The long-term foreign-currency rating was increased one level to BB+ from BB, with a positive outlook, the company said in a statement today.    From Wordnik.com.  [BusinessWeek.com -- Top News] Reference

PepsiCo also says it hedges its foreign-currency exposure.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pepsi Results Send Chills In Beverage, Snack Sector] Reference

Now small investors are increasing their foreign-currency exposure.    From Wordnik.com.  [Currency Trading Soars] Reference

Some banks have already stopped offering foreign-currency mortgages.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eastern Woes] Reference

International sales grew 17%, or 6% excluding foreign-currency impacts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kellogg's Profit Rises] Reference

Restrictions on foreign-currency inflows for new investment will be removed first.    From Wordnik.com.  [Iceland Will Lift Capital Controls Later This Year] Reference

In the midst of all this, Rusnak started losing money in foreign-currency dealings.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Water Is Wide] Reference

The most recent period included a loss of 62 cents a share from foreign-currency remeasurements.    From Wordnik.com.  [U.S. Steel Reports Loss] Reference

The company said in October it would start to hedge its exposure with foreign-currency contracts.    From Wordnik.com.  [St. Jude Is Set to Pay $533 Million] Reference

Moody's has retained its Baa3 or lowest investment-grade rating on India's foreign-currency debt.    From Wordnik.com.  [Moody's Upgrades India Local Currency Rating] Reference

Small investors are diving into foreign-currency trading at a time when it never has been riskier.    From Wordnik.com.  [How to Play the Volatile Currency Markets] Reference

He added that Seoul has no need for such loans as the nation has sufficient foreign-currency liquidity.    From Wordnik.com.  [South Korea, Singapore Tell IMF 'No Thanks' on New Lending Plan] Reference

Nissan lost 223 billion yen in operating profit last fiscal year because of foreign-currency fluctuations.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dollar Vexes Asian Central Banks] Reference

The agency rates Ukrainian long-term foreign-currency debt at CCC-plus, among the riskiest credits around.    From Wordnik.com.  [Iceland Will Lift Capital Controls Later This Year] Reference

As a result, this could end up being the biggest year for foreign-currency bond deals in the region's history.    From Wordnik.com.  [Asia's Bond Issuers Target Record Year] Reference

HiFX Inc., for example, a San Francisco currency specialist, helps individuals manage their foreign-currency exposure.    From Wordnik.com.  [How to Hedge Currency Risk] Reference

Its biggest economic weakness is its large foreign-currency external-debt position, with much private lending in euros.    From Wordnik.com.  [Euro Expansion Tested By Crisis] Reference

Mr. Sala had achieved the disputed loss through his involvement in a complex series of foreign-currency options transactions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tax-Shelter Users Get Some Rare Good News] Reference

On Jan. 21 the government slapped a temporary ban on foreign-currency trading, pending the introduction of exchange controls.    From Wordnik.com.  [Out For Revenge?] Reference

A boom in foreign-currency loans has left Hungary dangerously exposed to any rise in interest rates or a dip in the global economy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eastern Europe: Backsliding?] Reference

And new Ukrainian tax rules force Aquaton, a partly U. S.-owned maker of boats and sails, to give up half its foreign-currency profits.    From Wordnik.com.  [Making It in Mother Russia] Reference

Importers are supposed to get the needed dollars at the official rate from the government's foreign-currency administrator, known as Cadivi.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chávez's Cash Crunch] Reference

Although Hungarians aren't widely defaulting on their foreign-currency mortgages, higher debt repayments mean less consumer spending to stimulate growth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hungarian Bond Market Breaks Down] Reference

Also Thursday, the South Korea National Assembly approved a measure calling for the government to guarantee foreign-currency borrowings of South Korean banks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shares Rally on Credit, Economic Measures] Reference

In the throes of the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis, then-Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad blamed foreign-currency speculators for causing a plunge in the country's currency.    From Wordnik.com.  [Investors Turn to Malaysia] Reference