The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has launched the first Fabrication Laboratory (Fablab) co-working space in Vigan City, Ilocos Sur. 

Canberra—Breastfeeding should be encouraged over feeding newborns with baby formula, as an overreliance on formula could put the health of children and their mothers “at risk” in the future, researchers from Australian National University (ANU) said last Thursday. 

Germany-based software firm SAP introduced last week the SAP Health Engagement technological solution, which directly connects patients to physicians and health-program managers. 

Good news for those eager to watch Brillante Ma. Mendoza’s newest film Ma’ Rosa: No need to wait much longer. Last week Mendoza and Wilson Tieng, president and CEO of Ma’ Rosa distributor Solar Entertainment, confirmed to the Philippine Daily Inquirer that the award-winning drama would be shown in cinemas nationwide starting July 6. 

The renowned French designer Coco Chanel once said that fashion is not something that exists in dresses alone. The sky, the streets, ideas, ways of life, and even events all constitute fashion. If one believes that in this age of wearable technology, then even the choice of gadgets and its accessories constitute fashion. 

When we were growing up, we always had that one person we looked up to, one who was—is—greater than the fictional characters we admired. He may not wear a cape, but he sure is our favorite superhero: Dad. On Father’s Day, honor him with a feast that’s just as great as he is, one that’s packed with treats fit for …

Anything made with chocolate has a special place in the hearts of sweets-loving Filipinos. If you are one of them, let us ask you: when was the last time you actually indulged in a heavenly cake made with multiple layers of chocolate? 

Emerging arts and performance company Artist Playground begins its second season with Happiness is a Pearl, the latest one-act play by Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature Hall of Fame inductee Rody Vera that is set to open on June 9.

By Luis Leoncio  Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings said the low income level in the Philippines, owing to high unemployment (6. 5 percent) and underemployment (21 percent), remains a key constraint to its economic resilience despite a prosperous economy. 

Nine of the Philippines’s biggest firms have made it to Forbes’s biggest 2,000 companies in the world in terms of market capitalization.