* Yen rises on risk aversion after quake Fear of a nuclear catastrophe in Japan pounded world stock markets on Tuesday, shredding $1 trln in equity valuations as investors dumped assets considered
Copper fell to a three-month low on Tuesday, after a mounting emergency at a quake-stricken nuclear plant in Japan sparked a slide across financial markets in which investors abandoned investments perceived as
. * Planning for another disaster to prolong reconstruction * Markets likely to accept government borrowing to rebuild By Greg Roumeliotis, Reuters Infrastructure Correspondent Japan will take at least five years to
. Libya's oil output will take some time to return to normal, the head of the National Oil Corporation said on Tuesday, because some installations were damaged in fighting between rebel and
. * Gulf pledges $20 bln for Bahrain, Oman; Saudi sends troops * Small concessions but scant movement on bigger demands Gulf Arab states led by Saudi Arabia are relying on money,
Germany will shut down all seven of its nuclear power plants that began operating before 1980 at least till June, the government said on Tuesday, leaving open whether they will ever start
Titan, Greece's biggest cement producer, is expected to post flat fourth-quarter profits on Thursday, with higher sales in Egypt and Turkey offset by falling business at home and in the United States.
Motor Oil, Greece's second-biggest refiner, is expected to swing to a profit in the fourth quarter, helped by a new distillation unit, a Reuters poll of analysts showed. Motor Oil is seen
Bahrain's king declared martial law on Tuesday as his government struggled to quell an uprising by the island's Shi'ite Muslim majority that has drawn in troops from fellow Sunni-ruled neighbour Saudi Arabia.
Muammar Gaddafi's forces seized a strategic town in eastern Libya on Tuesday, opening the way to the rebel stronghold of Benghazi while world powers failed to agree to push for a no-fly
