August 1 used to mark the start of the “silly season”, when there’s a dearth of serious news and the media has to resort to stories about sightings of sharks or moving statues.

Higher one-time costs dragged the first-semester earnings of Union Bank of the Philippines by 35 percent to P3.3 billion. The ...

State-owned Canara Bank plans to sell its excess priority sector loans in the ongoing quarter to compensate for the stress on margins due to moderation in interest rates.      During the quarter ended ...