For the most part, people want to buy them and then just sell them, said Oleksey Oleksandrovich, a 22-year-old who gave only his first and patronymic names and said he had been in line since 5 a.m.

For example, during World War II, a $25 bond could be purchased for $18.75, with the expectation that it would reach full value after 10 years. The bonds accrued interest, though at a lower rate ...

So far, Ukraine has raised 8.1 billion hryvnias (US$270 million) selling war bonds that pay interest of 11%. My research on the U.S. war bond program during World War II shows why this initiative ...

In times of war, the U.S. government has asked Americans to buy bonds to help fund the fight. Now, Sen. Dick Durbin (D., Ill.) wants to give Americans the chance to buy bonds to fund efforts to ...

Customers line up to buy war bonds in September 1942 at Knowlton's department store in downtown Rochester. The bonds helped finance the American effort in World War II.