Business Columns

Credit to Author: THE MANILA TIMES| Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2019 16:20:45 +0000

A company can do four things to its income. Reinvest it into the business. Buy other companies. Repurchase its own shares or simply pay cash dividends. The disadvantage of dividends is that investors have different desired dividend yields. There is also the final tax that reduces the net dividend an investor receives. Instead, an investor […]

Credit to Author: THE MANILA TIMES| Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2019 16:15:38 +0000

What keeps businesses from investing in new equipment to improve production or in recruiting better people? These types of investments are meant to provide companies with better returns over the course of time. But why do many business owners forego good investment deals that usually fall under capital expenditure? One possible reason is that most […]

Credit to Author: Emeterio SD. Perez| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 17:02:25 +0000

ISM Communications Corp. will soon be known as Dito CME Holdings Corp. by amending its charter, among other items, in its annual meeting’s agenda, according to the company’s definitive information statement (DIS). At the same time, ISM Communications said it will also change its office address to 21st Floor Udenna Tower, Rizal Drive corner 4th […]

Credit to Author: REYNALDO C. LUGTU, JR.| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 16:52:36 +0000

By 2020, millennials will make up more than half of the entire workforce, while Generation Z will comprise more than one fifth, making these contingents the strongest force in shaping the future of the workplace. Yet, only 30 percent of millennials receive feedback regarding their job performance, despite the fact that 72 percent of employees […]

Credit to Author: EUNEY MARIE MATA-PEREZ| Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 18:20:11 +0000

So much has been written about the rationalization of tax incentives under the proposed Comprehensive Income Tax and Incentives Rationalization Act (Citira) or House Bill 4157. Thus, an understanding as to how the rationalization actual works is crucial. In the overall, Citira proposes a single-menu of incentives, clear criteria for their grant and monitoring, and […]

Credit to Author: VINCENT POZON| Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 18:13:19 +0000

It couldn’t get any weirder. You could say it is the strangest of situations any incumbent politician could ever be in. It was as if he weren’t an incumbent. In March of this year, less than two months before the elections, and, you could say, too late to do anything about it, Senator Joseph Victor […]

Credit to Author: Emeterio SD. Perez| Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2019 17:54:14 +0000

Bought. Fernando Miranda Zobel de Ayala is a member of the board of AC Energy Philippines Inc. (ACEPH). As chairman of the company’s 11-person board, he bought 609,834,003 in three trades. In his filing, he disclosed his acquisition of 198,287,001 ACEPH common shares at P2.7924 per share on Oct. 23, 2019, 204,289,001 ACEPH common shares at […]

Credit to Author: MARIA ADIEL AGUILING| Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2019 17:21:25 +0000

ENTREPRENEURSHIP is commonly defined as an activity of an individual, or group of associated individuals, in setting up a business and taking risks to earn profits. Nonprofit organizations are institutions that are barred from distributing profits to the board or those in control. With this backdrop, how can one marry entrepreneurship with nonprofits? Joseph Schumpeter […]

Credit to Author: ROBERT SIY| Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 19:53:53 +0000

ONE of the late Senate president Aquilino “Nene” Pimentel Jr.’s legacies was the empowerment of local governments to deliver essential services. The Local Government Code, which he authored, testifies to this legacy. This code recognizes that local government units (LGUs) are best placed to manage social services and functions that ordinary people rely upon daily. […]

Credit to Author: LEE-ANN TOBIAS| Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 19:49:51 +0000

ENTREPRENEURS usually struggle with wanting to achieve very difficult goals at the same time. We all want to get rich right away and ensure that our businesses increasingly capture a larger chunk of the market each year. These two goals are close to impossible to meet one after the other. Something’s got to give, always. […]