult deployment are the real industry barriers which will not likely be solved by adding more players in the telecommunications industry, Globe President and CEO Ernest Cu said.

ATN Holdings (ATNH), through unit ATN Philippines Solar Energy Group Inc., has secured regulatory approvals for its planned 120 megawatts (MW) solar energy project with an initial approved project cost of P5.6 billion for a 30 MW solar facility.