Devolution and rightsizing the bureaucracy
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Among the good news in public finance so far this year is that the government has generated a budget surplus of P45.75…
Travel disruption hits Germany amid largest strike in decades
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PEOPLE walk past a display board showing the list of canceled flights at Frankfurt airport during a nationwide strike called by the…
North Korea fires missiles as US aircraft carrier set to arrive in South
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SEOUL — North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast on Monday morning, South Korea’s military…
Afghan girls struggle with poor Internet as they resort to online classes
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AN AFGHAN BURQA SHOP — FLICKR.COM-SIGARHQ KABUL — Sofia logs in to class on a laptop in Kabul for an online English…
Alibaba founder Jack Ma returns to China, ending year-long sojourn abroad — report
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JACK MA, founder of Alibaba Group — REUTERS BEIJING — Alibaba founder Jack Ma has returned to China, the South China Morning…
Parts of Twitter source code leaked online, court filing shows
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SOME PARTS of Twitter, Inc’s source code have been leaked and the social media platform owned by billionaire Elon Musk is seeking…
Spain tells ‘fire tourists’ to stay away from forest blaze
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BARRACAS, Spain — Officials told ‘fire tourists’ to keep away from blazes raging in eastern Spain on Sunday, saying onlookers were putting…
SVB deal soothes broader markets, but default stress haunts banks
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SILICON Valley Bank headquarters at 3003 West Tasman Drive, Santa Clara, California. — MINH NGUYEN WASHINGTON/FRANKFURT — Stress in the banking sector…
PHL tourism businesses hoping to see more Chinese visitors
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BW FILE PHOTO By Brontë H. Lacsamana, Reporter PRIORITIZING the Chinese tourist market, which has long been a major source of travelers for the Philippines,…
[B-SIDE Podcast] Filipino consumer sentiment and economic headwinds
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Follow us on Spotify BusinessWorld B-Side Filipino consumers are seen to be ‘cautiously optimistic’ this year as they face persistently high inflation and…