Greenback rises versus Yen as Yellen is set to replace Bernanke

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Source: Reuters
The U.S. Dollar strengthened on Wednesday rising against the Japanese Yen as President Barack Obama picked Janet Yellen as a replacement of Ben Bernanke as the Federal Reserve Vice Chairwoman, however, the persisting deadlock kept the so-called Greenback close its 8-month low. The U.S. Dollar advanced 0.4% to 97.22 Yen after it recorded the lowest level in 2 months yesterday at 96.55.

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Wed, 09 Oct 2013 06:43:55 GMT

Japan's machine tool orders drop in September as export demand falls

Machine tool orders in the Asian second-largest economy fell on an annual basis in September mainly due to a steep drop in export demand, the Japan Machine Tool Builders' Association reported on Wednesday. The report showed that the total figure of machine tool orders slipped 6.3% in September as the export market orders declined 23.4% in same the month.

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