The high demand for U.S. dollars at the ECB auction Wednesday appeared to be more a case of bargain-hunting than of panic.

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Smelling a bargain, resorts from Mount Hood Meadows to California's Squaw Valley awaited the auction.

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About 2, 000 potential buyers went to Sunday's auction, ready to vie for 375 foreclosed properties at what they hoped would be bargain prices.

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