The national debt topped the entire gross domestic product (GDP) for fiscal 2026, according to new data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). From the fourth quarter of 2025 through the third qu...

TOKYO - Kana Sekiya, 43, used to shop near a train station in Tokyo on her way back home from work. Now she drives more than 30 minutes on weekends to a discount supermarket to buy groceries in bulk -...

MANILA, Philippines — Elevated gold and copper prices drove a 56-percent surge in Philex Mining Corp.’s core earnings in the third quarter, more than offsetting a decline in production. On Friday, the...

MANILA, Philippines — East West Banking Corp.’s net income fell by 24.2 percent to P5 billion in the first nine months of 2026 from P6.6 billion a year earlier, as heightened credit risks weighed on o...

MANILA, Philippines — Two companies linked to tycoon Manuel V. Pangilinan received a P5.8-million fine for repeatedly missing the reporting deadlines that the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) i...

MANILA, Philippines — The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) is seeking the withdrawal of two government circulars aimed at accelerating power project integration, saying these violate its ...

MANILA, Philippines — Local stocks fell on Friday as rising global oil prices and concerns over escalating tensions in the Middle East dampened investor sentiment. The benchmark Philippine Stock Excha...

MANILA, Philippines — Pangilinan-led PXP Energy Corp., an upstream oil and gas firm, slightly deepened its net losses in the first nine months due to higher interest expenses and foreign exchange loss...

MANILA, Philippines — Semirara Mining and Power Corp. (SMPC) booked stronger earnings in the first nine months, even as its coal business suffered losses in the third quarter. The Consunji-led group r...

MANILA, Philippines — Agricultural company Planters Products Inc. (PPI) stood firm on complaints it had leveled against former Agriculture Secretary Leonardo Montemayor, who had questioned the legalit...