German biz group sees big opportunities with new retail trade law

MANILA – The German-Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GPCCI) said Friday it sees greater opportunities in putting up shops in the country after the enactment of...

Ethical US consumers struggled to pressure the sugar industry to abandon slavery with less success than their British counterparts

Twenty-two-year-old Sam Watts saw the Virginia coastline vanish while he was aboard a domestic slave ship in the fall of 1831. Andrew Jackson was president, and...

Why haven’t petrol prices gone back down yet? A new business model might explain why

Across the UK the cost of filling up cars shot up in November when wholesale oil prices rose. But when crude oil prices went down again,...

Healthy humans drive the economy: we’re now witnessing one of the worst public policy failures in Australia’s history

Australians are getting a stark reminder about how value is actually created in an economy, and how supply chains truly work. Ask chief executives where value...

‘Do what you love’ could be contributing to the Great Resignation

“Do what you love,” is no longer just advice. High school students learn early on that their future careers should be passion-driven. Self-help books counsel job...

Arizona’s auto aspirations make for unlikely ally in Canada’s EV tax-credit fight

WASHINGTON — From its arid desert climate to its mercurial, centre-right politics, the southern border state of Arizona hardly seems to have much in common with...

The ‘China shock’ of trade in the 2000s reverberates in US politics and economics – and warns of the dangers for fossil fuel workers

Local firm eyes manufacture of Covid-19 drug Molnupiravir

MANILA – A local pharmaceutical company is eyeing the manufacture of Molnupiravir, an oral medicine said to reduce severe symptoms of Covid-19, Department of Trade and Industry...

Online tools put will-writing in reach for most people – but they’re not the end of the line for producing a legally binding document

The promise of online wills is undeniable. Online programs offer people an easy way to write their wills. Online templates can be completed anywhere, at any...

No need to cap paracetamol, flu drugs purchase amid supply woes

MANILA – Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez said Wednesday manufacturers of paracetamol and flu medicines have recommended not to put a cap...