Business

HK limits Shenzhen residents’ visits

Hong kong—The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) government welcomed a cap on trips to Hong Kong by residents of neighboring Shenzhen city and vowed to continue curbing cross-boarder parallel trading.

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India holds off penalties on Viet steel products

India’s ministry of finance has decided against imposing safeguard duties on cold-rolled flat stainless-steel products imported from viet nam and some other countries, according to the viet nam competition authority.

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Don’t gamble on airport business in the Philippines–Caap

By Jerry Maglunog There are 82 airports in the Philippines, but only less than 10 are earning, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (Caap).

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Three-year invest plan focuses on industries, jobs generation

The Board of Investments (BOI) focused on industries and jobs intensive industries under the released guidelines for the 2014-2016 Investment Promotions Plan (IPP).

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India’s Tata Motors eyes Phl as key Asian market

By Riza Lozada Tata Motors Philippines is revving up its bid to become a leading passenger vehicle brand in the country with its Indian bestseller Indigo, which the carmaker claims to be among the most cost- and fuel-efficient cars in the market.

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Ayala ramps up energy, transport investments

Conglomerate Ayala Corp. is boosting its new portfolio of businesses in power generation and transport infrastructure as it targets ramping up profit to P20 billion at least in the next two years.

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Manager gets 20 years for SSS delinquency

The San Fernando Regional Trial Court in La Union sentenced to a maximum of 20 years in prison the manager of a security agency for failing to pay the Social Security (SS) contributions of his security guards.

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More ODA funds were spent last year–Neda

The disbursement of Official Development Assistance (ODA), or low-cost bilateral funds for government projects and programs, tripled in the fourth quarter of last year compared to the same period the year before, National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) figures showed.

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Credit-card firms bat for ID system, data bank

Riza Lozada The local credit card industry, which has been growing an average of five percent a year for the past 35 years, is aggressively pushing for implementation of the centralized credit information database as well as the national identification system to realize bigger growth rates.

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Immunity from suit sought for BSP execs during rehab

Jerry Maglunog There is a clamor among officials of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) that they get immunity from suit during the painful process of putting a distressed bank under the receivership of the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC).

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