Philippines

BEIJING (Jan 23): China has agreed to cooperate with the Philippines on 30 projects worth US$3.7 billion ($5.2 billion) focusing on poverty reduction, the two countries said after a meeting in Beijing on Monday.

MANILA/SINGAPORE/KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 20): Manila’s Metro Pacific Investments Corp., Indonesia’s PT Krakatau Steel and Airports of Thailand Pcl are among the top investor picks as Southeast Asian governments embark on programs to boost roads, rail, ports

SINGAPORE (Dec 6): Del Monte Pacific posted earnings of US$20.2 million ($28.7 million) for 2QFY17, a 57.8% decrease from the earnings of US$47.8 million in 2QFY16.

SINGAPORE (Nov 29): OCBC is maintaining its “buy” call on multi-industry food company QAF with a fair value of $1.46 given supportive growth conditions like favourable raw material prices due to ample global supply.

MANILA (Nov 14): Signs of investor discontent with Rodrigo Duterte’s outbursts against the US are multiplying with American companies starting to hold off investing in the Philippines, the nation’s electronics and semiconductor industry said.

SINGAPORE (Sept 28): Singapore has narrowly missed out on the top spot in the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Competitiveness Index 2016, coming in second to Switzerland in the study involving 138 countries.

SINGAPORE (Sept 22): OCBC Investment Research has upgraded its previous “sell” call on cocoa manufacturer and distributor Delfi to “hold” with an unchanged fair value estimate of $2.34.

WASHINGTON/LONDON (Sept 7): The US State Department and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Tuesday stressed the need for ties with the Philippines to be based on mutual respect, after Manila's new leader raised worries about the futu

SINGAPORE (Aug 30): Fewer jobseekers in Singapore and Malaysia have the Internet to thank for getting hired, according the latest results of the Monster Employment Index.

SINGAPORE (July 4): Asia’s newest headline manufacturing PMI readings from Markit, CEIC and HSBC’s combined study may reflect low inventories for some countries of late – but this does not mean that new orders nor output growth are picking up, says