When the sale was first mooted in May, protesters pasted imitation dollar notes onto the windows of Banacci branches.
And anyway, there's always fun to be had laughing at the bus conductors as they try to work out how much their 750, 000 Zimbabwe dollar notes add up to, and how much change they owe the passengers.
This was inevitable: airlines have been issuing so many miles (for spending on the ground as well as in the air) that the total stock is worth more than all the dollar notes and coins in circulation.
The most memorable picture of Mr Romney (one under heavy copyright restrictions, so you will not see it as often as his opponents would like) is of a team from Bain Capital, the private equity firm he once led, with dollar notes stuffed in their suit jackets, over-flowing from their pockets.
"There's going to be litigation, you can bet your bottom dollar, " notes Kevin Healy, an environmental attorney in the New York office of law firm Bryan Cave.
While gold has traditionally been seen as a protection against inflation and a falling dollar, Anderson notes that investors may also be currently using it as a method of controlling volatility and diversifying a portfolio.
Investors are or have moved into bonds, notes, the dollar, yen and at times, stock indices.
Dollar General is benefiting, notes Agnese, from the opening of more stores (it opened 625 stores in 2012 and intends to open about the same number this year), shrinking losses from thefts, and increased number of private label products.
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By adding more production in North America (AmeriSteel has production capacity of 1.8 million metric tons of crude steel annually), notes Peruzzi, Gerdau now has more stable, dollar-based revenues and earnings.
Both dollar and euro tranches will be structured as seven-year bullet notes under Rule 144A and Reg S, for life.
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Under a currency board arrangement, the central bank guarantees the redemption of all notes in circulation at a set exchange rate to the dollar or another foreign currency or basket of currencies.
The situation looked dire enough that the outstanding notes were trading at 10 cents to 20 cents on the dollar.
Investors are moving into the safety of the dollar, causing yields on U.S. 10-year bond notes to fall to 2.28% last week.
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Its low interest rates, which drag down the currency, can entice arbitrageurs to borrow yen and buy higher-yielding notes elsewhere (see the crushing run-up in the Kiwi dollar) in what is called the carry trade, while favorably priced imports of Japanese manufacture, especially autos, are rubbing salt in wounded places like Detroit.
But a sale would probably leave slim pickings for U.S. holders of Venture's now-defaulted bonds, judging from the market's response to events: Senior subordinated notes in Venture have been trading for as little as 3 cents on the dollar.
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