Business

Despite the rise of self-checkout, some big-box stores that previously embraced it have recently ditched their machines and returned to an all-cashier format. Some of those stores say theft and customer preference were factors. Some Canadian Tires, Walmarts and a U.K. grocery chain have bid goodbye to machines. After Dwayne …

Man of the Year. Bureau of Internal Revenue Commissioner Romeo Lumagui Jr. wins ‘Man of the Year’ during the Asia Leaders Awards 2023 on Nov. 20, 2023. The award is in recognition of Lumagui’s efforts in leading the BIR to greater heights as he steers the agency as its youngest …

Grocery chain Sobeys is rolling out its annual price freeze on thousands of food items over the holiday season, and expanding it more than usual in the face of heightened consumer concern about inflation.  Move comes after federal government claimed price stabilization is coming. Grocery chain Sobeys is rolling out …

Hundreds of employees at ChatGPT maker OpenAI say they may quit the company and join former CEO Sam Altman at Microsoft unless the board of the company resigns. Sam Altman was pushed out as OpenAI CEO on Friday after the board lost confidence in him. An unprecedented weekend of chaos …

Whether or not your parents own a home makes you twice as likely to own one yourself, according to a new data analysis by Statistics Canada published Monday. Among those who own multiple properties, the ownership rate triples. Whether or not your parents own a home makes you twice as …

Shramana Sarkar spends a good chunk of time serving coffee, and far less time than she’d like on her master’s degree. But precarious workers like Sarkar have little choice but to juggle intense schedules so they can afford the basics. In Part 3 of The Grind, Shramana Sarkar is caught …

Philippine Airlines on Monday rolled out its year-end sale for domestic and international flights to entice more passengers to travel. The airline unit of businessman Lucio Tan said the year-end sale is available in all sales channels from Nov. 20 to Dec. 10, 2023. It said that for domestic flights, …

The union that represents thousands of grocery store workers in Ontario says it has reached a tentative agreement with No Frills, averting a strike that could have started as early as Monday.  Workers set to vote on new agreement this week, union says. The union that represents thousands of grocery …

Tech companies like WeWork enter the market with big promises to disrupt and make life better, cooler or easier. At first they’re willing to lose millions of dollars a month, but they eventually start to behave more and more like the incumbents. But by then, the existing industry has been …

President Marcos has teamed up with social media giant TikTok to launch “edutainment” initiatives for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs).  The President met with TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew in San Francisco, California on Friday (Saturday in Manila) and shared his desire to utilize TikTok’s huge popularity among Filipinos …