German newspaper Welt am Sonntag reported on Sunday that the German government is no longer ruling out the possibility for the issuance of euro bonds to save the single-currency of the euro zone.
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Cost-cutting more than offset increased spending to update some models and a substantial currency loss from euro-denominated sales.
Athens has buzzed with rumors over the past year that the Bank of Greece was secretly printing drachmas, Greece's pre-euro currency.
Once William Hague took over the Tory reins, she eagerly embraced his anti-euro currency stance and regularly ensured she had her say at party conferences and during the 2001 general election campaign.
Once that currency is the euro, money managers in these countries can invest all over the single-currency region and so will need a euro standard.
Greece could revert to the drachma -- the currency it had before entering the euro in 2001 -- but there is also speculation it could operate with a Greece-specific euro until a full switch can take place.
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Nomura Securities reiterated its recommendation on its euro-EM currency pair favorite on Tuesday, saying it is time to short the euro and buy the Brazilian real (BRL).
The U.S. dollar index is under more profit-taking pressure Thursday morning, as the Euro currency is seeing a short-covering rally.
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Another shows what appears to be a large quantity of high-denomination euro currency notes.
The vote could determine the country's future in the 17-nation euro currency bloc.
Non-euro member Hungary also saw its currency fall to a historic low versus the euro after a passing a controversial law limiting the independence of its central bank and possibly damaging its access to bailout funds.
The company notes that based on current foreign-exchange rates, particularly with the euro, it expects foreign-currency translation to have a negative impact on earnings per share for the full year, even though the currency impact in the second quarter is expected to be minimal or null.
After three years of lagging, Europe's 12-nation common currency, the euro, is at parity with the dollar.
The Bulgarian lev is reliably linked to the euro via a currency-board system.
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In March, Mr Krause warned that the decision not to renew these contracts would mean a "far more negative" impact on BMW's earnings than the "low-triple-digit-million euro" currency hit it suffered last year.
And while there has been speculation that it might withdraw, or even be kicked out, of the euro, most think this is unlikely - not least because as its debt is euro-denominated, its exit from the currency would make refinancing even more expensive.
The Swiss franc has rallied over the recent quarters as just about the sole European alternative to the 17-nation single currency unit whose weaker deficit-ridden nations have raised angst for the euro.
Any suggestion of a euro-style common currency would, warns the First Minister, raise "very real risks".
For investors, that downward trend of the currency represents a significant headwind to euro-based equities.
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The Euro currency made some short-covering gains on the EU data, which in turn put some downside price pressure on the U.S. dollar index.
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Indeed Poland was supposed to peg its currency to the Euro as a pre-condition for joining something that it (very wisely) has refrained from actually doing.
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Short-term currency pains should help lead to long-term gains, and as the Euro inches closer to par with the dollar, investors should be prepared to buy European stocks.
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For many, it's now only a matter of time before the Chinese currency displaces the dollar as the world's reserve currency - or at least becomes a major secondary reserve currency like, er, the euro or the yen.
On Friday, it hit a four-year low against the American currency, and it is now at a three-year low against the euro.
In overnight news, the Euro currency hit a fresh six-week low against the U.S. dollar on fresh disappointing European Union economic news.
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The Japanese yen fell to a fresh 2.5-year low against the U.S. dollar and a three-year low versus the Euro currency Wednesday.
The Euro currency hit a near two-year low versus U.S. dollar overnight.
The euro currency fell to a six-month low against the dollar.
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Mr Poynter said that recent currency movements - with the pound weakening against the euro - should help the company's exports, and global demand for steel was picking up.
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