71.   In the foreign exchange market, the dollar rose against the yen as traders abandoned bets Japan would continue to intervene to support its currency.

72.   Investors were beginning to fear that even with the international lending, Russia cannot support its currency.

73.   It is the first time the fund has ever been used to support any currency other than the dollar, he said.

74.   Meanwhile, Mahathir told Parliament that Malaysia Airlines would give its foreign exchange earnings to the government to help it support the currency.

75.   Meanwhile, the dollar slid lower against the yen following comments Sunday by senior Finance Ministry official Eisuke Sakakibara that Japan would take decisive action to support its currency.

76.   President Thabo Mbeki last week ruled out exchange controls to support the currency.

77.   Private economists gave the Clinton administration high marks for a more successful strategy for supporting the currency.

78.   Regional currencies strengthened following reports that finance ministers from the Group of Seven industrialized countries plan to discuss measures to support Southeast Asian currencies, traders said.

79.   Stocks got a boost from the dollar, which rose after international central banks intervened in the currency markets as buyers to support the currency.

80.   Since then, Mexico had stopped supporting its currency, letting it float on the open market to stop its reserves from bleeding further.