The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business

Investment promotion officials from the 21 Apec members have introduced a groundbreaking tool to help meet the Asia-Pacific’s increasing need for infrastructure funding and build greater capacity for growth among the region’s economies. 

Building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) glazing can help buildings generate their own electricity, by turning the whole building envelope into a solar panel. 

By Mattias Karen / The Associated Press London—Stan Wawrinka grabbed the last semifinal spot at the ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) World Tour finals by beating Andy Murray, 7-6 (4), 6-4, on Friday (Saturday in Manila) to wrap up the group stage at the season-ending tournament. 

By Tim Dahlberg / The Associated Press Las Vegas—The sting from the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao bout is still there, which makes anyone who spent $100 to watch that overhyped snoozer think twice about wasting their money on boxing again. 

As part of its aggressive campaign to attract technology-savvy Filipino millennials, Lenovo Philippines has added three new models to its lineup of Vibe smartphones, with one promising improved selfies, and the other two boasting of impressive batteries that can be recharged quickly.

In a world where everything is connected, we no longer operate in silos. 

The relationship between people and their digital devices is often closer than between best friends, a recent study by security-software company Kaspersky Lab and business-to-business market-research firm B2B International has found. 

Review by Mesfin Fekadu / The Associated Press Can Adele even sing a B-level song? 

New York—The Irish singer Eithne Ni Bhraonain—known to the world as Enya—has essentially created her own style of music and sold some 80 million compact discs in three decades. Yet, when she leaves a hotel after talking about her first new work in seven years, chances are she will walk Manhattan’s streets unnoticed. 

Many young Filipinos today, particularly in Manila, associate the late President Elpidio R. Quirino with the grandstand on the far end of Rizal Park or the avenue stretching from Santa Mesa to Malate. Their parents or grandparents, for their part, may remember his six-year administration as marked by postwar reconstruction and unrest in the countryside, among other things. Few outside …