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NOW on ANC: Get the real stories behind the numbers in today's episode of #MarketEdge with @michelle_d_ong.

@michelle_d_ong Thomson Reuters Senior Director for Vendor Strategy & Relationship Management Tes Veloso: We have 26,000 employees in over 160 countries; we have a 600-strong workforce in PH. We will boost workforce in Ph by 10% this year- business has recovered and has been doing well for us.

@michelle_d_ong #MarketEdge Veloso: We want to give employees “mind space” as we deal with the unexpected from pandemic and civil unrest in other societies; all units to observe Metal Health Day off every October starting this year. | via @michelle_d_ong

@michelle_d_ong #MarketEdge Veloso: Work-from-home setup has removed mental and physical barriers between work and personal life; the “transition” space was removed without the commute. We are all hyperconnected today | via @michelle_d_ong

@michelle_d_ong #MarketEdge Veloso: We offer personal employee assistance to all staff,. We also have “headspace” app for staff to teach them meditation and focus. We try to remove stigma about mental health by talking about it in the org | via @michelle_d_ong

@michelle_d_ong #MarketEdge Chris Mangun of AA Equities likes this retail food company that has made drastic changes in the new normal, partnered with well known local brands and released new products despite the lack of demand; launching soy based ice creams, desserts soon | @michelle_d_ong

@michelle_d_ong #MarketEdge Mangun: Rally in June was too fast, too far; this bounce today is more sustainable. I’d rather see PSE index stairstep its way higher rather than boom. Valuations looks better today too; we could end year between 6500-7000 | via @michelle_d_ong

@michelle_d_ong #MarketEdge Mangun: PSEi hitting 10,000 in 3 years is conservative, that’s like 1000 pt gain every year; we can even hit 10k sooner, by 2021 or 2022 as long as PH goes back to Pre-pandemic growth | via @michelle_d_ong

@michelle_d_ong AGREA Agricultural System CEO Cherrie Atilano: We have 20,000 farmers in the network from Marinduque and other islands; we co-finance and train them on how to invest and have sustainable market. | via @michelle_d_ong #MarketEdge

@michelle_d_ong #MarketEdge Atilano: Hunger is a big issue now; it’s not that we don’t have food, we do have it--but many can’t afford | via @michelle_d_ong

@michelle_d_ong #MarketEdge Atilano: Agrarian reform beneficiaries who used to make P4000 every 40 days planting coconut (per 1 ha farm), now make additional P2000/ week intercropping with superfoods like turmeric | via @michelle_d_ong