Dollar slides on promising economic reports - AP - Tue 4:05 pm ET
The dollar slid against most major currencies and fell below the Swiss franc Tuesday on promising economic reports around the world and the Bank of Japan's decision to provide markets with more liquidity.

Interactive Brokers Group Reports Brokerage Metrics For November 2009 - Business Wire - Tue 1:30 pm ET
GREENWICH, Conn.----Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. an automated global electronic market maker and broker, today reported its Electronic Brokerage monthly performance metrics for November.

Watch What the Fed Watches - Daily FX - Tue 12:46 pm ET
Interested in seeing what the Fed watches to make their interest rate decisions? This Weekly Column does just that.

USD/CAD Slows At Support Providing Scalping Opportunity - Daily FX - Tue 12:03 pm ET
The USD/CAD has started to consolidate following a bout of risk appetite and rising optimism on the back improved manufacturing data from China and Europe. However, a fall in the U.S.

World markets up as Dubai contagion fears ease - AP - Tue 11:52 am ET
World stock markets rose sharply Tuesday as tensions related to Dubai's debt problems eased, while gold broke through the $1,200 an ounce level for the first time ever amid renewed dollar weakness.

NZD Remains Bid on Tuesday, JPY Falters on Speculation for Intervention - Daily FX - Tue 11:19 am ET
The New Zealand dollar rallied against the greenback for the second-day and is the best performing currency on Tuesday as the exchange rate jumped to a high of 0.7291 during the European trade, while the Japanese yen halted the two-day rally as investors speculate the Bank of Japan to intervene in the foreign exchange market.

US Manufacturing Cools from Three-and-a-half Year High - Daily FX - Tue 11:18 am ET
Bullish economists and market participants have had to look for fuel to a sustainable recovery outside the purview of consumer spending. AmericanâEuro™s consumption habits account for approximately 75 percent of overall growth; and the burden of a 26-year high in unemployment, shrinking wages and anemic levels of confidence do not set a precedence for a strong return to expansion heading into 2010.