The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business

Publicly listed 8990 Holdings Inc. spearheaded the forming of a research center aimed at gathering data on the industry to help the government and the private sector ease the problem of lack of shelter in the country. 

Broadcasting giant ABS-CBN said several online sites illegally providing ABS-CBN TV shows and movies have been barred after it received several preliminary injunctions in the US Federal District Court against 44 sites. 

By Jerry Maglunog Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are the main cogs of the economy, as 94 percent of local firms are classified under this category. 

By Riza Lozada European trade experts will visit the country to present investment options and business conditions in three rising Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) members, the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP) said. 

Many can’t seem to believe the ludicrousness of the announcement that a representative mouthpiece of the ruling Liberal Party (LP) recently discharged to hacks and hounds salivating for press releases. 

Or how the worth of goods in it could be missed outright because they’re really more than the symbols of OFW “sacrifices and hardships,” which then-President Corazon Aquino’s amendment to the Tariff Law that exempts it, honors. What then could they truly be? Try mulling over on these: 

Amid the pestilential rains, floods and traffic that overwhelmed thousands of motorists and commuters in Metro Manila last week, there were a few notable areas where operatives of the Highway Patrol Group (HPG) under the Philippine National Police were able to score some brownie points. 

By Frazier Moore / The Associated Press New York—Donald Trump clarified, sort of, a long-standing question about his personality during an appearance on Friday’s Tonight Show. 

The World Bank (WB) is working with the government to develop an insurance and risk-transfer mechanism for national and local governments, businesses and even individual households to help them deal with natural disasters. 

By Jerry Maglunog Banks are also making a killing out of lending, aside from the conventional route of bank loans through tie-ups with credit-card companies.