‘Brain training’ app improves memory in people with dementia
LONDON -- A brain training computer game developed by British neuroscientists has been shown to improve the memory of patients in the very earliest...
Releases from Sony, Samsung, HP, and Portrait Display
WE’RE HALFWAY through the year and the roll-out of gadgets from consumer electronics giants shows no sign of letting up. Sony Philippines have introduced...
US, S. Korea fire off missiles after Pyongyang’s ICBM test
SEOUL -- South Korea and the United States fired off missiles Wednesday simulating a precision strike against North Korea’s leadership, in response to a...
Kremlin hopes Putin-Trump maiden meeting to establish working dialogue
MOSCOW -- Moscow hopes the first face-to-face meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald J. Trump later this week will...
New leaders propel Indonesia, 20 years after ‘wrong advice’
JAKARTA -- For Fuad Bawazier, the financial crisis that moved like a wrecking ball through the Indonesian economy two decades ago remains a source...
Slower June inflation leaves policy space
By Patrizia Paola C. Marcelo
INFLATION slowed to a five-month low in June -- missing estimates -- on softer food, utilities and transport price increases,...
Design students are helping artists with autism earn from their paintings
Lucia Edna P. de Guzman
“They have a different way of looking at the world and it is manifested in their art”
‘Regime change’ at BoJ seen to boost confidence
A CHANGE of leadership at the Bank of Japan (BoJ) would offer a chance to bolster public confidence in its ability to defeat deflation,...
Peso edges up ahead of US data
THE PESO moved sideways versus the dollar yesterday amid quiet trading, with US markets closed for a holiday and as market players look towards...
BSP asks banks to report repurchase agreements
By Melissa Luz T. Lopez,
Senior Reporter
THE CENTRAL BANK has required banks to report the volume of repurchase deals they forge with other firms starting...
Lenders dump bonds in India tug-of-war with funds
INDIA’S $750-billion sovereign-debt market is caught in a tug of war between foreign investors and state-run banks, the biggest holders of the securities.
As lenders...
New (volt)age
By Aries B. Espinosa
IN a landmark event that could possibly jump-start the industry for electric-powered vehicles into the mainstream in this part of the...