"Prisoners" dominated the weekend North America box office with 21.4 million U.S. dollars worth of ticket sales, opening on the high end of pre-release anticipations.
Pakistani government is likely to receive more than 2 billion of U.S. dollars from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) this week under its new three- year bailout program, local media reported Tuesday.
Reports about an imminent U.S. strike against the backdrop of the Syrian government's alleged use of chemical weapons has caused panic in the Syrian markets and triggered off a new and sharp decline in the Syrian pound.
South Korea's foreign reserves hit a record high last month due to an increase in the conversion value of non-dollar assets and a continued rise in investment returns, central bank data showed Monday.
Contrary to many's expectation, the latest intervention by the Central Bank of Syria (CBS) has succeeded in scaling down the exchange rate of the U.S. dollar against the Syrian pound by nearly 50 percent within a very short period of time. Yet, experts think that the measure is only temporary and the Syrian pound may soon depreciate again.
As the U.S. dollar strengthened further after Fed Chairman Bernanke indicated the possibility of scaling back quantitative easing and after discussions among Fed officials of exiting from monetary stimulus during the Federal Open Market Committee meeting last week were revealed, financial analysts here have predicted that majority of the Asian currencies may decline for quite some time to come.
Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange finished lower on Monday, extending their decline to a third session on strength in the U.S. dollar and concerns that the U.S. Federal Reserve may soon scale back its bond-buying program.
South Korea's foreign reserves stayed at a record level due to the continued rise in investment returns and an increase in conversion value of non-dollar denominated assets, central bank data showed Monday.
The U.S. dollar traded mixed against major currencies Monday. It advanced against the euro as concerns over the euro-zone banking sector remained after Cyprus and international lenders reached a bailout deal.
Myanmar will allow exchange of local currency Kyat with two more foreign currencies -- Chinese yuan and Thai baht -- at Myanmar banks and money exchange counters legally set up in the country, official media reported Thursday.
U.S. stocks ended nearly flat Thursday as eurozone and Japan's economic contraction in the fourth quarter offset positive data of jobless claims in the United States.
"The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2" has expectantly struck a chord with audience in North America, as it debuted for a weekend of 141.3 million dollar worth of tickets, the eighth biggest premiere in all time in Hollywood.
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