�If there's appetite, if we feel there's demand, we could issue if we liked the prices,� Chief Financial Officer Almir Barbassa said in a telephone interview today from the company's headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.

We won't change course on Euro referendum, PM warns Tory rebels but he promises no more divisive issues such as gay marriage.

The pound fell to a one-month low against the euro after a government report showed U.K. retail sales unexpectedly declined last month, supporting the central bank's case to boost monetary stimulus.

NEW YORK May 22 (Reuters) - The euro fell to a session low against the dollar on Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned that holding interest rates too low for too long has its risks.

But with the ECB's main interest rate now at 0.5 percent and euro zone inflation at 1.2 percent, St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard recommended the ECB could consider quantitative easing (QE), or printing money for asset purchases.

Chancellor Angela Merkel's government wants to accelerate moves to fight unemployment in troubled euro-area countries and is offering its expertise to countries such as Portugal and Spain, Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble and Labor Minister Ursula ...

Marcello Di Finizio clings to the 138 metre high dome of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, Rome - as guards and police look on.

LONDON May 22 (Reuters) - The euro rose to a 3-1/2 year peak against the yen and a four-month high against the Swiss franc on Wednesday as investors demand for safe-haven currencies waned on falling borrowing costs for indebted euro zone countries.

Euro rises to session high vs dollar * Gold's appeal hurt by fears the Fed will ease stimulus * Spot silver cuts loss to 0.6 percent, platinum to 1.65 pct (Recasts, updates prices, adds comments, adds byline, changes dateline (previous LONDON) By ...

NEW YORK May 21 (Reuters) - The euro rose to a session high against the dollar on Tuesday as investors positioned ahead of testimony from U.S.