By Lisa Twaronite , MarketWatch The dollar index /quotes/comstock/11j!i:dxy0 (
DXY 80.16 , -0.14 , -0.17% ) , which tracks the greenback against a
trade-weighted basket of six major currencies, fell to 80.091 from 80.309 in
late North American trading on Monday. But most
By Hiroko Komiya Greek teachers, hospital workers and tax collectors plan to
strike for 24 hours tomorrow as 600,000 public workers oppose Prime Minister
George Papandreou ’s plan to freeze wages and reduce benefits. Private-sector
employees will follow Feb. 24. “Europe’s fiscal
Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The yen fell for the first time in four days against the
euro on speculation Japanese companies sold the currency to take advantage of
its 3 percent advance in the past week. The yen declined for a third day versus
the dollar on the prospect that Japan’s importers
Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The euro traded near an eight-month low against the
dollar on concern a European Union summit this week will fail to address
Greece’s fiscal crisis, damping demand for assets in the region. The 16-nation
currency was close to the weakest in 11 months versus the yen
By Yoshiaki Nohara The 16-nation currency was close to the weakest in 11 months
versus the yen after EU President Herman Van Rompuy yesterday said the Feb. 11
summit will focus on long-term economic strategy, making no direct reference to
Greece. Australia’s dollar fell for a second
Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The South African rand and the Canadian dollar advanced
versus the yen and the U.S. dollar as gains in stocks stoked demand for
higher-yielding currencies. The rand rose against all 16 of the most-traded
currencies tracked by Bloomberg and the Canadian dollar
“Kirin determined that even if negotiations were to continue, they were
unlikely to result in the establishment of a company that would fulfill Kirin’s
aim of developing as a leading global company,” the company said in a statement
to the Tokyo Stock Exchange today. Suntory wanted a
Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The euro weakened for a fourth day against the dollar on
speculation widening budget deficits in some European nations will deter
investors from buying the region’s assets. The 16-nation currency approached an
11-month low against the yen as concern about sovereign
* Kiwi NZD=D4 eases to $0.6863/73 from opening level around $0.6890/00, but off
$0.6807 struck in Friday's offshore trade, its lowest since Sept. 4. *
High-yielding currencies like the kiwi are under pressure as concerns over the
fiscal health of the euro zone dominate currency
The surplus rose to 901 billion yen ($10 billion) from a year earlier, the
Ministry of Finance said in Tokyo today. The median estimate of 24 economists
surveyed by Bloomberg was for the gap to grow to 1.01 trillion yen. A surge in
global trade probably helped the world’s second- largest
By Lisa Twaronite , MarketWatch The dollar index /quotes/comstock/11j!i:dxy0 (
DXY 80.16 , -0.14 , -0.17% ) , which tracks the greenback against a
trade-weighted basket of six major currencies, fell to 80.091 from 80.309 in
late North American trading on Monday. But most
