41.   Gilts failed to make gains Friday as currencies gyrated after the French franc fell.

42.   He added that cuts aimed at propping up the French franc or U.S. dollar could backfire.

43.   He added that cuts to prop up the French franc or U.S. dollar could backfire.

44.   He also wants to drop the euro and restore the French franc.

45.   He said he would also restore the French franc.

46.   He had intended to elaborate for reporters on his idea that France should pull out of the European Union and restore the French franc.

47.   Horseman also was hurt because he hedged his currency exposure in the French franc, the Spanish peseta and the British pound into the German mark, Yagoda said.

48.   In addition, there is the question of whether the new currency will catch on sufficiently to supplant the German mark, French franc, and Italian lire.

49.   In other trading, the dollar also surged to multiyear highs against the Swiss franc, the French franc and Italian lira.

50.   In other trading, the French franc slumped against the dollar and the mark as a series of strikes threatened to worsen the economic slowdown in France.