On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:31:57 +0800, tony@altavista.com wrote in
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>On Mon, 01 Oct 2007 02:05:29 GMT, kangaroo16
>wrote:
>
>>
>>Posted 16 minutes ago
>>Updated 12 minutes ago
>>
>>The Australian dollar has reached an 18-year high against the
>>greenback. (ABC News: Giulio Saggin)
>>
>>The Australian dollar has opened at almost 89 US cents this
>>morning, after peaking at a new 18-year high against the
>>declining United States dollar.
>>
>>The local currency peaked at 88.94 US cents this morning - its
>>highest level since February 1989....
>>
>>More:
>>http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/10/01/2047661.htm
>>
>>See also:
>>
>>Dollar hits 89 US cents
>>October 01, 2007
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>>THE dollar has hit 89 US cents for the first time since February
>>1989 after strong interest in the euro and the NZ dollar pushed
>>the local currency to a fresh 18-year high.
>>
>>The domestic currency reached $US0.8901 at 10.31 AEST to trade up
>>strongly from Friday's close of 0.8823/29.
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>>http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22510551-36418,00.html
>>
>>See also earlier article
>>Greenback dives as currencies realign
>>
>>David Uren | September 22, 2007
>>
>>THE Federal Reserve's big rate cut has sparked a flight from the
>>US dollar and US assets generally that threatens to unravel the
>>recycling of Asian and petrodollar surpluses to finance the
>>gaping US budget and trade deficits.
>>trader
>>
>>Asian and Middle Eastern monetary authorities are now facing
>>unprecedented pressure to break their currency ties to the US
>>dollar because of the greenback's weakness, with some possibility
>>that the long-established US dollar pricing of oil may not
>>survive the shift in currency alignments. ". . . More at:
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>>http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,22460284-643,00.html?from=public_rss
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>>Posted 12 Noon AEST, 1 October
>>
>>Personally, I don't consider this as an OT post but will label it
>>as such to keep everyone happy. :-)
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Kangaroo16
>
>
>Congratulations !!
>
>This has to be one of the shortest posts from you that I have seen....
Yes? try the next one! Shortest post could think of off the top
of my head, but sent it to the immigration group. This doesn't
matter really, as the traffic on both groups is so low that I
assume that both tourists and migrants read both.
Yes, it does have subtle meanings, but may leave it for a while
to see if you and the members of both groups can discern same.
As the Japanese supposedly say "rots of ruck"!
Cheers,
Kangaroo16 |