Asian Shares, Currencies Slide on Tsunami
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Asian stocks and currencies fell on Monday after tsunami waves triggered by the world's worst earthquake in 40 years killed nearly 15,000 people and wreaked havoc on tourist beaches.
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Asian stocks edged lower on Tuesday  and the dollar hovered above a record low against a basket of  major currencies as investors held their fire ahead of a U.S.  Federal Reserve policy-setting meeting that is expected to cut  interest rates.
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Asian stocks tumbled anew on Friday after the latest salvo of sour signals about the U.S. economy pummeled Wall Street, sending the benchmark S&P 500  down 3 percent to a 15-month nadir.
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Stock markets tumbled across Asia on Wednesday and the dollar hit a 2&frac12;-year low against the yen amid heightened fears that the US is falling into a recession.
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Asian stocks slumped to a two-week  low on Monday, extending a weak start to 2008, while the dollar  hovered near multi-week lows after weak U.S. jobs data  heightened fears of recession in the region's top export  market.
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Asian stocks fell more than 2 percent on Wednesday as oil prices topped $100 a barrel, rekindling inlfation fears.
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Asian shares fell as subprime loan problems in the United States and soft economic data provoked international fear.
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Shares in Asia fell, with Japan and South Korea down around 1.5 percent, as concerns over the health of the U.S. economy came back to haunt stock markets, sending investors to seek a safe haven in bonds.
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Stock markets across Asia plunged even farther and faster on Tuesday than they had on Monday, as anxious sellers worried that an economic slowdown in the U.S. could drag down growth around the world.
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Technology stocks led Asian share markets lower Friday after a retreat by their U.S. peers, with investors cautious amid record-breaking oil prices and ahead of U.S. jobs data later in the day.
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Most Asian stock markets fell after oil prices hit a record high on Thursday, reigniting worries that high energy costs will dent household incomes, raise companies' expenses and hurt global economic growth.
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The dollar held near a record low  against the euro and a 4-1/2-year low versus the yen on Monday,  sending Asian shares sharply lower, after a meeting of rich and  developing nations said nothing to arrest its fall.
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Asian and European markets slid Monday after signs of accelerating inflation in the U.S. dampened hopes that the U.S. Federal Reserve will cut interest rates further to shore up the struggling American economy.
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Asian shares retreated on Wednesday, tracking losses in U.S. stocks, and pressured by a weak dollar which sat close to a record low struck against the euro late on Tuesday.
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Japanese stocks fell slightly Tuesday, with exporters dropping because of a slight rise in the yen. Monday&#39;s earthquake in the northwestern part of Honshu, Japan&#39;s main island, hit insurers.
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Asian markets plunge after new signal of American recession prompts steep declines on Wall Street.
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Asian shares are hit amid the growing belief that the US - the region's key export market - is sliding into recession.