HAL GATEWOOD-UNSPLASHIn the case of diabetics, a spoonful of sugar just makes things worse. What helps the “medicine” go down is insulin, a hormone made in the pancreas that regulates the amount of glucose in the blood. But for diabetics, their ability to produce insulin

WHEN it comes to containing prices and inflicting the least damage to the global economy, pragmatism is better than purity. Worries about encouraging risky behavior didn’t prevent a rescue of depositors at Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) or the rollout of a further US backstop to

PROSTOOLEH-FREEPIKOFFICE social interaction, now that we’re back to work, is now governed by rules under the seemingly neutral category, “safe workspace.” This bland heading has replaced the more blatant tag of “sexual harassment.” The subject matter throws a wide net to include provision of private

A JOB SEEKER walks past a corridor of a commercial building in Tokyo, Aug. 28, 2014. — REUTERSTOKYO — Japan’s top companies offered their largest pay increases in a quarter century on Wednesday, as the outcome of annual labor talks showed Japan Inc heeding Prime

REUTERSUS PROSECUTORS are investigating the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), according to a source familiar with the matter, as scrutiny mounts over the firm’s sudden collapse and regulators scramble to contain the fallout.The US Justice Department is probing the sudden demise of the bank,

REUTERSSAN FERNANDO, Argentina — Argentina’s annual inflation rate tore past 100% in February, the country’s statistics agency said on Tuesday, the first time it has hit triple figures since a period of hyperinflation in 1991, over three decades ago.Inflation over 12 months clocked in at

A MAN rides a motor tricycle, loaded with sacks of recyclables, amid dense smog in Lahore, Pakistan, Nov. 24, 2021. — REUTERSNEW DELHI — Lahore in Pakistan jumped more than 10 places to become the city with the worst air in the world in 2022,

PEOPLE shop for Chinese Lunar New Year decorations in Yu Yuan Garden in Shanghai, China, Jan. 31, 2019. — REUTERS/ALY SONGHONG KONG — Concerned by China’s shrinking population, political advisors to the government have come up with more than 20 recommendations to boost birth rates,

PHILIPPINE STAR/EDD GUMBANManila — For decades, Philippine fishermen have laid out their catch each dawn at a seafood market on the shores of Manila Bay, their traditional system of hushed bartering giving the Bulungan (Whispering) market its name.But fishermen and traders at the market in Parañaque City have been

PASSENGERS queue before the check-in counters at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 after flights were canceled due to technical issues on Jan. 1, 2023. — PHILIPPINE STAR/EDD GUMBANSingapore (SG), Japan, and Hong Kong (HK) are the preferred international destinations for Filipinos

A plan by top nickel miner Indonesia to create an OPEC-like group to coordinate supply would not benefit the Philippines, the No. 2 producer, according to an industry group. The Philippines mined a 10th of the in-demand metal that’s used in electric vehicle batteries last year,