| Dollar falls with US confidence THE dollar closed lower as weaker than expected earnings reports in the US and a slide in consumer confidence hampered demand for risk assets. news.com.au |
Dollar down half a cent as equities weaken THE Australian dollar closed half a US cent lower as investors dumped risk assets after equities weakened. news.com.au |
Dollar higher despite weak trade THE dollar closed higher after it held on to most of its overnight gains, despite a lower than expected trade surplus. news.com.au |
CN union raises strike prospect One of the unions at Montreal-based Canadian National Railway has raised the prospect of a strike at the country's largest railway within days. cbc.ca |
[$$] Kleiner Perkins Plans Social Media Fund Kleiner Perkins Plans Social Media Fund Venture capital group Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers launched a $250 million fund to back entrepreneurs inventing social applications and services, with the backing of Amazon and Facebook. us.rd.yahoo.com |