AP - Japanese shares tumbled Tuesday after a sharp drop on Wall Street overnight and on fresh concerns over the health of the U.S. financial sector.

AP - Asian markets fell sharply Tuesday on Wall Street's weakness, with anxiety over U.S. housing and financial sectors deepening after investment bank Merrill Lynch & Co. announced a $5.7 billion loss from bad debt. A disappointing Toyota forecast also pulled down Japanese shares.

AP - Japanese stocks ended slightly higher Monday as investors were cautious ahead of earnings and financial data due out later in the week.

AFP - Europe's main stock markets fell on Monday with focus on the aviation sector as Ryanair posted slumping profits and Airbus moved closer to sealing a multi-billion dollar order for its planes.

AFP - Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co, one of the most prestigious US investment firms, announced its intentions Sunday to sell its shares publicly on the New York Stock Exchange.

Reuters - Stocks fell on Monday as fears of more credit losses pushed financial shares lower while a mixed bag of quarterly results kept investors cautious about the outlook for the economy.

Reuters - Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co's plan to merge with a struggling affiliate and then list on the New York Stock Exchange will help the giant buyout firm expand at an ideal time for making acquisitions, KKR executives said on Monday.

AP - Wall Street retreated Monday, taking the Dow Jones industrials down more than 170 points as investors' anxiety about the financial sector had them selling stocks across the market. Bond prices rose, the beneficiaries of investors' latest search for a safe haven.

Reuters - Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co , one of the world's most powerful private equity firms, plans to brave the turbulent equity markets and list on the New York Stock Exchange this year, joining rival Blackstone in bringing the famously secretive industry into public view.

AP - Investors head into the week with a bit more resolve that U.S. companies are doing a better-than-expected job managing their way through an economy stifled by unprecedented turmoil in the housing and credit markets.

AP - Private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., which gained fame by taking RJ Reynolds private more than three decades ago and now controls hospital operator HCA and many other companies, said Sunday it will go public on the New York Stock Exchange through a takeover of its Amsterdam-listed affiliate investment fund KKR Private Equity Investors LP.

AFP - Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co, one of the most prestigious US investment firms, announced its intentions Sunday to sell its shares publicly on the New York Stock Exchange.

AP - Investors head into the week with a bit more resolve that U.S. companies are doing a better-than-expected job managing their way through an economy stifled by unprecedented turmoil in the housing and credit markets.