1.  A fall in the Thai currency, the baht, last July triggered the Asian crisis.

2.  PTT Exploration and Production Pcl and other companies that earn most of their revenue in foreign currencies rose with the baht as the Thai currency strengthened with the announcement.

3.  Short-term interest rates will remain high next week as hedge funds buy baht to repay loans made in an effort to weaken the Thai currency.

4.  Southeast Asian economies have fallen on hard times since the Thai currency, the baht, plunged in July, dragging down other currencies in the region.

5.  Thai Prime Minister Chuan, who last year unseated a government that presided over the collapse of the Thai currency, has liberalized markets and restructured financial institutions.

6.  Thai stocks staged their biggest one-day gain in a month after the Thai currency rebounded from its record low set yesterday.

7.  Thailand will use the money to bolster its foreign exchange reserves, depleted when the government tried to fend off a devaluation of the Thai currency this year.

8.  The collapse of the Thai currency crippled investor confidence, which quickly caused an economic contagion throughout Southeast Asia and Korea, then in Russia.

9.  The Thai currency was devalued in July, triggering price increases and business failures.

10.  The Thai currency, the baht, and many other Asian currencies are pegged to the battered dollar.