by ev3v4hn | Aug 15, 2020 | Business News
WASHINGTON — After more than two years of browbeating and trade sanctions on Canada and Mexico, President Donald Trump strong-armed the United States’ neighbors into agreeing to supplant a 25-year-old North American trade agreement with one of his own. His pact, meant to update the old deal and encourage more manufacturing in the United States, […]
by ev3v4hn | Aug 15, 2020 | Business News
NEW YORK — Stock indexes barely budged on Wall Street Friday, leaving the S&P 500 just shy of its record once again. A woman wearing a mask passes a sign for Wall Street, Tuesday, June 30, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) The...
by ev3v4hn | Aug 15, 2020 | Business News
A customer picks up his order from a locker while others place their orders via touchscreen at a MUY restaurant, a Colombian fast-food chain that is planning to turn its branches into automated restaurants, in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. The chain has...
by ev3v4hn | Aug 15, 2020 | Business News
The Soberano family’s Cebu Landmasters Inc. (CLI) said real estate prospects remained strong in the Visayas and Mindanao despite a slowdown in the broader economy caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The company said reservation sales, an indication of future revenue,...
by ev3v4hn | Aug 15, 2020 | Business News
The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange Index (PSEi) saw a slight pullback on Friday as investors booked profits after a four-day rally. By the closing bell, the PSEi was down 0.34 percent, or 20.87 points, to 6,076.91 while the broader all-shares index was up 0.12...
by ev3v4hn | Aug 15, 2020 | Business News
First Gen Corp. continued to make a profit despite the new coronavirus disease pandemic, but the bottom line fell 22 percent year-on-year to $183 million in the first half of 2020 from $233 million previously. In the second quarter alone, net income of the Lopez...
