The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business

XTREME Appliances, the country’s leading one-stop shop appliance brand, continues to strengthen its standing in the local appliance market. Despite the economic challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, the brand managed to increase its overall sales to 148% — the growth was driven by the solid demand for their hero products including TVs, gas ranges, aircons, washing machines, and refrigerators.

Acting is one of Cesar Montano’s many pursuits.

Panasonic, as part of its global campaign to spread the anti-Covid technology of nanoeTMX has recently donated nanoe air purifiers and nanoeTM X generators that have been verified to have inhibitory effects on the novel coronavirus to the City of Mandaluyong for use in City vaccination centers.

International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) has been recognized as the best transport company in the Philippines by financial magazine Asiamoney. 

The late composer-singer Renee de la Rosa—more popularly known as Alon—had created a global awareness to his favor especially among Filipinos abroad because of his hit composition “Pusong Bato” but his untimely death rendered the popularity kaput.

Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino (MPP)’s Natatanging Gawad Urian is the highest honor bestowed by the prestigious and progressive critics group to achievements of film artists.

The institution has been around since 1900 but you wouldn’t know it just by looking at its newly-built building. 

The Filipino Arts and Cinema International (FACINE), an annual international cine festival in San Francisco, California announced on Monday its finalists in various sections in the full length division.

The Filipino public can’t wait to see “Halfworlds,” an HBO Asia Original series which stars Filipina actors Bianca Umali and Sam Concepcion directed by Mikhail Red.

The Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK) has approved a P94.5-million term loan for the construction of the first government-owned oxygen-generating plant in the Province of Sorsogon.