Word: euros
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Fleming's idea of Bond villains was that they were inbred, disenfranchised Euro-aristocrats, their vocation twisted from nation-building to world-conquering; and the movies have honored that antique notion. The baddie conglomerate, once known as SPECTRE, is now Quantum, but their role is the same: to spit out snide threats in an upper-crust accent of indeterminate nationality...
...currency continued gaining ground on the euro and British pound Monday, while a surging Japanese yen caused more trouble for Japan's export-reliant economy. That prompted the G7 to issue a statement that member nations would undertake collective efforts to undercut the value of the yen to limit the economic damage its rise has inflicted on Japan...
...companies. On Tuesday, Germany had rejected Sarkozy's call to create a European-wide sovereign fund that could prevent Europeans waking up "to find European companies belong to non-European capital, bought when share prices were at their lowest point". Sarkozy also wants governments in countries that use the euro to have greater powers to manage it against other currencies, and to significantly extend the term lengths of the rotating E.U. presidency - which France just happens to hold at the moment. Both suggestions met opposition from other European countries...
...Currencies have been moving just as wildly. The U.S. dollar continued its surge against the euro by pushing below $1.27 against the European currency Friday - a dramatic rebound from its record low of $1.60 in April. As investors sell out of stocks in other parts of the world they are rushing back into dollar assets, a traditional safe haven. That would ordinarily be good news for Asian and European exporters, whose products have suddenly become more competitive. But with American consumers cutting back spending, there may not be anyone to sell...
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