1.  One lesson here may be that folks should alter the way they look at relative currency values.

2.  Raising rates now could make the situation worse by pushing down stock and bond prices and further weakening foreign currencies relative to the dollar.

3.  The Fidelity funds are pure currency plays, aiming to approximate the performance of their relative currencies to the dollar by investing in short-term money market instruments.

4.  The reason for the exodus from Hollywood includes far lower costs of local crews and locations, government-sponsored incentives and weaker foreign currencies relative to the dollar.

5.  Weak currencies relative to the French franc, particularly the British pound and the Italian lira, continue to hurt revenue, the company said.

6.  Without a single currency, or some rough approximation of one, sudden shifts in relative currency values will continue to play havoc with trade flows.

7.  But upticks in the stock market and relative currency calm have not trickled down to millions of ordinary Thais whose lives were shattered.

8.  Gold prices fell again Friday, with no relief in sight, as weakness in foreign currencies relative to a potent U.S. dollar hammered away at global purchasing power.