1.  A third foreign currency liquidity raising measure is to use the asset values embedded in state-owned corporations.

2.  But losses shrank slightly as the afternoon progressed and investors focused on upcoming announcements regarding the introduction of a so-called third currency.

3.  The government, meanwhile, fine-tuned emergency plans to roll out a third currency that is leaving many Argentines skeptical.

4.  The political wrangling came as leaders also assessed whether to roll out a planned third currency to boost the economy, a project whose chances looked increasingly slim.

5.  Following the protest, the idea of the third currency began losing favor in government circles.

6.  He rejects calls for devaluating the peso, and announces instead the issue of a third currency to circulate together with the peso and dollar.

7.  - The government announces that the third currency, baptized the argentino, will be used to pay pensions and government salaries.

8.  Argentina will launch a third currency, the Argentino, in early January, Sports Secretary Daniel Scioli announced Monday after a cabinet meeting.

9.  But a deep crack has appeared in party support for the third currency plan.