The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business

Picture a burst of limbs from a death-like state, the sudden blooms and sprouts on bare twigs, and as if wakened on multi-hues of happiness, the tulip fields—it’s spring. In our bones long chilled and often freezing, we, too, feel a sprint, especially of the spirit. But exhilaration has a dangerous underside, and if unchecked could prove disastrous; spring’s dizzying …

The French phrase noblesse oblige comes to mind as Interior Secretary Mar Roxas grapples yet again with the dilemma of whether to run for president, despite the emergence of a stronger candidate other than himself.

The local bourse will start using its new trading system, the PSEtrade XTS, on June 1, 2015, which is a trading engine developed by American stock exchange Nasdaq.

Regional property developer 8990 Holdings Inc., which has been the leader in the development of low- and middle-cost housing since 1995, continues to expand its reach to various locations in the country.

Reforms launched last April 14 to ease the conduct of doing business in the country have been rolled out successfully in its first month of operation, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

By Jerry Maglunog Farming is the source of revenues of half of the local labor force. If there are about 44 million workers, more than 20 million of them are likely farmers.

The Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao megafight generated an eye-watering $400 million in US revenues, fueled by more than 4.4 million pay-per-view buys, making it the highest-grossing fight in boxing history, organizers said.

Bloomberry Resorts Corp. (Bloomberry), owner and operator, through subsidiaries, of the Solaire Resort and Casino, reported a 19-percent drop in its earnings to P1.748 billion before interest, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) during the first quarter.

Dusit International plans to tap the burgeoning economic activity in Davao City with the entry of dusitD2 Davao, an upscale hotel that will cater to Filipino and foreign business travelers. It will be built adjacent to the Dusit Thani Residences, a luxury apartment complex with 168 full-service residence units. In partnership with Makati City-based Torre Lorenzo Development Corp., Dusit International is set …

By Alvin I. Dacanay By the time this piece sees print, the four Filipino finalists in the just-concluded first edition of Asia’s Got Talent—10-year-old pop singer Gwyneth Dorado of Antipolo City, Rizal province; dance crew Junior New System of Sampaloc, Manila; 24-year-old classical singer Gerphil-Geraldine Flores of Parañaque City; and the winner, shadow-play group El Gamma Penumbra of Tanauan City, …