STOCK PHOTO | Image by Webster2703 from PixabayNEW YORK – The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is finalizing settlements with around two dozen Wall Street firms to resolve investigations into record-keeping lapses, said two people with knowledge of the matter.The settlements with broker-dealers and investment advisers would mark the latest enforcement action in the SEC‘s two-year ...

FREEPIKSEOUL – North Korea has adopted a constitutional amendment to enshrine its policy on nuclear force, state media reported on Thursday, as the country’s leader pledged to accelerate production of nuclear weapons to deter what he called US provocations.The Supreme People’s Assembly unanimously adopted the revision that states North Korea “develops highly nuclear weapons to ensure” its “rights to existence” and to “deter war”, ...

REUTERSSHANGHAI – A record number of Chinese are choosing to travel at home this Golden Week holiday, potentially boosting domestic consumption but disappointing travel agents who have been waiting for big-spending tourists to go back abroad since the pandemic ended.China celebrates the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day from Friday to Oct. 6 in the longest public ...

REUTERSWASHINGTON – The US Federal Trade Commission filed a long-awaited antitrust lawsuit against Amazon.com on Tuesday and asked the court to consider forcing the online retailer to sell assets as the government accuses Big Tech of monopolizing the most lucrative parts of the internet.The FTC accused Amazon, a company started in a garage in 1994 ...

US law firm Schulte Roth & Zabel is suing its former client 26 Capital Acquisition Corp to recover more than $1.9 million in legal fees following the special acquisition company’s failed merger with the Philippines’ largest casino.The law firm on Tuesday asked Delaware’s Court of Chancery to ...

The Outlook 2023: Philippine Real Estate Awards winners pose with their trophies together with Lamudi Philippines’ Country Head Anurag Verma, Head of BPI’s Retail Mortgage Division Bernadette Ocampo, and Lamudi’s Associate Director for Corporate Accounts Mark Bailey.Lamudi’s The Outlook 2023: Philippine Real Estate Awards acknowledged the top ...

The Spectrum was named "Mixed-Use Development of the Year—Luzon" at the prestigious Lamudi Outlook Awards 2023.The Spectrum, prolific condominium development under Villar-owned, Vista Land and Landscapes, Inc., once again gained recognition for its top-tier housing options when its premier property The Spectrum was named “Mixed-Use Development of ...

<?xml encoding="utf-8" ?????????> The UK government has disbanded the independent advisory board of its Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation (CDEI) without any announcement amid a wider push to position the UK as a global leader in AI governance. Launched in June 2018 to drive a collaborative, multi-stakeholder approach to the governance of artificial intelligence (AI) and other data-driven technologies, ...

THE PHILIPPINE government on Wednesday raised $611.2 million (P34.8 billion) at an auction of its second onshore retail dollar bonds (RDBs).Tenders at the rate-setting auction hit $636.2 million, slightly above the $636 million on offer at the Bureau of the Treasury’s first retail dollar bond sale under ...

TESDA.GOV.PHREGIONAL wage boards on Wednesday approved increases in daily minimum wages in Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon and the SOCCSKSARGEN region, according to the Labor department.The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board of Cagayan Valley approved a P30 increase that would be given in two tranches, bringing the ...