IN A MERGERS and acquisitions (M&A) transaction, a buyer may sometimes seem to overpay when it buys a target. However, when one looks at the details, there may be a solid case for acquiring the target at a premium. Often, only one unique buyer may be in a position to offer a significant premium to the target.
LOCAL AND FOREIGN industry groups have called for tighter monitoring of tobacco trade — through commissioning of a third-party group — to address persistent tax evasion in that sector.
CONTACT centers providing voice-based services remained a mainstay of the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry in 2012, comprising bulk and posting the fastest growth in the sector, according to a recent report of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)-National Statistics Office.
DAVAO CITY — More than a thousand local government leaders nationwide will gather here for an entrepreneurship development training dubbed 3rd Negosyo sa Barangay to be held at The Royal Mandaya Hotel starting today.
THE P64.9-billion Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1) Cavite Extension public-prive partnership (PPP) project has moved closer to implementation, with the Transport department’s (DoTC) bids and awards committee (BAC) endorsing it for approval by the Metro Manila railway regulator before awarding to a consortium of Ayala Corp. and Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC), an official said in a text message yesterday.
MUMBAI/BANGKOK — Thailand is set to reclaim its status as the world’s top rice exporter as weak monsoon rains curb India’s crop, helping the Southeast Asian country’s new military government off-load bulging stockpiles.
IN A SOCIETY with ever-expanding needs, health insurance continues to climb to top priority. The seeming inability of the government to provide Filipino citizens affordable — if not free — access to basic health services and medicine drives low and medium-income earners to apply (and remain) as employees of private companies offering pre-need medical benefits, even as their basic salaries are just enough to meet day-to-day needs.
THE SUPREME COURT (SC) has backed a government agency’s strict definition of the production limit for small-scale miners.
THE COUNTRY’S external payments position is expected to improve in the coming months even as another deficit was recorded in June — widening the year-to-date gap — on the back of more capital inflows, robust remittances and strong exports, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said.
STRENGTHENING the internal controls of foundations and not-for-profit organizations is sometimes left on the back burner because management and board trustees are more focused on handling the general operations of these entities.