This is not too surprising given Japan's dependency on U.S. consumers.

Let's see how this affects the U.S. markets tomorrow.

Quoted: Japan’s economy has been hurt by weak export growth and steep cuts in corporate spending amid the worsening global slowdown.

The carnage continues. I do think it's a good time to start looking for smart buys (e.g. market cap near book value).

Quoted: A late-day decline once again pushed the markets down sharply, with the Dow falling more than 500 points.

Wow, haven't heard of anything like this before.

Quoted: The exchange raised Google (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people )'s closing price to $400.52 - a 5 percent gain for the day - and canceled all trades below that amount and above $425.29 between 3:57 p.m. and 4:02 p.m. EDT.

Quoted: 20 Top-performing stocks . These Fortune 500 stocks offered some of the best returns to shareholders last year. Will they keep rising?

Quoted: The dollar is in a tailspin, the trade deficit is growing and a recession is on the horizon. The American way of life is in serious danger. But the head of the Federal Reserve keeps on pumping easy credit into the system -- a crazy policy that will worsen the crisis.

Quoted: So I call these crises "gray swans." I've been telling anyone willing to listen that banks have a tendency to sit on time bombs while convincing themselves that they are conservative and nonvolatile.

Thankfully the U.S. markets are closed today.

Quoted: Monday has proved another black day for Indian Stock Market as on Jan 21, 2008. Indian bourses have seen the biggest ever fall in the stock Market history breaking all major supporting levels.

Quoted: How big is online video and music? Big enough to catapult Akamai to the top spot. Internet traffic is surging, and companies like Apple and MTV Networks rely on the content delivery company's technology to get the digital goods to their customers.