WASHINGTON – U.S. job growth likely slowed in July, with the unemployment rate forecast rising back to 4.2%, but that probably would be insufficient to spur the Federal Reserve to resume cutting ...

TOKYO – Asia’s factory activity deteriorated in July as soft global demand and lingering uncertainty over U.S. tariffs weighed on business morale, private sector surveys showed on Friday, clouding the ...

Apple CEO Tim Cook signaled on Thursday the iPhone maker was ready to spend more to catch up to rivals in artificial intelligence by building more data centers or buying a larger player in the segment ...

Apple forecast revenue for the current quarter ending in September well above Wall Street’s estimates on Thursday, sending shares up despite a warning from CEO Tim Cook that U.S. tariffs would add $1.

LONDON – Britain said the European Union will remove tariffs on key steel products under a quota system from Friday as part of a reset of ties and a recent deal to ease trade barriers. In May, Britain ...

LONDON – Britain’s Supreme Court will make a landmark ruling on Friday on car finance commissions that could lead to consumer claims of billions of pounds in compensation from banks and other finance ...

USUS President Donald Trump slapped dozens of trading partners with steep tariffs ahead of a Friday trade deal deadline, ...

As Puregold’s hit digital series heads toward its most daring episode yet, the story of Sol (Zaijian Jaranilla) and Luna (Jane Oineza) rises to a new level of emotional and narrative complexity.

THE SOCIAL Security System (SSS) is implementing a landmark pension reform program starting this September, which will gradually increase the monthly pensions of all pensioners over a three-year ...

THE PHILIPPINES’ reciprocal trade agreement with the US is still being finalized a day before its expected implementation, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said. “Our talks are still ongoing ...

THE GOVERNMENT is looking to raise at least P30 billion from the sale of its first retail Treasury bond (RTB) offering this year. In a notice on its website dated July 30, the Bureau of the Treasury ...

THE PHILIPPINE Competition Commission (PCC) has approved Ayala Corp.’s sale of 50% of its stake in AC Ventures Holding Corp. (ACV) to Japan’s Mitsubishi Corp. for P18.4 billion. The competition ...