The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business

Unless one is a complete idiot, or a virtual gun is held to one’s head, the fairly intelligent will not likely pick a born loser over an undeniably certifiable winner as his successor. What traditional politician picks a candidate that the electorate has several times rejected because they just do not like him? The character flaws are too obvious.

A kind of inaccuracy in how we respond to “where do you live?” strikes me just now—an address limits the sense of life we carry, which defines us, yet may never be known even to us.

In his sixth and last address to the joint session of Congress, President Aquino failed to honestly and clearly describe the State of the Nation.

With a business model that is innovative, 8990 Holdings Inc. may yet become the Philippine stock market’s catalyst for its growth story. The company has, so far, elicited rave reviews from stock-market pundits and market analysts who are now beginning to view the housing developer as not just a builder of housing units.

By Jerry Maglunog As the number of rural banks (RBs) continues to fall, rural bankers said the latest action of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to create the consolidation program for rural banks (CPRB) is very timely.

Lahaina, Hawaii— Trade ministers from a dozen Pacific Rim nations failed to reach a deal on a new trade agreement that would cover nearly 40 percent of the global economy, United States Trade Representative Michael Froman said.

New York—As drivers, shippers and airlines continue to enjoy lower fuel prices, the oil industry is responding to much lower profits with sharp cuts in spending and employment that are hurting economic growth.

Washington—United States Secretary of State John Kerry will push Malaysia to redouble its efforts agains human trafficking during an upcoming visit for regional security talks, a senior State Department official said.

Washington—Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, earned more than $139 million between 2007 and 2014, according to eight years of federal income-tax returns released by her campaign.

Arlington, Texas—Alex Rodriguez doesn’t remember any clubhouse conversations as a young player about still being in the game at 40 years old.