Global News Judging from history, current job figures suggest new downturn If history is a guide, the odds that the U.S. economyis falling into a
Read MoreRegional News LONDON — With Europe’s economy mired in a debt crisis, governments in the region have been looking east for a helping hand, tapping t
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - For whatever it is worth, I have a vision for the Philippine economy for the year 2020, a decade from now. I do not claim tha
Read MorePHILIPPINE GROSS domestic product grew at 7.3 percent in 2010, propelled mainly by industry and services. Now that the main engine of growth is the
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. Inside the Markets REUTERS London - The odds on a new recession are shortening, but do not expect governments to
Read MoreGlobal News Figures from Germany and China cast shadow over worldwide outlook ‘‘A return to recession is possible. This is bad news for governme
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - Total investments went up by 53.35 percent to P368.673 billion during the first seven months of the year from P240.413 billion
Read MoreGlobal News SINGAPORE — The demand for global leadership has never been greater. The world is truly lost in trying to find a way out of the current
Read MoreRegional News The region needs more farm-to-market roads and fewer superhighways, more basic irrigation and fewer megadams. China's infrastructure
Read MoreRegional News This is a re-posted op-ed piece. The rapid economic development of Asia since World War II — starting with Japan, South Korea and Taiw
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. Never mind the assessments of its previous ambassador to Manila; Washington now seems to like the new administrati
Read MoreThis is a re-posted editorial/opinion piece. Economists, both in government and the private sector, got a rude shock last Aug. 31 when the government
Read MoreExports slid 1.7 percent to $4.43 billion in July from $4.51 billion a year ago, the National Statistics Office reported Tuesday. On a monthly basi
Read MoreGlobal News São Paulo--Brazil is booming amid a tectonic shift in global investing toward the developing world that has lifted its stock market, st
Read MoreJAKARTA—Toyota Motor Corp. said it would crank up production in Indonesia by more than 60% in a move to maintain its dominant position in Southeast
Read MoreRegional News Investors, Others Say Time Has Come for More Conciliatory Approach; Envoy Says Sanctions to Remain for Now A new U.S. envoy to Myanm
Read MoreRegional News HONG KONG, CHINA – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has cut its 2011 and 2012 growth forecasts for developing Asia amid ongoing worri
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. China is the world’s second-biggest economy today. It overtook Japan last year. It is, of course, the dominant pl
Read MoreIn the last four decades, our country has become one of the world’s most remittance-based economies. With more than eight million Filipinos spread a
Read MoreForeign companies placed and retained more investments in the Philippines in the first semester, encouraged by the country’s improving macroeconomic
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