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Airbnb Takes on the Hotel—Without the Rooms
Seventeen years after disrupting the hotel industry, Airbnb is now competing with it on services—without requiring a booking.

By The Financial District
May 161 min read


Industrial Metaverse Market Value to Reach $100-B By 2030
The convergence of simulations, sensors, and standards could result in a capability that’s genuinely useful to companies producing physical goods.

By The Financial District
May 161 min read


Russia’s Negligence Caused Blast That Wiped Out Its Ammo Depot
A combination of poor weapons handling and faulty storage practices likely led to the blasts that rocked Russia’s 51st GRAU arsenal in late April.

By The Financial District
May 161 min read


Bill Gates Blames Musk-Led Foreign Aid Cuts for Preventable Child Deaths
Bill Gates is holding Elon Musk personally responsible for the deaths of thousands of children in poor countries following sweeping U.S. foreign aid cuts overseen by Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

By The Financial District
May 161 min read


The $43.3-B Wellness Economy: How the PH Is Carving Its Niche in Global Wellness Tourism
In a post-pandemic world where health and wellbeing are increasingly viewed as essential rather than optional, the Philippines is emerging as a rising star in the global wellness landscape.

By The Financial District
May 163 min read


Starbucks Baristas Strike Over Dress Code, More Walkouts Loom
Hundreds of Starbucks Corp. employees have walked off the job to protest the company’s new dress code, with more strikes likely in the coming days.

By The Financial District
May 161 min read


Walmart Stock Drops as It Signals Price Hikes Due to Trump Tariffs
Walmart has posted a mixed quarterly report morning as it navigates President Trump’s tariffs. Its Q1 revenue rose 2.5% to $165.6 billion, missing Wall Street expectations of $166.02 billion.

By The Financial District
May 161 min read


Xiaomi's New EV Orders in China Slump Over Fatal Crash, Bogus Ads
China’s Xiaomi is seeing a slump in new orders for its SU7 electric sedan, analysts said, as the company and its charismatic CEO grapple with a growing consumer backlash that now threatens its runaway sales success.

By The Financial District
May 162 min read


GOP Pushes Bill Fast-Tracking Fracking, Logging, And Mining On Public Lands
The House Natural Resources Committee advanced a portion of the GOP budget package this week that would open vast swaths of public lands to private oil and gas extraction, logging, and coal and mineral mining.

By The Financial District
May 161 min read


Oil Prices Tumble As Trump Hints Nuclear Deal with Iran Is Imminent
Oil prices slid more than 3% before paring losses after President Trump hinted that the U.S. was nearing a nuclear deal with Iran—a move that could increase global crude supply.

By The Financial District
May 161 min read


Tech Fuels Stock Rebound, Barron’s Daily Reports
Artificial intelligence hasn’t taken over the world—but it’s taken charge of the stock market again.

By The Financial District
May 161 min read


PAGCOR Remits ₱12.67 Billion In Dividends to National Treasury
The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) has remitted ₱12.67 billion in dividends to the National Treasury.

By The Financial District
May 151 min read


Aramco Reports Q1 Profits Of $26 Billion, Down 4.6% Year-on-Year
Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil giant Aramco posted first-quarter profits of $26 billion, a 4.6% decline from the same period last year.

By The Financial District
May 151 min read


Japan Demands U.S. Abolish Hiked Auto Tariffs
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has emphasized that Japan will continue to demand that the United States abolish increased auto tariffs.

By The Financial District
May 151 min read


Danone Buys U.S. Organic Formula Maker Kate Farms
Danone has announced that it has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Kate Farms, a U.S.-based maker of plant-based organic nutritional drinks.

By The Financial District
May 151 min read


Anti-DEI Proposals Lose Big At U.S. Corporations
President Donald Trump has issued executive orders aimed at eliminating diversity, equity, and inclusion practices across both public and private sectors.

By The Financial District
May 151 min read


China’s Factory-Gate Deflation Deepens As Trade War Drags On
China’s factory-gate prices fell at their fastest pace in six months in April, while consumer prices declined for a third straight month.

By The Financial District
May 151 min read


PSE Index Drops Further On Profit-Taking, Foreign Selling
The Philippine Stock Exchange Index (PSE) declined further Thursday, falling 84.95 points or 1.30% to close at 6,466.86 as investors continued profit-taking.

By The Financial District
May 152 min read


Retail Meets Renewable
MSpectrum, Inc.—the renewable energy arm of Meralco—has announced the expansion of its collaboration with Southeast Asia Retail Inc., the operator of Landers Superstore, through the installation of two new solar rooftop projects in Cebu and Fairview.

By The Financial District
May 153 min read


FEMA Chief Fired After Defending Agency’s Existence
Cameron Hamilton, acting head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), was removed from his post.

By The Financial District
May 151 min read


OpenAI Maneuvers to Launch Its IPO
OpenAI and Microsoft are reportedly reworking the terms of their partnership in a bid to position the younger company for a future initial public offering.

By The Financial District
May 151 min read


Digital Health Company Omada Files For U.S. IPO
Omada Health, a virtual chronic care provider, has filed to go public in the United States, joining a growing cohort of healthcare companies seeking to list this year despite a turbulent market environment.

By The Financial District
May 151 min read


Trump to Accept 13-Year-Old 747 As Gift from Qatar
In what may be the most valuable gift ever extended to the United States by a foreign government, the Trump administration is preparing to accept a super-luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet from the royal family of Qatar.

By The Financial District
May 152 min read


Nestlé To Raise Chocolate Prices In U.S. Market
Nestlé USA is raising prices on several chocolate products due to soaring commodity costs—an indication that sweet treats will remain expensive for American consumers in the near term.

By The Financial District
May 151 min read
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