Corporations

By: Doris Dumlao-Abadilla, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 16 Apr 2020 The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is drafting new rules that seek to empower minority shareholders of publicly-listed companies to call for special meetings and put items in the agenda.

by Business World, Jun 24, 2019 TWENTY-THREE companies in the Philippines demonstrated high levels of employee engagement and have been named among the best establishments to work by Human resource publication HR Asia.

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By Bernadette D. Nicolas, BusinessMIrror, Feb 21, 2019 PRESIDENT Duterte signed into law on Thursday a landmark measure updating the decades-old Corporation Code in a bid to strengthen and simplify corporate governance standards for a more business-friendly environment.

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By Richmond Mercurio (The Philippine Star), Nov 28, 2017 MANILA, Philippines — Majority of local companies are unaware and do not engage in inclusive business, citing government bureaucracy and existing regulatory environment as main constraints, a joint study by the Board of Investments (BOI) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) showed.

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The stock price of Dennis Uy’s Phoenix Petroleum increased about 92% from July last year, while Ongpin-associated Philweb’s stock price fell 46.3% by ofia Tomacruz, Rappler, Jul 24, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – Majority of the Philippines’ most valuable companies have continued their growth trajectory that started to build up even before President Rodrigo Duterte took…

By Wilson Lee Flores, Philstar, July 24, 2011 Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. Who are the businessmen — entrepreneurs and top executives — whose enterprises and personal efforts have the most…

KATE TAYLOR RETAIL, APR. 4, 2017 http://www.businessinsider.sg/10-companies-control-food-industry-2017-3/?r=US&IR=T#3ZJbU4ToBM8XUcq6.97 Only 10 companies control almost every large food and beverage brand in the world. These companies — Nestlé, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Unilever, Danone, General Mills, Kellogg’s, Mars, Associated British Foods, and Mondelez — each employ thousands and make billions of dollars in revenue every year. In an effort to…

by Belinda Parmar, December 1, 2016, https://hbr.org/2016/12/the-most-and-least-empathetic-companies-2016?utm_campaign=harvardbiz&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social Empathy has never been in more explicit demand from corporate leaders — particularly after a divisive U.S. presidential election and amid continued economic uncertainty around the globe. As the newly released 2016 Empathy Index demonstrates, empathy, which is about understanding our emotional impact on others and making change…

During the past week, I was privileged to interview three of the most fascinating and powerful tycoons in the Philippines—Roberto V. Ongpin, the CEO of Alphaland, PhilWeb, ISM and Atok Big Wedge Mining; Ramon S. Ang, the president of San Miguel Corp. and CEO of Petron Corp., and Manuel V. Pangilinan, the chair of PLDT,…

MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines’ largest fast-food chain Jollibee received a plaque of recognition from The Wall Street Journal Asia for being one of the top regional companies in the publication’s Asia 200 survey.

MANILA, Philippines – The combined earnings of companies listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) surged 60.8 percent in the first nine months of the year to P283.76 billion on the back of improving global conditions, a new study on the performance of the publicly traded firms revealed.

MANILA, Philippines – The combined net earnings of companies listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange jumped 46.3 percent in the first half this year to P193.43 billion, indicating that major firms have recovered from the global financial crisis.

FAST-FOOD giant Jollibee Foods Corp. is hoping to sustain its profitability this year despite declining dollar remittances from Filipinos working abroad.

The country’s biggest fast food chain plans to open more store openings abroad as it remains “cautious” in the second semester due to an expected slowdown in remittances of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).

Sales growth of pharmaceutical products in the country would slow down this year due to the economic downturn and expiring patents, the local pharmaceutical industry said.

MANILA, Philippines – The total net earnings of companies listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) fell 29.4 percent last year to P198.91 billion, from P281.54 billion, in 2007, due to the ill effects of the global financial turmoil.

If a company or product manufacturer is to influence consumers’ purchasing decisions and earn their trust, they should improve on their social responsibility record and not just rely on good customer service. This was evident based on the latest results of the 2009 Reader’s Digest Trusted Brands Survey in the Philippines.

THE developer of high-end Tagaytay Highlands said Friday that it plans to sell non-core assets to boost its capital and pay down its debt. Willy Ng Ocier, Belle Corp. vice chairman said the company would just unload some of its assets this year instead of raising funds through the capital market.

Fast food giant Jollibee Foods Corp. (JFC) has embarked on an aggressive expansion overseas, saying its operations remain strong despite the global economic downturn.

Jollibee Foods Corp. yesterday said it completed the acquisition of a 70-percent stake in Lao Dong, a Taipei-based restaurant.