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The shekel strengthened to an 18- month high versus the dollar prompting speculation that the Bank of Israel will step up dollar purchases to weaken the currency.
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HSBC Holdings Plc starts direct trading between the yuan and Australia’s dollar today, joining two other banks in getting approvals from China as market makers.
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Egypt’s one-year treasury bill yields jumped to the highest level since September after the government indicated it will sell more of its shortest-term securities to repay about $1.6 billion a week of maturing debt.
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U.S. investors bought $23.8 million of notes this month betting on the Brazilian real to strengthen against the dollar, the most in a year and a half.
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Japan may sell some of its foreign holdings, including U.S. debt, to finance increased spending after the country’s strongest earthquake left millions without electricity or water, according to Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
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Emerging-market stocks rose for the first time in four days as utilities rebounded and Alcoa Inc. predicted stronger demand in the biggest developing nations.
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The yen strengthened against the dollar for a second day after its 5.5 percent drop over the past month prompted criticism from leaders around the world that recent exchange-rate moves have been excessive.
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Egyptian protesters clashed with police throughout the country and into the night, defying a curfew and setting fire to some buildings, in the biggest challenge to President Hosni Mubarak ’s 30-year rule.
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Even with all the concern about the so-called fiscal cliff, another confrontation over government borrowing limits and Chinese ownership of U.S. debt, foreign investors can’t get enough Treasuries.
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Brazil’s real rose, approaching its strongest level since August 2008, after foreign direct investment last month exceeded forecasts, signaling increasing demand for assets from Latin America’s biggest economy.
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