Voting preferences for Vice-President, Senators as of May 2016
The latest BusinessWorld-SWS pre-election poll saw Senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" R. Marcos, Jr. and Camarines Sur 3rd District Rep. Maria Leonor G. Robredo racing neck-to-neck...
Headline inflation rate in the Philippines as of April 2016
Prices of widely used goods rose at a steady pace at the start of the second quarter, providing the central bank a "soft transition"...
April inflation seen steady at slow pace
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Economic performance, inflation rates in select ESCAP economies
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Getting big while staying small
By Zsarlene B. Chua
A billion pesos worth of flavored fries is a lot of potatoes.
The figure comes from an ABS-CBN story back in March,...
Electric Word Life: The Rapture of Prince
By Jessica Zafra
I was dreaming when I wrote this, forgive me if it goes astray. I’ve been trying to write about Prince since the...
Too shy to buy? Maybe the salesperson’s too hot.
HONG KONG — It’s a common assumption that physical attraction is an advantage in life. It should follow, then, that attractive salespeople increase shoppers’...
Construction is bustling at Florida’s first ‘sustainable town’
PUNTA GORDA, UNITED STATES -- With deep pockets and an environmentalist’s zeal, retired American football player Syd Kitson dreamed up a plan to build...