Monetary authorities see no pandemic-induced price bubble

Canadian Chamber of Commerce announces leading Canadian CEOs to form COVID-19 Recovery Leadership Council

(OTTAWA) – February 16, 2021 – As pandemic restrictions approach one year and Canada faces new variants and vaccine delays, Canada’s business community is coming together...

DTI to launch online business mentoring in C. Visayas

CEBU CITY – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), in partnership with the Philippine Center for Entrepreneurship-Go Negosyo, and Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry, will...

COVID-19 is giving us a new appreciation for physical shops

The outlook for high street stores seems gloomy. Social distancing measures and lockdowns have driven people to shop online, leading to shop closures and a boom...

Amsterdam ousts London as Europe’s top share hub, taking trading back to where it all began

Amsterdam has usurped London to become Europe’s biggest hub for trading shares. It is quite a shift for a city that was fifth behind Paris, Frankfurt...

The $4 trillion economic cost of not vaccinating the entire world

Rolling out a vaccine to stop the spread of a global pandemic doesn’t come cheap. Billions of dollars have been spent developing drugs and putting in...

Valentine’s Day: COVID-19 wilted the flower industry, but sustainability still a thorny issue

Cut flowers are a multi-billion-dollar business globally, closely linked to social events and holidays, such as Christmas, Hanukkah and Mother’s Day, and to happy and sad...

Shopee sees digital payment adoption rise as e-commerce grows

MANILA – Online shopping platform Shopee expects increased digital payment adoption, growth in the logistics industry, and implementation of innovative retail strategies from brands and sellers...

Duterte concerned over state of PH economy: Palace

MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte has expressed concern over the current state of the Philippine economy which was badly hit by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic,...

How Bezos and Amazon changed the world

Amazon announced Jeff Bezos is stepping down as CEO almost 27 years after he founded the company to sell books to customers over dial-up modems. Amazon...