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Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 16:18:53 +0000

What difference a year makes. Nearly 30 percent of business leaders believe that global economic growth will decline in the next 12 months, approximately six times the level of 5…READ

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Credit to Author: REYNALDO C. LUGTU, JR.| Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 16:15:57 +0000

In our digital and culture transformation consulting work with several companies, we always talk about the resistance of employees to transformative changes, in particular that of millennials and non-millennials such…READ

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Credit to Author: BEN KRITZ, TMT| Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 16:17:22 +0000

IN the few short months since last November’s midterm elections in the US, it has become politically fashionable to condemn wealth as the root cause of all the world’s ills….READ

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Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2019 16:27:31 +0000

THE new year has already rolled in, and February is just around the corner. Everyone is busy trying to come up with their new year’s resolutions. Most have vowed to…READ

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Credit to Author: KARLA MESINA| Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 16:19:55 +0000

When dealing with contracts, lawyers are notorious for their obsessiveness, paranoia and pessimism. We may forcefully insist on writing a clause a certain way, in a specific place within the…READ

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Credit to Author: EMETERIO SD. PEREZ| Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 16:19:08 +0000

Businessman Lucio Tan may have been the business tycoon who is mainly responsible for the successful rehabilitation of Victorias Milling Co. (VMC). How about the company’s public stockholders who were…READ

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Credit to Author: MARK ANTHONY TAMAYO| Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 16:18:07 +0000

(First of two parts) The regulation on the guidelines of the Post Clearance Audit (PCA) and Prior Disclosure Program (PDP) has finally been signed by the Department of Finance (DOF)…READ

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Credit to Author: AIRA REGINA S. ARBOLEDA| Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 16:16:13 +0000

Change is constant and endless opportunities come and go every day, and in a heartbeat. It may seem like a lot to take and we acknowledge that we really cannot…READ

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Credit to Author: BEN KRITZ, TMT| Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 16:20:23 +0000

HEY, do you know that the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) is being held this week in Davos, Switzerland? Do you even care? Based on the paucity of mainstream business…READ

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Credit to Author: JOSH MASCARIÑAS| Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 16:18:10 +0000

At some point in your life, you will find yourself dealing with a lot of clutter at home. Admit it, you find decluttering a tedious task. You convince yourself that…READ

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