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To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (63268)1/30/2001 5:36:52 PM
From: NOW  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 436258
 
Dollar Falls After Report of Tumbling U.S. Consumer Confidence

Here is a good one:
``The whole point to the dollar's sell-off here'' is concern U.S. growth may trail Europe's in coming months, said Mark Thome, a vice president of foreign exchange at Fortis USA Financial Markets. Nonetheless, Thome expects the dollar's losses to be short-lived, and foresees a boost for the currency if the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates tomorrow as projected. "
quote.bloomberg.com
I see, it fell today because the rate cut was not expected?



To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (63268)1/30/2001 5:54:20 PM
From: patron_anejo_por_favor  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 436258
 
Nader to Bush:

"GF Arizona, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Utah and Idaho...Cali needs their megawattage...."

biz.yahoo.com

``They need to regulate the wholesale price of power in the Western region to control retail electricity rates and they have declined to do that,'' he told reporters.

To quote my gun-toting, terbacky-chawin' brethern here in the backass hinterlands of Arizony, "They'll get my megawatts when they pry 'em from my cold dead generator turbine blades...."<G>