Noticias de dinero

BPI raises $400M from notes offering

AYALA-LED Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) has returned to the offshore capital markets — for the first time since 2019 — with the successful issuance of $400 million (about P22.5 billion) in five-year Reg S senior unsecured notes. Proceeds from the offering, issued under the bank’s $3-billion medium-term notes program, will be used for

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BSP study notes economic impact of temperature shocks

Climate change, particularly higher temperatures, has a detrimental effect on output growth and persistent inflationary effects, a Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) study found. A discussion paper issued at the end of last year said that on average, a one-degree Celsius rise in annual mean temperature would cut the country’s aggregate output growth by 0.37

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Entretenimiento

Enhanced Note-Taking Apps : sticky notes 1

Microsoft has delivered on its promise of significant updates to the Sticky Notes app for both Windows 11 and Windows 10, just weeks after teasing these improvements. The newly unveiled Sticky Notes app on Windows offers users an enhanced and seamless note-taking experience, now accessible through the OneNote app on Windows. The Sticky Notes app

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Global

Pakistani PM defends vote reporting, notes previous 66-hour tabulation times

Pakistan’s caretaker prime minister on Monday defended the widely criticized delay in announcing the results of last week’s parliamentary election, saying authorities took only 36 hours to count over 60 million votes while grappling with militant attacks. Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar pointed out that election results had been announced after 66 hours when Imran Khan won power

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Noticias de dinero

RCBC plans to issue sustainability notes

RIZAL Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC) is planning to raise fresh funds by issuing US dollar-denominated notes via a drawdown under a $3-billion medium-term note (MTN) program. In a disclosure on Monday, the Yuchengco-led bank said it intended to offer benchmark-sized dollar-denominated senior unsecured notes under its sustainable finance framework.

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WB notes possible rice supply problem

THE World Bank has noted possible rice supply issues in the Philippines as a result of the El Niño weather pattern, which is expected to weigh on farm production. In its Agricultural Market Information System Market Monitor for December, the Washington-based multilateral organization pointed out that agricultural output contracted by 0.3 percent in the third

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