1.  And though it sounds to critics like a naive reach for easy money, Montana officials say they have not just fallen off the global currency turnip truck.

2.  But Russia has also been vulnerable to a global currency crisis because it depends on foreign investors to finance so much of its deficit.

3.  Even if Thai or Indonesian armies were predisposed to take power themselves, they might find global currency traders and democratically elected political leaders illusive scapegoats.

4.  For the BIS, that meant a gradual evolution under the terms of the post-World War II Bretton Woods agreements into the manager of the global currency system.

5.  Global currency now floats around in cyberspace, blips on a screen.

6.  Guy Whittaker, who oversees foreign exchange trading for the bank in the U.K., will take over as global currency chief.

7.  Nationsbank-CRT, New York, the currency trading division of Nationsbank Corp., appointed Justin Foley to head its global currency options business in Chicago.

8.  Nationsbank-CRT, New York, the currency trading division of the Nationsbank Corp., appointed Justin Foley to head its global currency options business in Chicago.

9.  Nationsbanc-CRT, New York, the currency trading division of Nationsbank Corp., appointed Justin Foley to head its global currency options business in Chicago.

10.  Now, the euphoria has dissipated as the global currency traders have decided that some of the shine on Asian economies glittered over growing patches of rust.