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Doctors say Pier Luigi Bersani, a longtime Italian center-left leader who tried but failed to form a government after Italy's inconclusive 2013 election, has suffered a brain hemorrhage. The University of Parma hospital said Bersani was undergoing surgery late Sunday after the source of the hemorrhage was located. It said he had been hospitalized earlier in the day but remained conscious. 

Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne's merger of carmakers Fiat and Chrysler will probably entail a U.S. share listing that cements North America as the group's new centre of gravity and further sidelines Italy. Two sources close to Fiat said it was likely to move its primary listing to New York as early as 2015 after a merger with Chrysler, the third-largest U.S. automaker, heralding a politically delicate shift of focus that reflects the operating facts.

Nuns in a convent in southern Spain have told local media of their surprise at an answerphone message they received from Pope Francis on New Year's Eve. Pope Francis was previously archbishop of Buenos Aires and knew some of the nuns at the convent as they also are from Argentina. The nuns were at prayer when the Pope rang.

 Newly formed carmaker Fiat-Chrysler aims to list on the New York stock exchange by the end of this year after the much-heralded completion of the Italian vehicle manufacturer's purchase of the outstanding stake it doesn't already own in its U.S. unit, which was announced earlier this week, according to the Financial Times.