The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business

By Riza Lozada Flag carrier Philippine Airlines’s parent company, PAL Holdings Inc., reported a 14-percent increase in profit to P55.94 billion in the first half of the year from P48.95 billion a year ago.

By Lito U. Gagni 8990 Holdings continues to rewrite the housing business in the country with its bold and innovative low price points for its housing units exemplified by its 2-percent down payment plan.

Property giant Ayala Land Inc. (ALI) reported its profit surged by 19 percent in the first semester of 2015 on the back of strong earnings from its property, commercial leasing and services.

The 18 automated weather systems (AWS) under Chevron Philippines Inc.’s (CPI) Metro Weather Project are properly functioning after the continuous and intensive maintenance procedures the company conducts with the start of the rainy season, CPI, which markets Caltex brand of fuels including Havoline and Delo lubricants, said.

Within this decade, the town of Concepcion in Tarlac province may become the hub of the country’s source of solar-generated energy.

When we talk of gross domestic productivity (GDP) growth these days, the discussions are almost always tempered by the attendant criticism that, despite resplendent growth, what growth we experienced was non-inclusive. What exactly does that mean?

A city is not a landscape, I now realize; it’s the heart’s structure recalled blindly within its chambers. But it has taken time for me to sense that I prowl Vancouver’s streets in search of Manila, the “city of my affections,” an endearment borrowed from word-image icon Nick Joaquin.

Last month marked the passing of an era in Philippine journalism.

By Will Weissert The Associated Press LEXINGTON, South Carolina—George P. Bush is talking up his dad Jeb—but he knows he’ll have to endure some gentle ribbing about his grandfather and uncle first.

By Jerry Maglunog With the 2016 presidential elections barely nine months away, it is evident that even international banks are now having a keen interest in the local political landscape.