China aims to balance its international payments, currently heavily in its favour, by 2010, the chief foreign exchange regulator said Wednesday. Hu Xiaolian, the director of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE), said in

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China's yuan finished on Wednesday a few ticks shy of its strongest close to the dollar since the July revaluation, as state media cited a central bank official as saying the currency would appreciate in

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The Swiss franc extended its recent gains against the dollar early on Wednesday after a weak United States consumer sentiment report sapped support for the US dollar in the previous session. The dollar last traded

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The dollar struggled on Wednesday as a drop in US consumer confidence sharply contrasted with a strong German business survey and injected worries into the market that the dollar's interest rate advantage could narrow. Data

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The dollar posted steep losses on Tuesday after weaker-than-expected US consumer confidence data stoked concerns hurricanes and soaring oil prices could slow the economy's momentum and the pace of interest rate rises. Dealers said the

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The Hong Kong dollar inched higher on Wednesday tracking other Asian currencies as the US dollar fell after weaker-than-expected consumer confidence data. The local currency had firmed to 7.7541 per US dollar before trading back

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The South Korean won and the Philippine peso outperformed other Asian currencies on Wednesday as technical factors and weakness in US consumer confidence data hit the US dollar. The peso firmed past the 55 per

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Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced election results of district cricket associations Sukkur, Khairpur, Jaccobabad, Nasirabad, Noushki, Killa Abdullah, Kalat, Lorali and Pashin. PCB election committee conducted elections of these bodies under the supervision of

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Rahul Dravid has just endured the most unforgettable two weeks of his life but the Indian captain is not getting carried away. On October 11, Dravid was blessed with his first-born son. Two days later,

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Guillermo Coria took a step closer to a place at next month's Masters Cup with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Alberto Martin in the first round of the 829,000-euro Swiss Indoors on Wednesday. The top

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