Business Columns

Credit to Author: BEN KRITZ, TMT| Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 16:20:35 +0000

ON Monday, Thomas Cook, the world’s oldest tour operator — the company that, in fact, invented the business — abruptly collapsed, instantly putting about 21,000 people out of work and…READ

Credit to Author: EUNEY MARIE MATA-PEREZ| Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 16:19:10 +0000

IN sale of shares outside the facilities of the stock exchange, gain is calculated by deducting cost from the higher of the selling price or the fair market value of…READ

Credit to Author: ANTON NG | Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2019 16:22:42 +0000

I had a major breakthrough yesterday: I was again able to reach the office within an hour, in 45 minutes to be exact. Over the past month, I have been…READ

Credit to Author: KELVIN LESTER LEE | Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2019 16:21:58 +0000

I am reproducing below edited excerpts of SEC Chairman Emilio B. Aquino’s short presentation as panelist on the anti-corruption and integrity guidelines for state-owned enterprises (SOEs) during the recent 12th…READ

Credit to Author: BEN KRITZ, TMT| Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 16:27:18 +0000

YESTERDAY’S editorial in this paper was a commentary on a rather startling development in China, a government mandate that all journalists there “will be tested on their loyalty to China’s…READ

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2019 17:11:50 +0000

It’s that time of the year again. Apple recently came out of the woodwork and announced their newest offering: the iPhone 11. Suddenly, the phone you pined for last year…READ

Credit to Author: BEN KRITZ, TMT| Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 16:16:17 +0000

MOST people accept the concept of “time management” as a fundamentally good thing – particularly if one is an employer – but a recent lengthy article in The Guardian makes…READ

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 16:15:44 +0000

The House of Representatives of this 18th Congress approved on third and final reading House Bill 4157 or the Citira (Corporate Income Tax and Incentive Rationalization Act), Package 2 of…READ

Credit to Author: ANTON NG | Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 16:16:23 +0000

“Dad, I’m sad,” said a melancholic voice from the other end of the line. The everyday heavy traffic made it now almost impossible for me to see my little girls…READ

Credit to Author: REY ELBO| Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 16:41:26 +0000

MANY of us fall into the ignorance trap. In our desire not to be tagged as incompetent, we give answers that intend to solve a perceived problem. Is it normal?…READ