TikTok plans big push into gaming, conducting tests in Vietnam – sources
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HONG KONG/HANOI — TikTok has been conducting tests so users can play games on its video-sharing app in Vietnam, part of plans…
BoP swings to deficit in April
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BW FILE PHOTO By Luz Wendy T. Noble, Reporter The country’s balance of payment (BoP) posted a deficit in April as the…
Bespoke and boutique: A new kind of home for the elite
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When Jardin Wong, Jillian Sze, and Miguel Tan approached WTA Architecture and Design Studio with their idea for their first project as…
BSP hikes rates for 1st time since 2018
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A vendor arranges vegetables at a public market in Manila. — PHILIPPINE STAR/ RUSSEL A. PALMA THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)…
NPL ratio eases to three-month low
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BW FILE PHOTO SOURED LOANS held by Philippine banks declined in March, bringing the nonperforming loan (NPL) ratio to its lowest in…
Credit raters awaiting incoming administration’s fiscal consolidation plan
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A view of residential condominium buildings in Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila, Philippines, Aug. 22, 2016. — REUTERS By Luz Wendy T. Noble,…
Central banks’ hopes for supply chain miracle may be dashed by China, Ukraine
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REUTERS WASHINGTON — Global central banks hoping that high inflation would ease through improving global supply chains saw little relief through April…
Stranger Things goes deeper and darker in fourth season
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THE ADVENTURES of Mike, Lucas, Dustin, Max, Will, and Eleven continue despite their separation and having to adjust to life as teenagers…
PLDT group, US partner to test space-based broadband
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By Arjay L. Balinbin, Senior Reporter THE PLDT group announced on Thursday that it intends to conduct a space-based cellular broadband testing…
Performing artists push for copyright protection from AI deepfakes
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PHILIPP KATZENBERGER/UNSPLASH TBILISI — When a friend messaged voice actor Bev Standing to ask whether she was the voice of TikTok’s text-to-speech…