21.   Early Tuesday, overseas funds tried to make up for losses on their Russian investments by taking profits on their dollar positions.

22.   Expectations of easing pressure on the Asian economies saw players beginning to unwind their long dollar positions.

23.   Farrell said foreign currency trading was relatively quiet, the only activity occuring when some overseas participants shored up their dollar positions in early New York dealings.

24.   Following the remarks, investors covered their short, or oversold dollar positions ahead of a three-day weekend.

25.   For weeks, investors had feared U.S. hedge funds were poised to further unwind long, or overbought, dollar positions.

26.   He said the ringgit was already in for a correction and urged those who had long dollar positions against other currencies to also take profits now.

27.   Hitomi Yokoyama, a dealer with Chemical Bank in Tokyo, said overseas investors, including U.S. funds holding long dollar positions, continued to sell.

28.   In currency dealings, the dollar moved lower despite encouraging U.S. economic data because traders continued to unwind their overbought dollar positions, analysts said.

29.   In currency dealings, the dollar slipped against the yen after recent advances in the Tokyo stock market prompted traders to continue unwinding long, or overbought dollar positions.

30.   In currency dealings, the dollar edged lower Friday as traders sold out dollar positions ahead of a weeklong holiday season in Japan.