IF you want to understand how the stock market works, think back to the good old days when we travelled by airplane.

HOTDOGS are having an identity crisis. It’s all because of a three-word phrase: “Born-and-bred.”

No, it’s not the title track in John Mayer’s fifth studio album. But it is something that Philippine state officials and industry players have not come to terms with. Yet.

“Kung makukulong ako, ikaw na ang bahala sa’kin, ha?”

Every law student or lawyer has heard this line or a similar one, and if we got paid each time we heard this, maybe we wouldn’t have to practice law anymore! Still, it’s always funny to hear.

The timid that prefers to avoid risk, the snowflakes who melt at the first sign of risk, and the cowards who run from risk will be buried in the months to come.

Welcome to Breaktime Musings with BM, a segment of the BusinessMirror BM Broader Look podcast, which features stories from the fringes of business and economy.

Today’s podcast shares in the celebration of the 25th year of the Itchyworms, a rock band formed in 1996 and composed of Jazz Nicolas, Jugs Jugueta, Kelvin Yu and Chino Singson.

THE merchandise exports of the Philippines to the United States have been chugging along on well-oiled gears in recent years. That is, until a virus from Wuhan, China, formed like a monkey wrench and dented the momentum between the countries.