EURUSD, GBPUSD Present Prime Trade Opportunities to Start the New Year

The dollar surprises once again with a unique plunge through the end of the year.

The dollar surprises once again with a unique plunge through the end of the year.

Singapore’s economy may be supported by a “strong” Asia as growth cools in 2011 from a record pace last year, according to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

Carlyle Group sold a stake in China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co. for HK$6.7 billion ($864 million), according to a term sheet obtained by Bloomberg News.

Commodity prices beat gains in stocks, bonds and the dollar this year as China, the biggest user of everything from cotton to copper to soybeans, led the recovery from the first global recession since World War II.

Mad Money host Jim Cramer provides traders with all manner of investing advice.

WASHINGTON — Never mind the lackluster economy, the huge trade deficit or the government’s piles of debt: The U.S….

The US Dollar finished 2010 on a weak note, falling against all G10 currency counterparts in the final week of trading. Yet the Greenback is poised for a potential reversal into the New Year if we see resumption in its aggressive reversal from previous lows.

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This was the year General Motors and Nissan made good on their promise to bring mass-produced electric cars to the market. But don’t count on seeing one in traffic soon.

Kimberly Connacher, a bank teller, tried to get to Modesto Junior College early enough each evening to beat about 44 other students to a seat and avoid having to stand through her English class.