21.   Meanwhile, the dollar initially showed its strength following weaker-than-expected U.S. employment data released last week.

22.   Support for membership in NATO is creeping up among Czechs, but still falls short of a majority, according to polling data released Friday.

23.   The dollar initially showed its strength following mild U.S. jobs data released Friday.

24.   Traders said the U.S. currency also was helped by increased speculation that Germany will need to cut interest rates as a result of weak employement data released Wednesday.

25.   Traders said the U.S. currency also was helped by increased speculation that Germany will need to cut interest rates as a result of weak employment data released Wednesday.

26.   Data released last week.

27.   Commerzbank analyst Nick Parsons explained that all the data released Friday was favorable to the dollar.

28.   Dealers said the market was subdued in early trading, with little direction provided overnight by Wall Street and by British trade data released on Wednesday.

29.   Weaker-than-expected British industrial output data released on Monday eased pressure on Chancellor of the Exchequer Kenneth Clarke to raise interest rates, economists said.

30.   Still, the unemployment data released Friday shows the economy is not headed down the slippery slope toward recession that initial May jobless figures might have suggested.