The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business

By Jerry Maglunog Online business caters mostly to people who are very busy or live too far from the city proper. It is in these scenarios that the likes of Lazada, Zalora, Carmudi, OLX or Autopinoy.com have become a household name. 

The war did not just erupt a few weeks ago. What happened recently, the deliberate devaluation by as much as 2 percent of the yuan was merely the latest skirmish in festering hostilities between protagonists battling for global supremacy; two titans whose military strength applied against each other remain essentially untested, superiority, undecided. In that, the rest of the world remains …

…(T)wo days before September 11, a friend fetched me for Baltimore from JFK Internatiaonal airport, cruising through a glorious New York sky, really other-worldly on summer nights. 

The recent Zero Remittance Day by OFWs all over the world in protest of Customs Commissioner Alberto Lina’s P600-million revenue goal predicated on taxes to be imposed on balikbayan boxes sends a very strong signal from our so-called modern-day heroes. 

Talk is rife about a forthcoming image engineering for Philippine Airlines that includes a new logo, as the nation’s flag carrier, which has run into air turbulence that meant losing almost P13 billion in 2013, comes soaring high with modest profits. Credit for the turn-around was due to the big drop in oil prices, which constitute about 40 percent of …

By Riza Lozada With more than 100 million payment cards issued in the Philippines, the biggest challenge to spur e-commerce remains the accessibility of terminals, according to a recent industry report. 

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC) recently opened its local branch at the 21st Floor, Ayala Tower 1, Makati City. 

Washington—China’s slowdown, volatile financial markets and tumbling prices of raw materials have raised the risks to economic growth around the world, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reported last Wednesday (last Thursday in Manila). 

Washington—US busi- nesses added jobs at a steady pace last month, with construction and manufacturing showing solid gains, a private survey found. 

Washington—A key senator who is the top-ranking Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee announced his opposition to the Iran nuclear deal last Friday, in a blow to the White House and a boost to opponents.