CLCMV to sustain 15% revenue growth this year amid price hike of raw materials
FURNITURE manufacturer CLC Marketing Ventures Corp. (CLCMV) is confident business will remain stable this year despite the increase in their operation cost brought about by the escalating prices of raw...
View ArticleHP and Microsoft launch coworking hub for SMBs
TO help redefine the work environment for today’s mobile businesses, HP Inc. Philippines has tied up with Microsoft and the Penbrothers coworking space to develop the EntreHPreneur Hub. Born out of the...
View ArticleDon’t let the bubble burst
THE residential segment of the property sector is heading toward a bubble, if the market continues to be flooded with cheaply priced yet poor-quality housing projects, cautioned an international...
View ArticleCoffee chain donates classroom for Davao SpEd students
WHEN classes open in June, special education (SpEd) students of Malagos Elementary School in Davao stand to benefit from a new classroom recently donated by The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf (TCBTL) as part...
View ArticleBosch Security Systems ties up with Comsec to capture big market share of...
BOSCH Security Systems has tapped Comsec I-Tech Corp. Philippines as its exclusive distributor for the CCS range of conference solutions in the local market, with the end goal of constantly cornering a...
View ArticleFortinet posted 20% hike in revenue for Q1
FORTINET, a multinational cyber-security solutions provider, said its global revenue aggregated to $340.6 million for the first quarter of 2017, 20 percent higher than the $284.6 million posted in the...
View ArticleHousing demand spreads out from Manila to provincial areas
RESIDENTIAL developments are mushrooming not only in Metro Manila and Luzon, but also in the Visayas and Mindanao, according to a top executive of a Cebu-based real-estate company. Cebu Landmasters...
View ArticleTaiwanese travel portal launched to boost inbound, outbound tourist arrivals...
ASIA’S leading online tours and activities-platform provider KKday has just expanded in the Philippines due to its growth potential, particularly in trade and tourism industries. “We look at the...
View ArticleMapúa student wins plum prize in first sofa-bed design contest
AN industrial design student of the Mapúa Institute of Technology bested other five finalists in the recently concluded Sofabed Design Competition of furniture manufacturer CLC Marketing Ventures Corp....
View ArticleMetro Retail profit rose 82% to P96 million in Q1
PUBLICLY listed Metro Retail Stores Group Inc. (MRSGI) said its net income rose by 82 percent to P96 million in the first quarter of 2017, from P52.8 million last year. From January to March this year,...
View ArticleMegaworld wins big in Property Awards 2017
ANDREW TAN-LED property firm Megaworld Corp. won scores of accolades—the most for an industry player—including the Best Developer trophy during the recently concluded Property Guru Philippines Property...
View ArticleMGE positive to sustain growth as business expands this year
MACKAY Green Energy (MGE) is confident it will sustain the growth of its business by end-2017, following its 200-percent revenue increase about a-year-and-a-half ago. Without divulging the exact amount...
View ArticleVC Café launched to offer coffee, funds for start-ups
A NEW café has opened in Makati City, serving not only food, but also funds for start-ups. VC Cafe, as the name suggests, is a venture capital formed by Chinese investors, who are looking for...
View ArticleSoutheast Asian youth urged to join regional data-analytics competition
MARKING the 50th anniversary of the Asean this year, the Asean Foundation is collaborating with strategic partners to form new initiatives, initially with a competition for college students in the...
View ArticleCentury Properties declares P205 million cash dividends
PUBLICLY Listed company Century Properties Group Inc. (CPGI) bared on Monday it has allocated P205,065,833.76 for distribution of cash dividend to its equity holders next month. As per its disclosure...
View ArticleJDA seeks more business from PHL logistics sector by 2019
AMERICAN company JDA Software Group Inc. expects that half of its business in the domestic market will be coming from the logistics vertical by 2019. “I’m confident—because of the quality of the...
View ArticleVitarich allocates P80 million in capex for expansion plans this year
VITARICH Corp. said on Tuesday it is appropriating P80 million in capital expenditure (capex) this year, mainly to finance its expansion initiatives aimed at beefing up its production capacities all...
View ArticleStill no way but up for property sector
THERE’S still no way but up for the property industry, as it continues its growth trajectory, along with all the macrofundamentals, pointing to the country’s strong economy, according to Pinnacle Real...
View Article1,500 volunteers from Aboitiz Group join Brigada Eskwela
ABOITIZ Group—a Filipino conglomerate cited by the Department of Education as the Philippines’s biggest contributor to public education in 2015—once again gave its share in the national preclass...
View ArticleCebuCon turns 25
CONSTRUCTION Show Cebu, or CebuCon, is all set to mark its silver anniversary as it takes the center stage at the Sky Hall and Mountain Wing Atrium in SM Seaside City Cebu from June 2 to 5. Themed “25...
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