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Britain's economy has grown at the fastest pace in nearly two years as strong exports and solid household spending offset slumping business investment, data showed Friday awaiting a Brexit deal.

Amazon.com Inc on Friday said it would carry more Apple Inc products globally in time for the holiday shopping season, as the technology rivals put aside past differences to boost sales.

Dominant telecommunications firms Globe Telecom and PLDT-Smart on Friday welcomed Senator Gringo Honasan's appointment as secretary of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT).

The telecom group led by former Ilocos Sur Governor Luis Chavit Singson is filing on Friday a motion for reconsideration before the National Telecommunications Commission regarding its bid for the government’s third telco initiative.  

The Metro Rail Transit (MRT)-3, which runs from North Avenue-EDSA in Quezon City to Taft Avenue-EDSA in Pasay City, will be restored to its high-grade infrastructure status in 26 months, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said Friday.

The benchmark PSEI managed to close in the green on Thursday, helped by bargain hunting despite trading on a weak note during most of the session due to a slower-than-expected third quarter gross domestic product growth.  

Property giant Megaworld Corp.’s tourism development arm Global-Estate Resorts, Inc. (GERI) posted a net income of P1.29 billion in the first nine months of 2018, up 16 percent from P1.11 billion a year earlier.

Tesla Inc director Robyn Denholm, a telecoms executive who has worked for Toyota, has been promoted to chairwoman of the electric car company, tasked with regulating billionaire Elon Musk's regime after months of turbulence which have worried Wall Street.

PLDT Inc. on Thursday said it is investing P2.15 billion for a 45.73-percent interest in Philippine software developer and IT solutions provider Multisys Technologies Corp.

Businessman Luis Chavit Singson on Thursday said his group would come up with the requirements which they supposedly missed in bidding for the country’s third telecommunications player.

London-based think tank Capital Economics has lowered its growth outlook for the Philippines for 2018 on the back of slower gross domestic product (GDP) print in the third quarter.

TOKYO -- Asian stocks rose on Thursday as investors, relieved to have moved past the US midterm elections without any major political surprises, drove a Wall Street rally, while the dollar clawed back some of its earlier losses.

The Philippine gross domestic product grew at a slower pace of 6.1 percent in the third quarter, compared with the previous quarter and the same comparable period in 2017, the Philippine Statistics Authority reported on Thursday.  

Philippine share prices faltered during the morning session on Thursday as the third quarter gross domestic product fell below expectations.  

Share prices on the Philippine Stock Exchange slipped more than 2 percent on Wednesday as uncertainties about the third telco initiative and the third quarter economic growth figures triggered a market sell-off.  

The National Telecommunications Commission on Wednesday declared Mislatel Consortium as the country’s “provisional” third telco.

The Philippines' trade in goods deficit swelled by 124.14 percent in September, as imports continued to grow while exports registered a decline, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported Wednesday.

Hong Kong stocks edged down in the first few minutes Wednesday as investors awaited the outcome of key US midterm elections.

Spokespersons for both Smart Communications and Globe Telecom on Wednesday said they have been improving their services as they expressed readiness for the entry of the third major player in the telecommunications industry.

Out of the 10 groups that were reported to have bought bid documents for the government's third telco initiative, only three submitted bid documents ahead of Wednesday's 10:00 a.m. deadline.

Pakistan's central bank rushed on Tuesday to reassure investors and consumers that its banking system had not been hacked after a mass skimming operation hit customers' credit and debit cards.

Wall Street's major indexes closed higher on Tuesday as voters headed to the polls in US midterm congressional elections and investors hoped the result would provide some relief for stocks after prolonged uncertainty.

US stocks were on track to open slightly lower on Tuesday, as investors awaited the outcome of US midterm elections that could shape the future of Donald Trump's presidency and test his tax and trade policies.

Petron Corp. said Tuesday it posted a net income of P12.1 billion in the first nine months of 2018 despite the industry-wide decline in fuel demand on the back of high pump prices.

The Department of Labor and Employment has signed a memorandum of understanding with Jobstreet.com covering a job site that caters to applicants seeking technical-vocational job opportunities.

Data from the Philippine Statistics Authority shows that the number of rice farmers in the country went down from 2.6 million in 2010 to 2.2 million in 2015, Tina Panganiban-Perez said in her report on Balitanghali.

The Philippine peso appreciated against the US dollar for the third consecutive trading day on Tuesday, as the inflation rate October likely signaled a slowdown.

The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose on Monday, as oil prices lifted energy stocks and defensive sectors such as utilities and real estate were in demand as investors were cautious about Iran sanctions and US congressional elections.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Monday laid the foundation stone for the kingdom's first nuclear research reactor, state media said, as the kingdom seeks to diversify its energy mix.

Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board chairman Martin Delgra III on Tuesday vowed to review the P610 fee being collected for the fare matrix needed by jeepney drivers to impose the new P10 fare.

The Employers Confederation of the Philippines on Monday said instead of the P25 minimum wage hike in the National Capital Region, more subsidies should be given to workers to help them cope with inflation.

Security Bank Corp. on Monday reported a 5-percent increase in its bottom line in the third quarter of the year, driven by increased lending during the period.

Makati City has earned the distinction of being the country's new richest metropolis, replacing Quezon City, after more than quadrupling its total assets in 2017, the Commission on Audit (COA) said in its report.

The government has approved the P25 hike in the daily salary of minimum wage workers in the National Capital Region (NCR), Carlo Mateo reported on Dobol B sa News TV on Monday.