BIR: More medicines now VAT exempt

Where Harris and Trump stand on cryptocurrencies — and how it could sway some American voters

By Denis Schweizer, Concordia University; Juliane Proelss, Concordia University; The Conversation Donald Trump’s recent embrace of cryptocurrency at the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville marks a significant...

July home sales dipped on monthly basis, but up from a year ago, says CREA

By Jenna Benchetrit, CBC News, RCI Housing market momentum hit pause after a solid June Canadian home sales dipped by 0.7 per cent in July from...

Starbucks ousts CEO Laxman Narasimhan

Anadolu, Philippine News Agency ANKARA – Starbucks announced Tuesday it is replacing chief executive officer (CEO) Laxman Narasimhan with Brian Niccol, the chairman and CEO of the...

Big-time oil price rollback set Tuesday

By Kris Crismundo, Philippine News Agency MANILA – Motorists and consumers can expect lower fuel prices starting Tuesday morning. In separate advisories, Caltex, Cleanfuel, Petro Gazz,...

No credit score? A grocery list could be the next best thing

By Joonhyuk Yang, University of Notre Dame; Jung Youn Lee, Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University; The Conversation How you shop and what you...

The problem with pronatalism: Pushing baby booms to boost economic growth amounts to a Ponzi scheme

By Emily Klancher Merchant, University of California, Davis; Win Brown, University of Washington; The Conversation In the face of shrinking populations, many of the world’s major economies...

Rents are still rising across Canada, but at the slowest rate in 2 and a half years

By Jenna Benchetrit, CBC News, RCI Provinces with most affordable rents are ones where rent is rising at fastest pace Rents are still rising across Canada,...

Gross int’l reserves up in July

By Anna Leah Gonzales, Philippine News Agency MANILA – The country’s gross international reserves (GIR) level went up to USD105.65 billion as of end-July this year...

Employment goes up; jobless Filipinos down in June

By Anna Leah Gonzales, Philippine News Agency MANILA – The number of jobless Filipinos went down to 1.62 million in June this year from 2.33 million...