Archive for  November 2005
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The Swiss franc firmed against the dollar in early trading on Tuesday as traders looked ahead to a string of data this week including Swiss gross domestic product numbers and the purchasing managers index. The
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The dollar rose against the euro and the yen on Tuesday on expectations that the advantage it derives from US interest rates will stay intact, and recouped some losses made the previous day on soft
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The dollar posted sharp losses on Monday, weighed down by investment banks' month-end selling and expectations the European Central Bank will raise euro zone interest rates this week. At the end of each month, banks
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The Hong Kong dollar ended little changed on Tuesday with trading confined to a narrow range, while forward discount narrowed in quiet trade. The local currency was trading at 7.7539/41 per US dollar after moving
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The Philippine peso strengthened to a 6-1/2 month high on Tuesday, breaking through 54 per dollar as banks sold dollars sent home by expatriate Filipinos when businesses opened after a three-day weekend. The Singapore dollar
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Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne was on Tuesday found not guilty of dissent after being reported by the match umpires in the third cricket Test against the West Indies at the Adelaide Oval. Warne was Monday
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Brian Lara told the victorious Australian team they had a responsibility to play their cricket in the best spirit after what is seen as his final Test match in Australia here on Tuesday. The 36-year-old
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The players and officials of both Pakistan and England will wear Red Ribbons to mark the World Aids Day during the third Test match of the Bank Alfalah Cup Pak-Eng Cricket Series-2005, said a PCB
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Political heavyweight Sharad Pawar wrested control of India's cricket board on Tuesday, ending Jagmohan Dalmiya's hold on the country's richest sports body for more than two decades. Federal agriculture minister Pawar defeated Dalmiya's incumbent nominee,
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England's bid to build on the Ashes win over Australia has been given a boost with the announcement of a two-million-pound cash-injection for a 10-year programme to revitalise cricket in state schools. The donation from
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