Japan set to extend COVID curbs as hospitals battle infections
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PIXABAY TOKYO — Japan prepared on Wednesday to extend infection controls in some regions amid high numbers of hospital patients hit by…
Teleperformance unveils solar-powered jeepney workstation
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FACEBOOK/TELEPERFORMANCE PHILIPPINES Outsourcing firm Teleperformance Philippines launched on Monday a mobile workstation that simulates a fully enabled work-from-home (WFH) experience. The Cloud…
Move over candy bars, New York vending machine now selling NFT art
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Twitter/@neon_gallery NEW YORK — Digital art collecting platform Neon has launched the first in-person non-fungible token (NFT) vending machine in New York…
Apple, Ford other big American brands join corporate wave shunning Russia
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REUTERS Some of America’s best-known companies including Apple, Google, Ford, and Harley-Davidson rebuked and rejected Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, under…
US, allies set oil reserves release as prices soar
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PIXABAY TOKYO — The United States and other member states of the International Energy Agency (IEA) on Tuesday agreed to release 60…
Ukraine war won’t deter Fed and Co. from March rate hikes
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REUTERS LONDON — The US Federal Reserve and some of its major central banking peers will press ahead with lifting interest rates…
Which international banks are exposed to Russia?
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CITIGROUP.COM MILAN — The latest wave of sanctions on Russia over its Ukraine invasion has thrown the global banking industry deeper into…
A hotter planet means a hungrier planet, climate report warns
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FARMERS try to recover whatever they can after rice fields in Cagayan Valley were flooded when Typhoon Ulysses swept through the region…
Pag-IBIG posts record-high P34.73B net income in 2021
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Pag-IBIG Fund netted an income of over P30 billion for the fifth consecutive year in 2021 despite the ongoing pandemic, the agency’s…
Oil spike could drive up Q2 inflation
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MODELS of oil barrels and a pump jack are displayed in this illustration photo taken on Feb. 24. — REUTERS THE SUSTAINED…