Without any financial ties to the south, and outside of the eurozone, the north has not been touched by the Greek Cypriot economic disintegration.

Japan's benchmark stock index fell Monday after a central bank survey showed a smaller-than-expected improvement in business sentiment.

Cyprus will try to draw strength from its not-so-distant experience of invasion — and the fact a whole generation knows what it means to rebuild from scratch.

For the second time in less than a month, the stock market marched past another milepost on its long, turbulent journey back from the Great Recession.

Banks in Cyprus have reopened to customers for the first time in nearly two weeks, with customers now able to access their accounts, albeit with strict restrictions on transactions.