Olli Rehn: euro zone bonds attractive

The idea of euro area bonds is intellectually attractive but the European Financial Stability Facility is the mechanism for handling economic crises, the EU commissioner for monetary affairs said on Monday. Speaking

Can more vocal Bernanke keep Fed on message?

As the Federal Reserve tries to counter suspicion of its latest $600 billion stimulus plan, it is making a concerted, if awkward, effort to raise the chairman's profile and harmonize the often-dissonant

HK shares up on Wall St, Shanghai weakens

Hong Kong shares edged higher on Monday morning, helped by gains on Wall Street, but the benchmark index pulled back from earlier gains as Shanghai stocks faltered, weighed down by property counters.

AOL mulls breakup, merger with Yahoo

AOL Inc, undergoing a radical transformation into the king of content on the Internet, is actively exploring a breakup involving a complicated series of transactions that may lead to a merger with