AP - Japanese carmaker Nissan Motor Co. said Tuesday it booked a profit in the October-December quarter after a deep loss a year earlier, and now expects to be in the black for the full fiscal year.

AP - General Motors Co.'s Opel unit said Tuesday that it plans to invest euro11 billion ($15 billion) through 2014 and appealed for government help as it detailed a restructuring drive that will result in about 8,300 job cuts across Europe.

AP - Scandinavian airline group SAS on Tuesday asked shareholders for a 5 billion kronor ($670 million) cash injection, saying it needs more liquidity to emerge from the economic downturn after reporting a loss in the fourth quarter.

AP - Budget airline Ryanair will establish a major hub in the Lithuanian city of Kaunas, its first in Central and Eastern Europe, the company's chief executive announced Tuesday.

AP - European stocks rose cautiously Tuesday on hopes that EU officials will provide Greece with some form of support to handle its mountain of debt and keep the market crisis from spreading to other vulnerable countries.

AP - The European Union's government-backed lender says it cannot bail out Greece or any other European country that can't pay its debts.

AP - Greece's government on Tuesday tackled the thorny issue of pension and wage reform, part of its plan to fight a debt crisis that has alarmed global markets, even as strikes were being planned nationwide.

AP - Japan Airlines, wooed for months by Delta Air Lines with promises of cash and a broad global network, spurned the world's biggest carrier and opted to keep its alliance with American Airlines.

AP - Swiss bank UBS AG posted a fourth-quarter profit of 1.205 billion Swiss francs ($1.12 billion) Tuesday, beating analysts' expectations partly thanks to a tax credit, but said rich clients' withdrawals had continued.

AP - Oil prices rose above $72 a barrel Tuesday in Asia as a weakening U.S. dollar offset concerns about the strength of the global economic recovery.