<p>GODOLLO, Hungary — Europe's top financial officials said that debt-ridden Portugal will need around $114 billion in rescue loans and negotiations over a full, multiyear bailout program will begin immediately.</p>
                <p>A final deal should be in place by mid-May, allowing the debt-ridden country to meet huge bond repayments in June, the EU's Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn said.</p>
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                <p>LONDON — Global stocks recovered despite a fresh 30-month high in oil prices, as investors were relieved that a strong aftershock in Japan did not cause much damage.</p>
                <p>The FTSE 100 index of leading British shares rose 0.8 percent while Germany's DAX rose 0.5 percent. The CAC-40 in France was 0.8 percent higher. Benchmark crude rose above $112 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange</p>
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                <p>TOKYO — In Asia, Japan's Nikkei 225 index led the advance, finishing up 1.9 percent. Hong Kong's Hang Seng added 0.5 percent, and South Korea's Kospi was up 0.3 percent.</p>
                <p>Mainland Chinese shares edged higher with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index closing up 0.7 percent, and the Shenzhen Composite Index of China's smaller, second exchange rising 1.15 percent.</p>
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                <p>BERLIN — Official data show that Germany's exports rose 2.7 percent on the month in February, more than making up for a slip the previous month.</p>
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                <p>TORONTO — Canada's unemployment rate edged down one-tenth of a point to 7.7 percent in March as fewer people were looking for work during the month.</p>
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                <p>BRUSSELS — The European Union is lowering the maximum acceptable levels of certain radioactive elements in food and animal feed imported from some areas of Japan to conform to temporary levels imposed in that country.</p>
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