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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The dollar faced heavy selling pressure against the yen Tuesday amid speculation the Bank of Japan may take steps that would tighten monetary policy sooner than expected. document.write('');   MARKETWATCH TOP NEWS U.S. stocks open higher on lower oil, Disney earnings Toll Brothers knocked as home deliveries reduced Coca-Cola quarterly earnings fa ...

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stock market futures edged lower ahead of Tuesday's open, as Toll Brothers warning that it won't build as many homes as it had earlier forecast offset optimism over General Motors' restructuring moves and better-than-expected results for Walt Disney. EARNINGSWATCH Boston Scientific reports higher profit on lower sales GM, Disney, Coca-Cola and Toll B ...

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Major U.K. retailers sank in London on Tuesday after data showed that sales growth in 2006 got off to the weakest start for about a decade. Shares in clothing group Next, electronics group DSG International, home- improvement retailer Kingfisher, catalog company GUSand department store Marks and Spencerwere all lower in the benchmark FTSE 100. The British Retail Conso ...

Lucy Farndon, Daily Mail7 February 2006 BUDGET airlines are here to stay. The surge in fuel costs may be crippling some of the smaller carriers, but European leaders Ryanair and easyJet look set to ride out the turbulence and reach for greater heights. NEW HEIGHTS: Ryanair deputy Michael Cawley believes there is 'buckets' of growth potential in the low-cost sector WANT TO KNOW MORE? POLL: Which of these airlines offers the best value for money? OTHER STORIES £37bn ...

The yen rose sharply in European morning trade on Tuesday amid speculation that the Bank of Japan may be preparing to abandon its ultra-loose monetary policy. // The central bank will begin a two-day monetary policy meeting on Wednesday, its first gathering since it emerged that Japan has posted two successive months of positive core inflation for the first time since 1998. And the meeting promp ...

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - The dollar was higher against other major currencies late in Monday's session, continuing to draw strength from market perception that the Federal Reserve may not wrap up its program of interest-rate increases soon. The euro fell 0.07% to $1.1957, as the dollar traded rose 0.1% to 119.02 yen. The dollar began rising last week after the Federal Reserve lifted rates by ...

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - The dollar was higher against other major currencies late in Monday's session, continuing to draw strength from market perception that the Federal Reserve may not wrap up its program of interest-rate increases soon. document.write('');   MARKETWATCH TOP NEWS U.S. stocks trade mixed as political tensions weigh Disney, News Corp. results on deck Oil ...

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - The dollar remained higher against the euro late Monday morning, continuing to draw strength from recent indications that the Federal Reserve may not wrap up its program of interest-rate increases soon. The euro fell 0.05% to $1.1979, as the dollar traded down 0.1% at 118.78 yen. The dollar began rising against the euro last week after the Federal Reserve lifted rate ...

SAN FRANCISO (MarketWatch) - J.P. Morgan raised its ratings on three of the aluminum industry's giants Monday, saying a surge in underlying aluminum prices is setting the stage for sharply higher earnings in 2006.   MARKETWATCH TOP NEWS U.S. stocks mixed on higher oil, political tensions Oil touches $66; traders weigh possible Iran sanctions Huntsman abandons sale pla ...

The US dollar firmed in European morning trade on Monday as Friday’s strong labour market data fanned expectations that US interest rates will hit 5 per cent later this year. // Non-farm payrolls growth exceeded expectations, at least when upward revisions to previous months’ data were taken into account, the rate of earnings growth rose and the unemployment rate fell to its lowest level since mid-2001. This data not only bolstered expectations that the Federal Open Market Committee will hike  ...