Richard Wagoner and Chrysler chief ThomasLaSordaThomas LaSorda used the meeting to ask for Bush's help in confronting challenges like energy security, health care, currency exchange rates and the rising costs of raw materials.

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Nor did delegates even think of trying to create a new gold-based, Bretton Woods-like monetary system that would keep currency exchange rates of trading nations strong and stable.

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Kingfisher blamed weak consumer confidence, unfavourable currency exchange rates, and bad UK weather hitting sales of "seasonal products".

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When adjusting for the impact of refranchising its business in China and foreign currency exchange rates, the company said revenue rose 4.4 percent.

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Futures markets determine foreign exchange rates, and in a world of gyrating currency values there are serious questions about whether they are the best way to determine the relative value of dollars, euros and yen.

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Beyond the blacked-out glass of the Dubai Islamic Bank in the upmarket area of Jumeirah in Dubai, the computer screens, currency exchange rates and paperwork all look the same, but the ten staff differ from those you'd find in most United Arab Emirate (UAE) banks.

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Although Guatemala has legalised the dollar as a domestic currency in parallel with its own quetzal, many of El Salvador's other neighbours and economic competitors have floating exchange rates.

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