AP - U.S. insurer AIG said Tuesday it won't accept lower offer for its Asian insurance business from Prudential, which proposed a $5 billion cut to calm its rebellious shareholders.

AP - World stocks fell Tuesday amid news China's manufacturing slowed in May and as investors fretted Europe's shaky government finances could undermine the global economic recovery.

AP - The 40-foot-long corrugated steel boxes, resembling oversized white shipping containers, are stacked two high and three wide atop a barge at Port Fourchon, the oil industry's hub on the Gulf of Mexico. The words "Martin Quarters" painted in black offer the only clue that they're not stuffed with cargo.

AP - Global manufacturers struggling with life-or-death pressures to control costs are finding that the legions of low-wage Chinese workers they rely on have limits.

Reuters - The European Central Bank warned on Monday that euro zone banks face up to 195 billion euros in a "second wave" of potential loan losses over the next 18 months due to the financial crisis, and disclosed it had increased purchases of euro zone government bonds.

AP - Oil prices tumbled to near $72 a barrel Tuesday in Asia as weakness in global stocks and the euro dragged on appetite for crude.

 AP - A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Friday:

AP - The economy trudges ahead yet debt dogs many Americans, stressing them out even as they firm up their own financial foundations.

 AP - Budget airline Ryanair said Tuesday that it earned a full-year profit of euro305.3 million ($375.7 million), reversing a loss a year earlier when it took a massive write-off from its failed attempt to take over rival carrier Aer Lingus.