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Social media frenzy causes bank-busting panic, collapse
By Juliette Michel NEW YORK, United States—Fearful Twitter posts and anxious WhatsApp exchanges coupled with online banking ease are seen...
South Korea investing $230b to build ‘world’s largest’ chip center
SEOUL—South Korea said Wednesday it would build the world’s largest chip center using $230 billion of private investment mostly from...
Meta announces 10,000 job cuts amid downsizing
WASHINGTON, United States—Facebook owner Meta announced a fresh wave of job cuts on Tuesday, part of what CEO Mark Zuckerberg...
Nike lauds BOC officials on campaign vs. fake goods
Executives in the Asia-Pacific region of footwear brand Nike commended the intensified campaign against fake goods of the Bureau of...
US rushes to contain SVB fallout, Biden vows to fix mess
By Michael Mathes with Thomas Urbain in New York WASHINGTON—US authorities unveiled sweeping measures Sunday to ease fears over the...
Governments to vet crucial UN climate science report
PARIS, France—Diplomats from nearly 200 nations and top climate scientists begin a week-long huddle in Switzerland Monday to distill nearly...
Worry for tech startups after Silicon Valley Bank failure, gov’t takeover
By Thomas Urbain NEW YORK, United States—Silicon Valley Bank’s stunning collapse has led to the freezing of tens of billions...
A toast to health
Multi-awarded wine maker Lea Resa Perey-Panganiban has an intoxicating proposal to people with diabetes to help them manage the disease...
Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.