The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business

Exporters lamented the prevailing high trucking costs, which they said raises the cost of doing business, despite the rate reduction claimed by trucking companies following the resolution of the port congestion.

Given the latent charges levied in the media against the Vice President derived from the Aquino administration’s campaign to exact vengeance for what ruling party officials deem as the anomalies of nonpartymates and other presidential challengers, plus the recent discussions between Benigno Aquino III and Sen. Grace Poe on the possibility of either a presidential or vice presidential bid in …

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.