Can companies afford to invest in green technology with the global economic slowdown? Jan Ernst de Groot, MD of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines talks to CNBC's Anna Martin about combating climate change.

The bulls and bears are fighting for control of the stock market at the moment, Jack Bouroudjian from Capital Markets Technologies said in the run up to the US market open.

KKR Financial is reportedly in restructuring talks with its creditors after delaying debt repayments for a second time. Scott Wren from A.G. Edwards discusses the credit and commercial paper markets.

ING took a smaller-than-expected impairment charge of $286 million on riskier investments in its fourth-quarter results Wednesday. Wim Zwanenburg from Degroof Netherlands analyzes the bank's earnings.

Airbus warned of a slowdown in the aircraft market this year and anticipates its orders to be halved. Ian Godden, CEO of SBAC, has an outlook on the aircraft industry.

Tokyo stocks took a beating Wednesday, with the Nikkei 225 Average closing more than 3% lower on renewed credit fears. The Nikkei's Nozomu Kitadai has an update on how the market traded.

Bank of England Feb. meeting minutes revealed the monetary policy committee voted 8-1 for a 25 basis point rate cut. Nigel Jenkins from Payden & Rygel has analysis on the data.

Asian stock markets sold off pretty heavily Wednesday, with Japan's Nikkei 225 Average closing more than 3% lower. Michala Marcussen from Societe Generale Asset Management, and Andrew Beal from Henderson Global Investors, discuss the global market selloff.

US stock index futures were higher ahead of the open Tuesday. Peter Cardillo from Avalon Partners says the market will be 'playing catch up' after the long weekend.

US consumers will continue to show weakness for the next couple of months at least, according to Christopher Zook from CAZ Investments.

Shares of Carlsberg traded higher Tuesday after the brewer announced a better-than-expected full-year operating profit. Jorgen Buhl Rasmussen, president & CEO of Carlsberg, speaks about the company's future in Eastern Europe.

Barclays President Bob Diamond is confident about the bank's risk management systems, while Credit Suisse announced a further writedown related to mispricing from traders. Richard Cunningham from City Index Advisory discusses banks' risk control ability.