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                    [ArticleID] => 1985499
                    [Title] => EDITORIAL – Profiting from suffering
                    [Summary] => Pricing of consumer goods follows the law of supply and demand.
                    [DatePublished] => 2020-01-17 00:00:00
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                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 
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                    [SectionName] => Opinion
                    [SectionUrl] => opinion
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                    [ArticleID] => 1437734
                    [Title] => Uber's surge pricing
                    [Summary] => 

Other than the fact that the Uber "mobile-app-based transport service" actually uses privately-owned cars, and not Philippine government-registered ones for public use, the fare rate pricing mechanism is also the other main difference between Uber and other government-franchised taxi companies. This is also the other main bone of contention, other than regulatory conditions for safety.  Taxi fares are regulated by government - any deviation thereof constitutes a violation with a corresponding penalty.  Uber prices its own.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135764 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1620184 [AuthorName] => Nigel Paul C. Villarete [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1395602 [Title] => Market failure [Summary] =>

Was there market failure when speculative pricing ran amuck late last year, causing energy prices to spike and threatening consumers with economic devastation?

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134157 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804783 [AuthorName] => Alex Magno [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1381593 [Title] => Building a lower-carbon, higher-energy future [Summary] =>

Cutting greenhouse gas emissions while keeping the lights on for a growing global population is a huge but critical challenge. We have to believe it is a challenge we can meet.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1167426 [AuthorName] => Ben Van Beurden [SectionName] => Lifestyle Business [SectionUrl] => business-life [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/lifestyle/business-life/20141020/Ben-van-Beurden-CEO-Royal-Dutch-Shell.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1346588 [Title] => The Psychology of Pricing (Is there such a thing as Fair Market Value?) [Summary] =>

Price is the quantity of payment or compensation given by one party to another in return for goods or services.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135337 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1720995 [AuthorName] => Rose Fres Fausto [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/lifestyle/health-and-family/20140715/Psychology-of-pricing.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1312782 [Title] => Culprit [Summary] =>

When energy bureaucrats failed to run the 650 MW Malaya power plant when prices at the electricity wholesale market was spiking wildly last November, it was easy to conclude this was due to pure incompetence.

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134157 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804783 [AuthorName] => Alex Magno [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1250881 [Title] => Anatomy of corruption [Summary] =>

Under the law, corruption is illegal. In the public sphere, corruption may be committed in the award of contracts having to do with the use of public funds or through unlawful and dishonest deviation(s) from the expected performance of government officers and employees.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133940 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1336383 [AuthorName] => Gerardo P. Sicat [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1245274 [Title] => TP eight months later [Summary] =>

Eight months have passed since the issuance by the Finance Secretary of Revenue Regulations No. 02-2013 (RR No. 02-2013), dated Jan. 23, 2013, which provide for the transfer pricing guidelines or the guidelines in applying the arm’s length principle in related-party transactions.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136078 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488753 [AuthorName] => Maria Carmela M. Peralta [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 927226 [Title] => Samoa airline introduces pay-by-weight pricing [Summary] =>

A tiny Samoa airline is giving passengers a big reason to lose weight: tickets sold not by the seat, but by the kilogram.

[DatePublished] => 2013-04-05 06:00:23 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 670366 [Title] => Microfinance industry needs to implement reforms, reorientation [Summary] =>

The anti-poverty business formation known as microfinance is under attack worldwide, but efforts to get it back on track are afoot.

[DatePublished] => 2011-03-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097672 [AuthorName] => Ted P. Torres [SectionName] => Banking [SectionUrl] => banking [URL] => ) ) )
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