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Private equity firm KKR & Co LP is increasing the sources of capital it taps as it gears up to raise its next buyout fund, the company said at its first ever investor day on Tuesday.

Asian financial markets rallied on Wednesday, with Tokyo stocks rebounding 5.7 percent after a steep two-day sell-off on Japan's killer earthquake and unfolding nuclear crisis.

U.S. stocks plunged in early trade on Tuesday, following sell-off in European and Asian stock markets amid fears of a nuclear disaster in Japan.

Commodity bulls believe we are in early stages of a bullish ‘supercycle’ for commodities that may last several decades.

Investors hammered companies that build nuclear reactors and supply them with fuel on Monday as Japan struggled to avert a meltdown at a stricken reactor, on fear that the whole sector could be in for a downturn, in the short and medium term at least.

India has supplanted China as the world’s number one arms importer, according to a report from Swedish think-tank that keeps track of global arms transactions.

The head of General Electric Co offered Japan support on Monday to deal with the country's worst ever nuclear power crisis and at the same time defended the track record of the industry.

General Electric Co Chief Executive Jeff Immelt on Monday said it was too early to know what impact the nuclear power crisis in Japan would have on the nuclear power industry.

Besides aid from countries like China, US, Britain, relief pours in for Japan from big names of the tech and entertainment world including, Apple, Google, Lady Gaga and more.

The world has entered a new economic era that will be more volatile and more dependent on the growth of emerging economies, General Electric Co Chief Executive Jeff Immelt said in a letter to shareholders.

Thousands of people in tech-savvy Japan swamped the Internet in the hours after a devastating earthquake and tsunami to tell loved ones they were safe, but social networking sites were also flooded with worries about an explosion at a nuclear plant.

Regardless of whether hedge fund chief Raj Rajaratnam ends up testifying at his criminal trial, jurors are going to hear a lot from him.

BMW Sauber's Sergio Perez was the surprise leader at the end of the third day of the final pre-season test in Barcelona.

AOL Inc will cut more than 900 jobs, or 20 percent of its global workforce, as it struggles to catch up to Google Inc and Facebook.

As Congressman Peter King conducts hearings on Islamic radicalization in the U.S., the nation’s growing Muslim community is coming under the microscope.

Zynga, the online game company behind the titles FarmVille and Mafia Wars, and one of the hottest U.S. Web start-ups, said it is starting a game development studio in India and plans to double its staff there this year.

Samsung Electronics is luring developers working on Nokia's Symbian platform to change sides as the Finnish company is to abandon this platform.

AOL Inc is cutting several hundred jobs in India, two sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

Samsung Electronics Co appears to be looking to lure engineers from Nokia, as the Finnish firm plans to abandon its own Symbian platform in a bold move to revive its struggling smartphone business.

The Dalai Lama has not only reiterated his decision to retire from power but also stated that Tibet needs a leader elected by the people. This assertion takes significance in the backdrop of the uncertainty over succession and China's growing interference.

Global miner Rio Tinto raised its offer for Africa-focused coal miner Riversdale Mining to $3.9 billion on Thursday in a final bid to woo key shareholders, a move that Riversdale said was helping to sway institutions.