Fear of the dark: Taiwan sees wartime frailty in communication links with world

TAIPEI – Taiwan is scrambling to secure its communications with the outside world against an attack by China, but even in peacetime cannot quickly repair critical undersea internet

To hike or not to hike? Fed’s next move in question as bank crisis feared

With just six days to go before Federal Reserve policymakers sit down in Washington, exactly what decision they’ll make on interest rates

Swiss central bank throws financial lifeline to Credit Suisse after shares pummeled

Swiss regulators pledged a liquidity lifeline to Credit Suisse in an unprecedented move by a central bank after the flagship Swiss lender’s

Japan’s big firms offer largest pay rises in decades

TOKYO — Japan’s top companies offered their largest pay increases in a quarter century on Wednesday, as the outcome of annual labor

US prosecutors probe collapse of Silicon Valley Bank

US PROSECUTORS are investigating the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), according to a source familiar with the matter, as scrutiny mounts