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KBP Warns That Connectivity Reform Must Not Disrupt Free Broadcasting
When tremors struck parts of Mindanao and the Visayas in recent weeks, power lines failed, phone signals dropped, and mobile data slowed.

By The Financial District
Oct 143 min read


Airlines Zapped by Flight Delays Amid Shutdown, Storms
Travel chaos is spreading—and it isn’t all because of the government shutdown. Thousands of flights were delayed recently as a storm roared up the East Coast, and the disruptions threatened to carry on.

By The Financial District
Oct 141 min read


Cryptos Rally After Being Battered by Trump’s Tariff Threat
Cryptocurrencies were rallying earlier in the week, paring back some of their losses after crashing in the wake of President Trump’s renewed tariff threats against China.

By The Financial District
Oct 141 min read


Stock Market Prays Tech Earnings Are Up Because of AI
Technology companies are gearing up for their latest batch of earnings reports, and Wall Street will be looking for proof that artificial intelligence (AI) investments are paying off.

By The Financial District
Oct 141 min read


Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq Futures Rise as Wall Street Looks to Big Bank Earnings
U.S. stock futures traded higher as investors looked ahead to the start of earnings season, following a strong rebound session that helped the major averages recover from Friday’s tariff-driven drop.

By The Financial District
Oct 141 min read


Automakers to Take $30-B Tariff Hit to Profits: Moody’s
Tariff deals between the White House and foreign governments are trickling in, but the net effect of President Donald Trump’s various trade wars is hammering the bottom lines of major automakers.

By The Financial District
Oct 131 min read


Trade, Legal Experts: There’s an 80% Chance High Court Will Dump Trump’s Tariffs
The Supreme Court (SC) will likely agree with lower courts that ruled President Donald Trump cannot use the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose broad tariffs.

By The Financial District
Oct 132 min read


Japan’s Largest Business Lobby Hails Election of First Female Ruling Party Head
Yoshinobu Tsutsui, chairman of Japan’s biggest business lobby, has welcomed the election of Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female ruling party leader.

By The Financial District
Oct 131 min read


Trump’s Vow to Intensify Drilling for Oil Falls Flat
When President Donald Trump began his second term, he vowed in his inaugural address that America would “drill, baby, drill,” promising an oil boom and lower prices at the pump.

By The Financial District
Oct 131 min read


PEZA-Approved Investments Hit ₱154.7 Billion at End-September, Led by Surge in Japanese Pledges
The Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI) Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) achieved ₱154.70 billion worth of total approved investments from January to September 2025, reflecting a 33.50 percent jump from ₱115.89 billion in the same period last year.

By The Financial District
Oct 133 min read


Fears of Battery Fires Stoke Opposition to Energy Storage Projects
Across the U.S., large lithium-ion battery arrays are increasingly being connected to electrical grids to store power for use during peak demand.

By The Financial District
Oct 131 min read


Trump Revives Sales of Coal from Public Lands, but Buyers Are Few
U.S. officials are set to hold the government’s largest coal sales in more than a decade, offering 600 million tons from publicly owned reserves adjacent to strip mines in Montana and Wyoming.

By The Financial District
Oct 121 min read


Volatility Rules the Market as PSE Index Declines
Volatility ruled the stock market Friday as blue-chip and speculative shares went on a roller-coaster run.

By The Financial District
Oct 111 min read


The Cry from the Bloodline: Rizal Descendant Demands Integrity from the Knights
A descendant of the national hero Dr. José P. Rizal has sounded an impassioned call to rescue the Order created in his name from the shadows of misrule and moral decay.

By Lito U. Gagni
Oct 103 min read


PSE Index Declines in Volatile Trade
The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) index declined in volatile trade Thursday, with the counters ending mixed to close 41.34 points or 0.68 percent lower at 6,057.40.

By The Financial District
Oct 102 min read


Bitcoin Hits All-Time High Above $125,000
Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market value, hit a record high on Sunday, rising nearly 2.7% to $125,245.57 at 0512 GMT.

By The Financial District
Oct 91 min read


PSE Index Surges but Cools Later for a Modest Gain
Oil shares surged on news of new exploration projects, while mining stocks continued to glitter amid speculation over gold’s meteoric rise, sending the Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSE) to an intraday high before cooling later in the session as investors took profits.

By The Financial District
Oct 92 min read


U.S. Agri Chief Asks Bessent: Why Did We Lose China’s Soybean Market?
Leaked text messages revealed that some of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet appointees appeared to be scrambling after his tariffs prompted a major trading partner to strike a deal with Argentina — a country recently bailed out by the U.S. with billions of dollars.

By The Financial District
Oct 82 min read


Despite Tariff Woes, Stock Market to Gain in Q4
The third quarter is ending on a strong note for stocks, but there are reasons to be wary of the most overexuberant areas of the market.

By The Financial District
Oct 82 min read


U.S. Will Continue to Lag Behind in Global EV Market
You could be forgiven for thinking electric cars are finally gaining momentum in the United States.

By The Financial District
Oct 82 min read


Trump’s $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee Slammed by U.S. Businesses
A coalition of business groups has warned President Donald Trump that a newly announced $100,000 fee for H-1B visa applications risks harming the U.S. economy and urged the administration to avoid changes to the skilled worker program that would impose additional burdens on companies.

By The Financial District
Oct 82 min read


Stock Market Recovers but Pessimism Persists
The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) index recovered Tuesday, with all counters in the green, but pessimism persists even as it closed above its support level at 6,083.83 points — up by 83.51 points, or 1.39 percent.

By The Financial District
Oct 72 min read


PEZA-Approved Investments Hit ₱154.7B at End-September, Led by Surge in Japanese Pledges
The Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI) Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) achieved ₱154.70 billion worth of total approved investments from January to September 2025.

By The Financial District
Oct 72 min read


U.S. Opens Land for Coal Mining, Offers $625-M to Coal-Fired Power Plants
The Trump administration said it will open 13 million acres of federal land for coal mining and provide $625 million to recommission or modernize coal-fired power plants.

By The Financial District
Oct 71 min read
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