1.  Companies use derivatives such as swaps and futures contracts to reduce the risk they face from fluctuating foreign currencies or interest rates.

2.  Part of the slide was caused by fluctuating currencies, meaning case sales were stronger, said Andrew Conway, a beverage stocks analyst at Morgan Stanley.

3.  Parts of the Pacific Rim have been shaken by inflation, economic stagnation and wildly fluctuating currencies.

4.  The total value had varied because of fluctuating currency exchange rates.

5.  Water and electricity stocks have climbed in the face of fluctuating currencies, bonds and world equity markets as investors struggle to snap-up the next bid target.

6.  Seven years ago, he was busy exchanging pesos and dollars as Mexicans speculated against their wildly fluctuating currency by buying greenbacks.

7.  Thai civil aviation authorities have refused permission to international airlines to charge fares in U.S. dollars as a hedge against the wildly fluctuating Thai currency.

8.  The Indonesians were accompanied by U.S. economist Steve Hanke, a professor from John Hopkins University and a strong advocate of the controversial system to stabilize fluctuating currencies.