India court tells tobacco industry to adopt strict warnings

May 6, 2016 | 12:01 am

NEW DELHI — India’s highest court on Wednesday, ordered cigarette manufacturers to comply with controversial new rules requiring bigger health warnings on packets that sparked weeks-long factory shutdowns.

Continue

Nestlé launches Wellnessize Web series with Luis Manzano

May 6, 2016 | 12:01 am

Embarking on a journey of wellness may seem daunting, especially for busy, multi-tasking homemakers. Nestlé Philippines, through the Nestlé Club, has launched a campaign that enables homemakers “to take small, easy steps to start a life of wellness.”

Continue

Voting preferences for Vice-President, Senators as of May 2016

May 5, 2016 | 8:26 pm

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 for the vice-presidency. Read the full story.

Continue

Headline inflation rate in the Philippines as of April 2016

May 5, 2016 | 8:17 pm

Prices of widely used goods rose at a steady pace at the start of the second quarter, providing the central bank a “soft transition” for the planned shift to an interest-rate corridor (IRC). In a report, the Philippine Statistics Authority said headline inflation in April stood at 1.1%, unchanged from the previous month but lower than the 2.2% in April of last year.

Continue

Third global infrastructure investment index 2016

May 5, 2016 | 10:06 am

Final vs. preliminary balance-of-trade in goods, 2012-2015

May 4, 2016 | 10:13 am

Forecast probabilities of El Niño, La Niña events

May 3, 2016 | 10:10 am

April inflation seen steady at slow pace

May 2, 2016 | 9:57 am

Read the full story.

Economic performance, inflation rates in select ESCAP economies

April 29, 2016 | 2:37 pm

Read the full story.

Growth of private domestic demand, private consumption and private investment in selected Asia-Pacific economies, 2012-2015

April 29, 2016 | 2:33 pm

Getting big while staying small

April 29, 2016 | 12:30 am

By Zsarlene B. Chua

A billion pesos worth of flavored fries is a lot of potatoes.

Continue

Electric Word Life: The Rapture of Prince

April 29, 2016 | 12:05 am

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 terrible news broke early Friday morning, Manila time. It seemed important to get the word out before all the commentators had picked the bones clean, shaken their heads over his weirdness, and made quips about “The Artist Formerly Known As The Artist Formerly Known As Prince.”

Continue