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How economies gain from falling oil prices

oil price drop

Inflation rate as of March 2016

Philippines’ headline inflation rates in March 2016

Which Asian country loads Web pages the fastest?

These are the rankings of Asian countries in terms of broadband and mobile speeds. The rankings were part ofAKAMAI Technologies Inc.’s State of the Internet Report (Q4 2015). 

Beauty booms: Online beauty sector expands with entry of new players

By Zsarlene B. Chua, Reporter

February was quite a busy month for online beauty as two international stores set up shop in the Philippines — one which has a solid fan base in the west and another which has just started and wants to make a name for itself as a repository of all things Korean beauty.

Herstory

By Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman, Reporter

International Women’s Month may be over, but the fight for gender equality never ends. Because, yes, “the struggle is real.”

Coffee for one: how the future of US demand is up to singles

MASSIMO ZANETTI BEVERAGE USA, the maker of Chock full O’Nuts and Hill Bros. coffee brands, sees the future of US sales in a single cup.

10 years of Art in the Park

By Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman

Art Fair
Art in the Park
April 3, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Jaime Velasquez Park, Salcedo Village, Makati City

Millennials’ ‘lunch-break cosmetics’ spur China’s Botox boom

FRETTING ABOUT FROWN lines and crow’s feet can start early. In China, women in their 20s and 30s are spending on therapies to smooth their wrinkles — a growing trend Union Medical Healthcare Ltd. wants to meet.

Meet Art in the Park’s 10

THESE artists have, through the years, contributed images of artworks to be used for Art in the Park’s postcard invitations. This year AIP is reproducing signed limited edition prints from the 10 artists. They are:

Banana Republic taps Kevin Love for 2016

KEVIN LOVE, who plays center for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), is clothing brand Banana Republic’s new brand ambassador.

Food photography pioneer reveals how we eat (and it’s not always pretty)

By Richard Vines

Book
Real Food

Star Wars’ filming tempts Dark Side of tourism in Dubrovnik

WITH DUBROVNIK’S medieval promenade choked with floodlights, camera booms and a downed spaceship parked against a stone pillar, Desiree and Roger Hamilton had to dine in a more mundane corner of the 1,400-year-old city.