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PALM SPRINGS, United States — Hordes of music fans are arriving in California's Coachella Valley for the premier arts festival that features headliners Lana Del Rey, Doja Cat, and Tyler, the Creator.
SYDNEY – Veteran NBA stars Patty Mills and Joe Ingles headlined an extended men's Australian basketball squad named Thursday for the Paris Olympics as the Boomers aim to better their bronze medal from Tokyo.
ANALYSTS expect inflation, which has risen for the last two months, to breach the 2.0- to 4.0-percent target in April due to rising food prices and base effects.
MANILA, Philippines – Yuka Saso and Bianca Pagdanganan face early challenges in their respective T-Mobile Match Play bids as they drew late tee-times at the start of the novel $2-million event beginning Wednesday in Las Vegas, Nevada (Thursday Manila time).
MANILA, Philippines – Pauline del Rosario, fresh off a stint on the Epson Tour, takes advantage of the break before the LPGA’s developmental league resumes on April 26, headlining the field in the ICTSI Caliraya Springs Championship, which unwraps on April 9 at the Caliraya Springs Golf Club in Cavinti, Laguna.
TOKYO, Japan — A Japanese drugmaker said on Friday it is investigating five deaths potentially linked to dietary supplements meant to lower cholesterol and apologized for the "anxiety and fear" it had caused.
Upson International [UPSON 43.45 unch] [link], the IT retailer primarily operating through the Octagon retail brand, teased its FY23 financial results headlined by a 13.7% dip in net income to P464 million. UPSON reported a 5.8% increase in revenues to P10 billion, which the company attributed to contributions from new stores, and a 1% increase in same-store sales. This topline uptick was unfortunately outweighed by an 8.9% increase in the cost of inventories sold, contributing to a 9.5% increase in operating expenses. UPSON said that it opened 25 stores in FY23, with 12 of those openings coming in just the 4th quarter alone. UPSON blamed the bottom-line underperformance on “lower gross margin” and “pre-opening costs” from its expansion efforts.
MANILA, Philippines – Crowd favorite Eman Bacosa headlines a special presentation of Manny Pacquiao Presents: Blow-By-Blow on Sunday at the Okada Manila.