Asian crops face El Niño threat, deepens food inflation worries

SINGAPORE/BANGALURU — Cereal and oilseed crops across Asia are forecast to face hot, dry weather, with meteorologists expecting the El Niño weather

Wall Street analysts see direct growth hit from SVB fallout

THE CRISIS in small and mid-sized banks in the United States after the swift downfall of SVB Financial Group SIVB.O could further

Computer breakdown resolved at HK airport

HONG KONG — Check-in services at Hong Kong’s international airport resumed for hundreds of travelers on Thursday with computer systems restored, after

Australia’s LNG exports may have to be diverted to fend off winter gas shortage

SYDNEY – Australia’s east coast liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporters may need to divert excess gas supply for domestic customers to stave off any potential supply shortages this winter in the country’s south, the energy market

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

Argentina inflation tops 100% for first time since 1991

SAN FERNANDO, Argentina — Argentina’s annual inflation rate tore past 100% in February, the country’s statistics agency said on Tuesday, the first