The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business

Edmund Tayao / Mettle Works e are victims of an ambidextrous leadership; twice now, the country and our Moro brothers have been made to hope—for nothing.  The story of the BBL seems to be, and many still hope not, going the same way as the MOA-AD. Not many support having peace with the MILF, but what is not debatable is …

Doug Ferguson PEBBLE BEACH, California— Tiger Woods said Wednesday his game is “not acceptable” to compete in tournaments and he will return when he thinks it is.

Tom Withers / AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND— As LeBron James dressed following a dominating win over the Miami Heat, the team he fled to return home, he pushed play on the stereo in his corner cubicle and cranked up the volume.

BACOLOD CITY—Boots Ryan Cayubit finished fifth in the third and final stage Friday to crown himself champion of the Visayas qualifying leg of the LBC Ronda Pilipinas that started and ended in the Provincial capitol here.

Despite the scrapping of four sports and reduced number of events in wushu’s sanda, Philippine Chief of Mission to this year’s Southeast Asian Games in Singapore Julian Camacho remains positive the country could better its 29-34-38 gold-silver-bronze medal haul two years ago in Myanmar.

Manny B. Angeles / Out of bounds In 1975, at the height of his career, the great Bobby Fischer walked away from chess and became a recluse. In 1993, Michael Jordan, considered the greatest basketball player of all time, left the NBA and tinkered with baseball for a while. He came back to lead the Chicago Bulls to their second …

Tami Abdollah / The Associated Press LOS ANGELES— Investigators have dug deeper into a weekend chain-reaction crash on Malibu’s Pacific Coast Highway that involved Olympic gold medalist Bruce Jenner and left one woman dead.

DETROIT—Tesla Motors ended 2014 on a sour note, with production hiccups and a bungled launch in China, but the electric car maker is confident it can significantly grow sales this year as it launches a new SUV.

Sylvia Hui / The Associated Press LONDON— Driverless cars are hitting Britain’s public roads for the first time, giving a glimpse of future travel that’s billed as safer and more efficient.

Athens, Greece — Signs that Greece and its European creditors are open to compromise boosted market hopes on Friday that the sides can reach a deal to save the country from bankruptcy. But any agreement will likely take time, with both sides pressing hard for concessions.After a turbulent week, in which investors feared Athens’ demands to rewrite its bailout terms …