Things in the U.S. sure are tough. Brother, can you spare a euro? Signs saying "We accept euros" are cropping up in the windows of some Manhattan retailers. A Belgium company is trying to gobble up St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch, the nation's largest brew

Despite the weak U.S. dollar, a boom in international travel around the world hasn't translated into an explosion of foreign tourists to the United States.

Nigerian interbank interest rates eased to 7.16 percent on average this week from 12.08 percent last week after part of the country's windfall oil savings was disbursed to government agencies, traders said on Friday.

The euro fell against the dollar on bets a worsening economic outlook will deter the European Central Bank from increasing borrowing costs again.

Asian economies will avoid a repeat of the 1997 to 1998 currency crisis because they have accumulated large amounts of foreign reserves, Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Haruhiko Kuroda said.

Canada's dollar dropped on bets the nation's central bank won't raise borrowing costs this year as the world's eighth-largest economy slows.

Chile's peso posted its biggest weekly gain in more than three months on speculation the central bank will raise interest rates further to stem inflation.

Indian guar futures pared early losses and ended higher on Friday on export demand for industrial guar gum from China and the U.S., analysts said.

Indian jeera futures, down in early trade on higher arrivals, erased losses to end up on Friday on strong export demand, analysts said. "Exporters are getting good orders from European countries," said Shardul Sharma, an analyst Sharekhan Commodities Pvt

Haruhiko Kuroda, president of the Asian Development Bank, will discuss the economic outlook for Asia at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. in Tokyo.