BSP allows banks to set up eight new branches
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BW FILE PHOTO THE BANGKO SENTRAL ng Pilipinas (BSP) approved eight new bank branches in the fourth quarter of 2022, higher than…
Netflix boosts Asian leads, lags in Latino roles — report
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NETFLIX, Inc. NFLX.O has increased the number of Asian and women in lead roles, but still lags in representing Latinos, the disabled,…
Inflation, labor crunch prodding Japan’s smaller firms to raise pay
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REUTERS TOKYO — Rising inflation and an intensifying labor crunch are prodding smaller local Japanese firms to follow their big counterparts in…
Brazil’s Lula pledges new minimum wage policy, expanded tax exemption
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NATANAELGINTING-FREEPIK BRASILIA — Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva pledged on Sunday to introduce a new policy of real increases in…
French minister expects food price inflation to ease off by September
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REUTERS PARIS — Food price inflation in France — which has been a major concern for consumers — should ease off by…
In loving memory of Albert F. del Rosario
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PHILIPPINE STAR/KRIZ JOHN ROSALES On behalf of the Board of Governors and the more than 1,100 members of the Management Association of…
Developing life skills through Brazilian jiu-jitsu
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EDUARDO DRAPIER-UNSPLASH “Time’s up!” Emerging from a contorted position, I got up, smoothened my hair, and fixed my belt that came off….
Taxpayers’ burden from uniformed pensions
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The pushback against military and uniformed personnel pension reform has come strongly since Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno announced the reforms on…
The oil industry’s unhappy marriage is starting to face facts
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JACKSON JOST-J-UNSPLASH EVEN a marriage heading for its 50th anniversary will sometimes be overcome with bickering. That’s what happened last week with…
Pope says Vatican involved in secret Ukraine peace mission
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The Vatican is involved in a peace mission to try to end the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Pope Francis said on Sunday, adding that it was also ready to help repatriate Ukrainian…