The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business

Riza Lozada Remittances from Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and receipts from the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) jointly offset the foreign-exchange drain from trade and capital outflows in 2014.

“We learn much about life by winning and striving to win, but we also learn much by losing according to the rules…” Aside from being known as the “People’s Pope,” the visiting Vicar of Christ could very well be called Captain Francis. Here’s why:

(Editor’s Note: Excerpted from the sports book “Years of Glory,” a history of Philippine basketball, and the National Five’s seven Olympic stints between 1936 and 1972, written by veteran sportswriters Noel Albano and Ignacio Dee. It will be released in June this year.)

Stephen Curry, who has sparked the Golden State Warriors to the NBA’s top record, has closed the gap on LeBron James in fan balloting for next month’s NBA All-Star Game.

Whether restyled or entirely revamped, several iconic vehicles are getting a facelift for 2015, including the Toyota Prius, the Ford Mustang and the Renault Espace.

The so-called People’s Pope continues to shatter perceptions of a detached leader presiding over 1.2 billion Catholics worldwide.

Gregory Katz London—Kalashnikov assault rifles. Plenty of ammunition. Molotov cocktails, a grenade, a death-dealing Skorpion machine pistol and a few handguns.

Obama will use a Monday event at the Federal Trade Commission to lay out the next steps of a plan to tackle identity theft and improve consumer and student privacy.

Since his surprising election on March 13, 2013, Pope Francis has attracted an astonishing amount of attention from people who are awed by his simplicity, modesty and indomitable will. Not surprisingly, this has led to an almost insatiable demand for books and other published materials on the popular pontiff.

CHEF MOM / Adoree Chong-Uy As we welcome the New Year with every taste bud satisfied, while still craving for more festive delicacies or sweets, we would like to spread the spirit of gratitude as we tackle questions about well-loved Christmas goodies.