| British Pound Holds 1.65 Level Against US Dollar Ahead of Retail Sales Report (Euro Open) (Daily FX) The British Pound held on to the 1.65 level against the US Dollar after coming off the late NY-session high in overnight trading ahead of a report that is set to show Retail Sales grew for the second straight month in July. us.rd.yahoo.com |
U.S. Retail Sales Rise The Most In Three Years As Car Sales Soar On Stimulus (Daily FX) U.S retail sales in August rose by 2.7% which was the highest in three years, as consumers ran out and took advantage of the "cash for clunkers" program. Indeed, motor vehicles sales jumped 10.6% during the month as the government stimulus program was overwhelmingly successful, leading to several car dealers exhausting their inventories. us.rd.yahoo.com |
PerkinElmer Announces Financial Results for the Third Quarter of 2009 (Business Wire) WALTHAM, Mass.----PerkinElmer, Inc. , a global leader focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment, today reported financial results for the third quarter ended October 4, 2009. us.rd.yahoo.com |
USD/JPY Classical (Daily FX) USD/JPY: The market continues to extend declines to fresh multi-year lows since breaking below the recent 2008/2009 matched trend lows at 87.15. There is no real support now until 79.75 which represents the 1995 historic lows and a retest of this level can not be ruled out at this point with the overriding trend so intensely bearish. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Kiwi dollar pushes above US74c The New Zealand dollar rose above 74 US cents ahead of today's Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion which is expected to show continued growth in firms' expectations in profitability and employment this year.The New Zealand Institute... nzherald.co.nz |