The Philippine Business Registry, a government web portal meant to serve as a “single data entry facility” and which President Benigno Aquino III touted last Friday before a gathering of the foreign chambers of commerce in the country, is s... ...

The Philippine Business Registry, a government web portal meant to serve as a “single data entry facility” and which President Benigno Aquino III touted last Friday before a gathering of the foreign chambers of commerce in the country, is s... ...

Motorists got some relief from rising fuel prices after some oil firms rolled back prices of their products early Sunday. ...

Facebook's initial public offering is likely to set a new standard for how low investment banks are willing to go on advisory fees to win big business. ...

ATHENS - Greece and its creditors reported progress on a major debt writedown deal after fresh talks on Friday, as Athens seeks to escape a looming default and stem further turmoil in the eurozone. ...

CAPE CANAVERAL - Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney tried to boost support on Florida's 'Space Coast' Friday ahead of next week's key primary, promising business would play a bigger role in future missions. ...

Greece and its creditors reported progress on a major debt writedown deal after fresh talks on Friday, as Athens seeks to escape a looming default and stem further turmoil in the eurozone. ...

NEW YORK  - World stocks fell on Friday on news the U.S. economy grew more slowly than expected in the last quarter of 2011, while the euro rose on hopes of an imminent deal on Greece's debt that could help avert a disorderly default. ...

DAVOS, Switzerland - Under-fire businessmen are falling over themselves in Davos to show how sharing and caring they really are as they try to repair the tarnished image of the privileged '1 percent' but their detractors remain unconvinced. ...

WASHINGTON - Rating agency Fitch on Friday downgraded five eurozone countries, including Italy and Spain, citing their vulnerability to sharp turns in market sentiment amid Europe's debt crisis. ...

Facebook plans to file documents as early as Wednesday for a highly anticipated IPO that will value the world's largest social network at between $75 billion and $100 billion, the Wall Street Journal cited unidentified sources as saying on Friday. ...

NEW YORK  - US stocks were mostly lower in early trade Friday after the government published a disappointing below-forecast figure for fourth-quarter economic growth. ...

MADRID - Spain announced Friday its jobless total soared above five million people at the end of 2011, pushing the unemployment rate to 22.85 percent, the highest in the industrialized world. ...

WASHINGTON , - The U.S. economy grew at its fastest pace in 1-1/2 years in the fourth quarter of 2011, but a strong rebuilding of stocks by businesses and a slower pace of spending on capital goods hinted at softer growth early this year. ...

Preparatory to boosting production capacity, Ginebra San Miguel Inc. bought for P200 million all the outstanding of Pasig City-based bottler, East Pacific Star Bottlers Phils. Inc., which manufactures and bottles alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. ...

Lower utility costs are expected to temper the inflation rate, which the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said Friday will likely be within the 3.6 percent to 4.5 percent range this January. ...

Lower utility costs are expected to temper the inflation rate, which the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said Friday will likely be within the 3.6 percent to 4.5 percent range this January. ...

The Philippines on Friday launched the Philippine Business Registry System (PBRS), a web-based one-stop-shop for entrepreneurs that the Aquino administration is banking on to make business registration a cinch. ...

Philippine shares reached a strong support level to break a three-day losing streak , with the main PSEI index gaining nearly 1.5 percent.  ...

Philippine officials in New Zealand made a strong pitch with software companies there on the opportunities for information technology in the Philippines. ...