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NEW YORK - The safe-haven dollar further strengthened Friday and Treasury yields hovered around their lows for the year as worries about the economy in 2010 diminished traders' appetites for risky bets.
NEW YORK - The dollar's appeal as a safe haven sent it higher against other major currencies Thursday after reports on housing and unemployment raised fears the U.S.
WASHINGTON - The dollar's appeal as a safe haven sent it higher in trading Thursday after reports on housing and unemployment raised fears that the economy will be weak next year.
Oil prices slipped below $79 a barrel Thursday amid mixed signals over the strength of the global economic recovery.
NEW YORK - The dollar mostly declined Wednesday, with the euro bumping up near $1.50 as a Federal Reserve official said in a speech that interest rates could possibly not rise until 2012 from their current record low near zero - if the Fed acts as it has before.
