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Is college worth the cost? Universities work to show the return on investment of a degree

WASHINGTON (AP) For a generation of young Americans, choosing where to go to college or whether to go at all has become a complex calculation of costs and benefits that often revolves around a single question: Is the degree worth its price? Public confidence in higher education has plummeted in recent years [.].

DOF set to form group to ease investor tax, nontax concerns

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Finance (DOF) will establish a multisectoral working group with private sector partners to tackle tax and nontax issues that have unsettled investors, part of a broader effort to improve the country’s business climate. The initiative was a product of a dialogue on Oct. 14 between Finance Secretary Ralph Recto

GlobalSource: Proposed tax holiday ‘poorly targeted’

MANILA, Philippines — The proposed one-month income tax holiday would primarily benefit the middle class, exclude low-income workers and strain public finances without guaranteeing equivalent economic and social gains, GlobalSource said. Sen. Erwin Tulfo has proposed what he called an “extraordinary measure” in response to “resounding clamor” to “return the people’s money” amid a widening

Global stocks see mixed day amid trade angst, Powell comments

NEW YORK, United States — European and US stock markets fell before recovering somewhat as markets weighed trade tensions between Beijing and Washington and digested fresh Federal Reserve commentary. Wall Street indices opened firmly in the red amid the latest back and forth involving the United States and China on trade. But US stocks recovered somewhat

DTI readies safeguard duty on imported cement

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) intends to impose a safeguard duty on cement imports to ensure a level playing field and protect the local industry. In a statement on Tuesday, the DTI said imported cement will be slapped with a safeguard duty of P14 per 40-kilogram bag of Ordinary Portland

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