1.  Generally, a powerful currency is negative for stocks because it makes U.S. goods more expensive overseas.

2.  When less powerful currencies fall, pressure grows in places like Japan and China to let their currencies weaken.

3.  Chirac also said that the creation of a large single market represented a great advantage and would create a powerful new currency.

4.  Despite past economic troubles, the dollar remains a powerful currency in Asia.

5.  Hotels, restaurants and bars in the Cuban tourist resort of Varadero will accept euros starting Saturday in an attempt to attract more European tourists and their powerful currency.

6.  The currency swap will revolutionize the way Europe does business and create a powerful global currency to rival the dollar and the yen.

7.  The U.S. dollar continues to fall precipitously against the Japanese yen and the German mark, dropping to all-time lows against the two powerful currencies.

8.  Neither is there any indication that the euro can rise much further against the dollar and become the powerful international currency it should be.