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TOKYO, July 4 (Reuters) - An international tax on currency transactions to help the world's poor would be hard to implement, and Japan's Ministry of Finance is not at present considering introducing such a levy, the ministry's new top bureaucrat said ...

TOKYO, July 4 (Reuters) - * Dollar holds most of gains made after U.S. payrolls data * Euro recovers a tad on profit-taking * Euro stays under pressure after Trichet's comment * Focus shifts to next week's G8 summit The dollar steadied on Friday ...

United States - * Dollar steadier but seen vulnerable to further downside. * Yen gains as risk aversion rises. * Euro holds near upper end of recent range against dollar. * Dollar index flat at 72.505 (Updates prices, changes byline, previous TOKYO ...

* Dollar steadier but seen vulnerable to further downside. * Yen gains as risk aversion rises. * Euro holds near upper end of recent range against dollar. * Dollar index flat at 72.505 (Updates prices, changes byline, previous TOKYO) By Ian Chua ...

TOKYO, June 25 (Reuters) - The dollar held steady against the yen and euro on Wednesday after dipping the previous day as data showed that U.S. consumer confidence hit a 16-year low and housing prices suffered a record annual drop. The weak data ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil rose for a third straight session to above $137 a barrel on Tuesday, supported by fears of Nigerian supply disruptions and tensions between Israel and Iran. Crude for August delivery was up a dollar at $137.74 a barrel by 0733 ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar held steady against the yen on Friday, hovering within sight of a four-month high after rising the previous day due to a drop in oil prices. Sterling clung to gains it made on Thursday when a surprisingly strong reading ...

TOKYO (MarketWatch) -- The dollar crept lower against its major rivals in Thursday's Asian trading, as investors continued to pare bets that U.S. interest rates will go higher. In afternoon Asian trading, the euro was buying $1.5567, compared with $1 ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar fell from a nearly four-month high against the yen on Friday, as investors booked profits from this week's rally before a gathering of Group of Eight finance ministers in Japan this weekend. The dollar had staged broad ...

TOKYO, June 9 (Reuters) - The dollar rose against the yen on Monday, rebounding from a sharp fall late last week when data showing an unexpectedly big jump in the U.S. jobless rate revived fears of a deeper and more prolonged economic downturn. The ...