1.   Also damaging export returns, the New Zealand dollar has appreciated against many Asian currencies as they declined against the U.S. dollar.

2.   If the dollar appreciates much further, those companies may have to reverse strategy.

3.   Shares of export-oriented companies advanced because the value of their sales in dollars or dollar-related currencies increases when the dollar appreciates.

4.   The dollar has steadily appreciated against the yen since a drop in April and this will begin to show up in U.S. trade numbers soon, analysts said.

5.   The dollar appreciated ten percent against the Swedish krona in the first quarter, making sales in Sweden worth fewer dollars.

6.   The dollar also appreciated.

7.   The dollar was steady against the deutsche mark and the yen after a report yesterday said German and U.S. authorities want the dollar to appreciate against the mark.

8.   The U.S. currency has risen, especially against the mark, even after the Group of Seven industrialized nations said Saturday the dollar had appreciated far enough.

9.   The way to make the dollar appreciate is to do exactly what Ronald Reagan did.

10.   This could bring robust profits to Japanese exporters of electronic products, particularly if the dollar appreciates against the yen.