71.   Turmoil in Europe often sends the mark higher against other currencies because it is considered a haven.

72.   U.S. stocks were mixed, meanwhile, and the dollar was higher against other major currencies.

73.   While economic weakness in Japan would augur for a weaker yen, the rising U.S. trade deficit makes some traders wary of pushing the dollar higher against the yen.

74.   Yet those proposals disappointed investors, who responded by sending stocks lower and the dollar higher against the yen.

75.   Optimism about additional public spending helped drive the yen sharply higher against the U.S. dollar.

76.   Prices on the Tokyo Stock Exchange continued to slip in morning trading Monday, while the U.S. dollar stood slightly higher against the Japanese yen.

77.   Prices on the Tokyo Stock Exchange fell in thin trading at late morning Thursday, while the U.S. dollar was higher against the yen.

78.   A key economic survey showing a downturn in business sentiment pushed the dollar higher against the yen in Tokyo Wednesday and prompted a moderate selloff on the stock market.

79.   A plan that successfully boosts economic growth could lead the yen higher against the dollar.

80.   A sinking euro sent the U.S. dollar higher against the Japanese yen in early Friday trading in Tokyo.