Optimism over a bailout for Greece failed to support for the euro for long, with the single currency slipping back in Europe Monday.

BERLIN—Germany's ruling conservative parties and the largest opposition party, the Social Democrats, will support help for Greece if the stability of the euro is at risk, party officials said Monday.

April 26 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks rose, driving up the MSCI Asia Pacific Index by the most in seven weeks, as Toyota Motor Corp.

BANGALORE (Reuters) - US car rental firm Hertz Global Holdings Inc (HTZ.N) had agreed to buy smaller rival Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc (DTG.

Robotic submersibles are being used to try to stop a fast-flowing oil leak nearly a mile (1.5km) below the surface in the Gulf of Mexico.

Congressional investigators interviewed Fabrice Tourre, the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. trader accused of fraud by the Securities and Exchange Commission, as the company prepared for a showdown with lawmakers at a ...

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FRANKFURT, April 26 (Reuters) - Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE), Europe's biggest automaker, will build two plants in China as part of a 1.6 billion euro ($2.2 billion) expansion plan to capture growth in the world's most dynamic auto market.

April 26 (Bloomberg) -- More US companies plan to boost payrolls as sales strengthen and the outlook for economic growth brightens, a quarterly survey of economists showed.

NEW YORK, April 23 (Reuters) - The Wall Street Journal is offering some businesses firesale prices for full-page ads in its highly anticipated New York edition to seduce advertisers away from The New York Times.

April 26 (Bloomberg) -- Canon Inc., the world's biggest maker of cameras and office equipment, raised its full-year forecasts for profit and revenue, as Asia sales drive growth.

Allison Stacey Cowles, 75, a civic leader, education activist and member of a Spokane publishing family, who was the wife of retired New York Times publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, died of pancreatic cancer April 25 in Spokane.

TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) -- CKE Restaurants Inc., (NYSE:CKR) the Carpinteria, Calif., operator of Carl's Jr. and Hardee's restaurants, agreed to be acquired by an affiliate of Apollo Management for $12.55 a share cash.

April 26 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil was little changed as the dollar advanced against the euro while equity markets rallied and speculation mounted that demand will increase.

Social media sites like Twitter and Facebook are growing at a staggering rate. According to The Nielson Company, consumers spent 82 percent more time using social networking sites this year than last.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner walks out after attending a group photo of the Development Committee during the last day of the International Monetary Fund/World Bank spring meeting in Washington April 25, 2010.