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Top chefs launch global culinary award with a sustainable twist

SAN SEBASTIAN, SPAIN — Some of the world’s top chefs launched a new global culinary prize on Monday aimed at rewarding cooks who use their skills to make an impact beyond the kitchen and onto society.

A little bit of this, a little bit of that

By Joseph L. Garcia

Culture
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What to see this week

3 films to see on the week of Feb. 5-12, 2012

How the Philippines’ agribusiness environment compares to Asian neighbors

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Global Consumer Confidence Index

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Fanning the flames

The purveyor

Kelly See, co-founder of Signet Store, and putting a personal stamp on your belongings.

Forecast for the Year of the Fire Monkey

How will you fare in 2016?

How the Philippines ranks in economic freedom

According to the Heritage Foundation, which produces the Index of Economic Freedom, in partnership with Wall Street Journal, the Philippines’ score in the index has improved over time, with its monetary freedom and management of public finance considered “notable successes”. However, the Foundation listed rule of law and labor freedom as the country’s concerns. Here’s how the Philippines stacks up against the rest of Southeast Asia. 

Three decades of labor export

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Is autonomy crucial for development?

Autonomy

January inflation could have eased from December, year ago — poll

By Melissa Luz T. Lopez, Reporter

INFLATION is expected to have eased last month from a year ago as record-low oil prices and spillover effects kept price increases of widely used goods benign, according to analysts polled by BusinessWorld late last week, with the rate expected to linger below the official target band targeted by the central bank.