The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business

By Cherie Mercado Santos First of two parts I can’t remember how long I had dreamed of seeing Provence, in France’s southern region, but the moment my husband Mike and I boarded the fastest possible train from Paris to the city-commune of Aix, I was giddy with excitement. I was like a little girl about to get her gift from …

This morning, America’s awards-show season begins in earnest when the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announces the winners of its 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards at the posh Beverly Hilton Hotel in Hollywood.

March 13, 2013, Vatican City—hardly the most auspicious day and place for a star to be born. Yet, a star—and a very brilliant and very unlikely one, at that—was indeed born, so to speak, in that location and on that date, when Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the archbishop of Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires and former Jesuit provincial of that South …

Two billion mobile phones were shipped worldwide in 2014, 75 percent of which were smartphones, says Tim Bajarin, longtime technology analyst and president of Creative Strategies. Demand is growing by 10 percent to 12 percent each year. And we want to send e-mails, play games, stream music and videos, get step-by-step directions—all battery hogs.

One hour by air southwest of Manila can be found what The Hufftington Post’s Carly Ledbetter describes as the “most beautiful island in the world.”

From an early age, people have been taught that savings is a guaranty for the future but in fiscal management, savings or the way the government defines it is not necessarily an advantage.

Peregrine Notes by Alegria Imperial When picnicking in my teens in my hometown of Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, we would dig a hole on the river bank, leave it for water to fill in, and voila, we had a sand-filtered drinking well. On rare days of water interruption in my growing up years, soon after a bandillo beating his tambor and …

Going out for a quick, daily run may be just as effective as a long-distance jaunt when it comes to prolonging your life, according to a study. Running as little as five to 10 minutes per day can significantly cut the risks of getting heart disease and dying young, said the findings in the Journal of the American College of …

GO on Santa, treat yourself. Give the reindeer a break because Mercedes-Benz may have just the perfect present carrying answer — and in festive red to boot.

Talks of a possible superfight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. have been revived and talked about after the Filipino boxer’s shellacking of Chris Algieri nearly two weeks ago.