Posted by Reuters: Business News on December 29, 2011
MILAN (Reuters) – Italian bond yields fell from recent record highs at auction on Thursday but cautious investors still demanded a near 7 percent yield to buy 10-year paper, a level seen unsustainable over time for the euro zone third-largest economy.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on August 11, 2011
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan sharpened its warning to currency markets on Thursday in the wake of the yen’s rise near record highs against the dollar, keeping markets jittery about the possibility of a second round of intervention.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on August 4, 2011
LONDON (Reuters) – The yen tumbled from near record highs on Monday after Japan intervened to curb the currency’s export-damaging strength, while world stocks held above 2011 lows as expectations grew for more policy action in developed countries.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on August 2, 2011
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan primed markets on Tuesday for currency intervention after the yen tested record highs overnight, signaling it may try to tame the unit with a combination of yen-selling and easier central bank monetary policy.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on April 29, 2011
LONDON (Reuters) – Gold steadied on Friday, just shy of fresh record highs and set for its seventh successive weekly gain, driven largely by the decline in the dollar to its lowest in nearly three years.
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HONG KONG (Reuters) – The dollar floundered at three-year lows against a basket of currencies on Friday, keeping precious metals near record highs, although the risk of dealers covering bets against the beleaguered U.S. currency in thin trading looms, especially given holidays in some centers including Japan.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on April 21, 2011
LONDON (Reuters) – Gold prices hit record highs for a fifth session on Thursday and silver rallied to its strongest since 1980 as the dollar slid to a three-year low against a basket of major currencies.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on April 20, 2011
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Gold rallied above $1,500 an ounce for the first time on Wednesday, extending this week’s run of record highs as investors sought to hedge growing inflation risks and bought into a broad commodities rally.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on March 17, 2011
LONDON (Reuters) – The yen briefly hit record highs versus the dollar on Thursday as quake-hit Japan’s nuclear crisis unleashed a global risk sell-off, while world stocks ticked higher after Tokyo…
Posted by Reuters: Business News on November 16, 2010
BOSTON (Reuters) – Even as gold was approaching record highs during the third quarter, more of the best-known hedge fund managers were placing bets on the precious metal.
